Idaho Business Review IBR

  A new private equity fund in the Treasure Valley aims to bring middling manufacturing firms into profitability. But slow returns would likely mean the end of the business.  Jim McCune, 43 Private Equity Group president, said he is enlisting ...

Call it the Home Depot of going public. A little-used financing option in state law for start-ups and small expansions offers a way to take a company public without the rigmarole of an initial public offering. Doug Joseph, owner of Locate ...

West Jordan, Utah-based Mountain America Credit Union this month opened its first Idaho branch offices. Mountain America opened Dec. 5 at 152 Bullock St. in Chubbuck. A week later, the credit union opened in Idaho Falls at 3202 S. 25th E., ...

The First National Bank of Layton mortgage loan production center in Meridian is adding employees. The office opened in April with a staff of 12. Thirty now work there, including six hired in the last six weeks, Production Manager Jeremy ...

Syringa Bancorp has extended its stock offering originally slated to conclude Sept. 15. All parties agreed to extend the escrow closing date to Jan. 16 as they continue to work through a few issues, said CEO Scott Gibson, president and ...

Idaho credit unions added an estimated 3,400 new members last month as the national Occupy movement, which has several supportive groups in Idaho, encouraged people to transfer their money from large banks. Idaho Credit Union League President Alan Cameron said ...

Boise Cascade Holdings reported a $3.7 million net loss in the third quarter of 2011, which is an improvement from a year ago for the privately held wood products and building materials company. The company lost $5.6 million in the ...

Moody’s Investors Service on Oct. 21 boosted its rating of much of Boise Paper Holdings LLC’s debt. The ratings agency cited strong credit-protection fundamentals in the short term as well as the Boise company’s increased focus on the more stable ...

Idaho banks rank well by one measure and not so well by another in a nationwide count of those under government compliance or consent orders. The orders require banks to improve their balance sheets. SNL Financial found that as of ...

Coldwater Creek Inc. on Oct. 17 warned it will post wider losses than anticipated in current and upcoming quarters. The Sandpoint-based retailer of women’s clothing and accessories has struggled recently and is overhauling its merchandising approach. The Sandpoint-based retailer of women’s clothing ...