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Your Treasure Valley business community: accomplishments and promotions.

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

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Feed lot bill no longer limits access to records

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:43:09 MDT

Cattle feed lot operators failed to limit public access to state inspection reports that determine whether operators are safely getting rid of their cows' manure.

Lotterman: The myth of tax cuts that pay for themselves poses a threat

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

Self-paying tax cuts are a popular delusion, except among economists.

Your Treasure Valley business community: accomplishments and promotions.

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

Job changes

Judge: Tamarack bankruptcy case moves forward

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

BOISE - The ruling filed Wednesday by U.S. District Bankruptcy Judge Terry Meyers means Jeremy Gugino, the newly named trustee, may begin the process of turning Tamarack Resort's equipment and other assets into cash, to be divvied up among its creditors.

Panel kills bill to give Idaho hospitals immunity

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:21:16 MDT

The House Health and Welfare Committee voted 8-6 to kill a measure hospitals had sought to shield them from lawsuits.

Idaho gas prices continue to climb

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:46:00 MDT

Idaho gas prices rose 17 cents in the last month to $2.88 per gallon.

ID House panel backs pizza shop in contract rumble

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:37:55 MDT

The House Education Committee refused to support giving schools and local governments more room to choose vendors based on factors other than the lowest price, siding with a small pizza baker in its fight against Idaho's largest school district.

House panel kills bill aimed at taxing Web sales

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:45:49 MDT

Idaho won't be joining a nationwide effort to eventually tax Internet sales after a tie 9-9 vote in the House Revenue and Taxation Committee.

Geriatricians are in short supply across the U.S.

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

WAUWATOSA, Wis. - Edmund H. Duthie is on the move, working the final frontier of life.

Your Treasure Valley business community: accomplishments and promotions.

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

Job changes

Scentsy hosts national Direct Selling Association in Downtown Boise

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:52:03 MDT

Scentsy, a Meridian manufacturer of scented, wickless candles, kicked off a

Treasure Valley auto sales slide in February

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:40:46 MDT

Treasure Valley vehicle sales were down 5.1 percent in Ada and Canyon

Idaho Power asks for rate adjustments

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:10:17 MDT

Idaho Power asked the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to approve two energy efficiency initiatives this week.

Dems bash Idaho GOP over lack of jobs-bill action

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:13:59 MDT

The Idaho Legislature's Democrats say the majority Republican Party is stalling on a package of job-creation bills at the worst-possible time: When the state's unemployment rate has hit a near-record high.

Lawmakers delay vote on online sales tax

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:11:28 MDT

House lawmakers will take a little more time before voting on a bill bringing the state a step closer to taxing online sales.

Consumer alert: Businesses should aspire to honesty, transparency

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

Imagine a world where every business acted with ethics and integrity. Do you think we'd be in the current economic slump? I argue that if every business advertised honestly, told the truth, was transparent, honored promises, responded quickly, safeguarded privacy, and embodied integrity, we'd be in much better financial shape.

Suspension training fitness center opens in Meridian

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

Aventura Fitness in Meridian will celebrate its grand opening from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the center on the southwest corner of Fairview Avenue and Eagle Road behind Krispy Kreme and Red Robin.

Your Treasure Valley business community: accomplishments and promotions

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

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Fitness center based on suspension training opens in Meridian

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:05:22 MDT

Aventura Fitness in Meridian will celebrate its grand opening from 10 a.m.

Foreclosures mixed in Treasure Valley

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

The Treasure Valley entered 2010 with the highest number of distressed properties on the market ever recorded, at 4,084, and the number continued to climb in February to 4,286, reports IdahoDataProviders.com.

Lululemon to open in Downtown Boise

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

The Vancouver-based yoga wear retailer will open April 1 at 214 N. 9th St., which formerly housed The Deluxe.

Boise-based Kount, Chase Paymentech join forces

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 MDT

Chase Paymentech, a leading merchant acquirer and payment processor, and Kount, a Boise-based company that specializes in card-not-present fraud prevention, announced an agreement Monday to offer a comprehensive suite of fraud detection, management and prevention tools for merchants.