Idaho Business Review IBR

Idaho First Bank reported a smaller loss in the first quarter. The McCall-based bank lost $143,000, down from $391,000 in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $509,000 in the first quarter of 2010. Non-performing assets dropped from $4.5 million on ...

The U.S. Small Business Administration picked Pocatello-based Idaho-Nevada Community Development Financial Institution among six lenders to start making loans through a new SBA program. The pilot Community Advantage program aims to get small loans to populations that have been underserved ...

The Zions Bank Women’s Financial Group is taking applications through July 8 for Smart Women Grants of up to $3,000. Zions plans to award six grants. It appears the recession did not affect the number and type of applications received ...

Boise-based Syringa Bancorp, recently under regulatory scrutiny and struggling to raise capital, now has $10.7 million in investor commitments in escrow. The money is targeted for investment in Syringa Bancorp common stock and the purchase of certain classified assets of ...

Grocer Supervalu Inc.’s fiscal fourth-quarter net income dipped 2 percent, partly weighed down by softer sales and store closings. The earnings topped Wall Street expectations. Supervalu stock surged $1.42, or 16 percent, to $10.50 in premarket trading. The stock has ...

Small business borrowing improved slightly last year after plunging in 2009, said Kelly Robertson, Boise-based senior vice president and director of regional credit for Zions Bank. Activity so far this year has been similar to that of 2010. “We continue ...

Donnelly residents Louis and Paige Miller got their first forest-restoration contract, to thin out underbrush and small trees land managers consider wildfire fuel, in the summer of 2009. They lined up more contracts, and early the next year applied for ...

The Buckner Co., a commercial insurance agency based in Ogden, Utah, has entered Idaho by opening an office at 960 Pier View Drive, Idaho Falls. The company liked the stability of the Idaho Falls economy, CEO Terry Buckner said, and ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – It might be inconceivable to small business owners that a disaster hundreds or thousands of miles away could shut them down. But the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have interrupted shipments of parts and finished goods ...

Health insurance carriers cut commissions 30 to 60 percent since part of the federal health care reform law took effect Jan. 1, said Idaho Association of Health Underwriters lobbyist Jim Genetti. He proposes the Idaho Legislature support changing the law ...