Regional Business News

Melaleuca produces cosmetics, household products and nutritional supplements. The company employs 1,440 in eastern Idaho, all but 320 living in Idaho Falls.

“It’s a dream come true, but I had no idea what this was going to entail,” Brown says, citing growth-related cash-flow headaches. “If I got out my original business plan, which was 48 pages long … it’s almost laughable now.”

Spokane-based Sterling Savings Bank plans to hire about 100 people in coming weeks to work in its headquarters here, and is negotiating to lease about 30,000 square feet of additional space downtown to help accommodate…

North Dakota and Pennsylvania have set up task forces to boost struggling dairy industries, though they are taking different paths to that goal.

This year’s price rally in agricultural commodities is so robust that farmers and ranchers are emerging as a growth engine for middle America, helping to lift the region out of recession and increasing the chances for a period of sustained national growth.

“We are the fastest-growing cell company in the country right now,” he said. “We want to make sure we have enough representatives to support our customers.”

“It´s a full-blown depression in the farm environment.”

A few forgotten sticks of dynamite changed Harold Saunders’ life forever. For more than a decade the right-handed heavy equipment operator has struggled to recover from the loss of his right arm. By RICK THOMAS…

Two years ago, the Lucky Friday mine appeared to be heading for closure, but owner Hecla Mining Co. says higher silver prices and higher productivity mean expansion will occur instead. Associated Press deseretnews.com Shift boss…

Metropolitan agreed to be censured, fined $500,000, and to make restitution totaling more than $2.8 million to investors. It also agreed to maintain a special escrow account of $1 million for five years to handle investors’ claims.