Monday February 8, 2010 9:57 pm  

Competition increases among commercial property listing providers  (access required)

By Brad Carlson

Entities that provide data on available commercial properties are getting more active in the Boise area. Exposing properties to a large audience, and making sure information is accurate and timely, are important as market conditions remain challenging, sources said. In the Boise market, longtime player LoopNet Inc. is adding offerings, CoStar Group is getting more aggressive, [...]

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IDAHO FACES

Ericksen wins Agent of Year Award

Kimber Ericksen from the Idaho General Office of New York Life Insurance Company, an agent since 2006, has received the New Associate Agent of the Year Award. This award recognizes an agent within his or her first four years with the company who has achieved the top production or first-year sales commissions among all new organization [...]

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FOCUS ON BUSINESS

Printer companies adapting to tech, other trends (access required)

By Zach Hagadone

Ink smudges, paper jams, dry cartridges, empty trays - just a few of the hassles that businesses go through every day with their printers. And that’s not to mention the cost of buying and maintaining equipment, keeping reams of paper on hand, and worrying that you’re destroying the planet. Given all that - and combined with [...]

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IBR COLUMNS

Employers, plan now for Mental Health Parity rules

By Michelle Hicks

Large employers need to start planning, if they haven’t already, to meet new regulations issued under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. New rules around the act were published on Feb. 2 and impact any plan years beginning on or after July 1, 2010. Essentially, the act says that employers and [...]

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MARKET SECTORS

Construction

D.R. Horton posts profit for Q1

D.R. Horton posted its first quarterly profit in three years Tuesday and predicted it would stay in the black at least through the first half [...]

Education

Idaho Falls mayor declares small business day 

Idaho Falls Mayor Jared Fuhriman, the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce and the Idaho Department of Labor have united to propose a day of [...]

Financial Services

Home Federal Bancorp sees loss in 4Q

Home Federal Bancorp officials reported a $300,000-plus loss in the final quarter of 2009, while focusing on the absorption of its purchase of Oregon-based Community [...]

Health Care

St. Luke’s Health System selects AmeriBen for services

Meridian based AmeriBen has been awarded a contract to administer medical benefits for St. Luke's Health System beginning April 1. Jon Aubrey, senior vice [...]

Law & Government

Bill seeks to rein in cities’ use of LIDs

An Idaho House committee will give a full hearing to a bill that would restrict cities' use of local improvement districts to pay for infrastructure [...]

Real Estate

Report shows home buyers' negotiating power gains

Home buyers in much of the United States paid thousands of dollars below asking prices in December and for the first time in 11 months [...]

Resources

IPUC OKs sale of Coeur d’Alene water company

The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved the sale of the Troy Hoffman Water Corp. to Dalton Square LLC, a light industrial property and residential [...]

Technology

Intel, Micron team up for new NAND flash memory chip

Intel Corp. and Boise-based Micron Technology on Feb. 1 announced the release of a new 25-nanometer NAND flash memory product, which the companies said leads [...]

By Brad Carlson

An excellent Wall Street Journal column asks, “Will we ever again trust Wall Street?” Columnist Jason Zweig looks at possible answers and provides background.


By Michael Tomlin

I’m not a big car racing fan, but then neither is NASCAR.


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