Idaho Business Review IBR

This is the second in a four-part series on downtown surface parking lots. Boise started going vertical in 1900 with the Idanha Hotel and a string of others for the next 15 years, but six stories was the ceiling at ...

Four Idaho credit unions recently received more than $30,000 in grants from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Grant awards, intended for low-income credit unions, ranged from $1,300 to $20,000, for a total of $2 million made to 203 credit ...

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Health information management, which includes the management of medical records, is a field that is constantly evolving with advances in technology. “Health information is an exciting career,” said Julia Kendrick, regional health information management director for SSM Health Care Oklahoma. ...

A Bellevue, Washington-based small business lender’s expansion to Boise not only will result in the hiring of up to 100 employees over the next few years, but the company will occupy a significant amount of office space to house its ...

An interim committee on occupational licensing plans to bring forth legislation during the upcoming legislative session to make it easier for people to enter licensed professions. In particular, members of the Occupational Licensing and Certification Laws Committee said during its ...

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This is the second story in a three-part series on virtual reality.  We’re a ways from using it in areas such as surgery and other medical procedures, but virtual reality (VR) is playing an increasingly larger role in health care. ...

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Early 20th-century bank robber Willie Sutton apocryphally said he robbed banks because that’s where the money was. Using that same logic, cybercriminals are bypassing individual companies, instead hacking accounting and tax professionals. “It is a big concern for us,” said ...

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An opportunity for an Idaho startup is taking it to Luxembourg. The company is HotShot Technologies, an Idaho Falls developer that created a messaging application that protects employers from labor claims by ensuring that hourly employees can only read messages ...

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A Beverly Hills, California-based real estate investment company has acquired a 188-unit apartment complex in southeast Boise, adding to its already sizable portfolio in the City of Trees. Kennedy Wilson announced Nov. 21 that it paid $24 million to buy ...

The Treasure Valley’s housing crunch is becoming more pronounced as demand drives up prices. October marked a full four years of declining inventory, especially in the number of existing homes for sale in Ada County, according to the monthly market ...