Regional Business News

The SBA recently raised the size standards for 58 industries; the new definitions take effect Oct. 24.

The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that by 2020, the shortage will amount to more than 90,000 doctors, including 45,000 patient care physicians.

Compounding all the additional strain on the region’s medical centers, many of these ER patients don’t pay their bills.

Data center operators would be well served to consider or reconsider these trends as they plan improvements to their facilities. Not all of these practices are suited for every organization, naturally, but you never know until you look.

A growing cluster of aerospace companies in the Inland Northwest is reaping the rewards of a global surge in aircraft production.

Kirkland-based venture capital firm OVP Venture Partners http://www.ovp.com/ is winding down its operations after over 30 years in the business.

Overall, the pace of SBA loan-making is a healthy sign for the economy and the credit markets and is one of the foundations for ensuring the availability of financing to small businesses trying to establish themselves, grow and create new jobs for Americans.

Although the geographic focus will be across North America, Wertz says the two most important markets for the new Version One Ventures are Vancouver and Seattle.

Largely lost amid the Times’ multiple-page analysis is the fact that the data centers built by a handful of internet giants are looking less and less like the 40- by 60-foot rental space that was home to Facebook back in 2006 — and that these advances are just beginning to trickle down to the rest of the industry.

Re-shoring is indeed real, and the reasons are not the ones that would immediately come to mind.