Idaho Business Review IBR

By Ralph Bartholdt Better service, hometown participation, no overseas operators and users can pay their bills in town. When Frontier Communications takes over Verizon’s rural services in North Idaho, customers can expect to put a face on the name, something ...

Small, independent telephone companies serve the needs of people living in Idaho’s rural and remote areas where dependable service is often difficult to establish. Population densities of less than one per mile are not uncommon and higher market costs to ...

By Maureen Dolan A Seattle-based health insurance provider’s decision to stop covering small employer groups in Idaho will leave 450 people in the Coeur d’Alene and Moscow areas without medical insurance come Jan. 1. Group Health’s decision to discontinue insuring ...

I could spend the next few hundred words discussing the current economy, but that horse is dead, and has been beaten beyond recognition. Since the economy is not within our control, let’s discuss what can actually be done today to ...

By Tim Cleary The tumultuous construction and real estate markets of late may soon affect companies’ insurance rates – a phenomenon that’s already apparent in some sectors. Many foresee the property and casualty insurance markets entering a hardening cycle, which ...

by Thomas Hillier and Ivy Grey One of the sectors hit hardest during the current economic meltdown has been commercial real estate. The credit crisis has made refinancing of maturing loans nearly impossible. Many otherwise stable businesses have encountered their ...

Economic reforms in China during the last 30 years have generated significant and steady opportunities for growth in investment, consumption and standard of living in China. Part of the growth is due to an increased state investment in infrastructure. But ...

Jonathan R. Bauer Whether or not you own your own business, there are many good reasons to create an estate plan. Parents with minor children should choose a guardian for their children (in the event the parents unexpectedly pass away). ...

Adam Richins Contract exhibits can be longer and more complicated than the actual contract. Exhibits commonly contain drawings and specifications, scope of work descriptions, insurance requirements, schedules, confidentiality agreements, licensing agreements, and other important documents. Yet, in far too many ...

Brad Hunter New home sales jumped 14.8 percent in April as homebuyers rushed to claim the tax credit that expired at the end of the month. The March numbers were revised upward as well, according to a national real estate ...