Idaho Business Review IBR

The new law that averted the “fiscal cliff” contains major changes for estate and gift tax rules that will affect not only the advice lawyers give to their clients, but the future landscape of estate planning law for years to ...

Educators throughout the nation are looking for ways to help students succeed in computer science and engineering programs. Despite efforts in Idaho, it will likely take years to produce a marked increase in the number of graduates. Idaho companies have ...

In the wake of the recession, many architectural firms have had to expand the scope of their services to find new avenues of business in a shrinking marketplace. As the economy begins to recover, those efforts appear to be paying ...

To engage employees in a company wellness program, wellness experts say it pays to hit employees where it hurts: right in the pocketbook. “Everybody wants to be healthy … but we need the tools and the resources and the support ...

When KaLinn Dishion’s real estate agents started working on short sales a few years ago, the sales were an arduous, cumbersome process fraught with unpleasant surprises. “It was truly a nightmare,” said Dishion, a real estate broker and chief operating ...

Stephen DuMerton is running into headaches developing lots he’s purchased in a Treasure Valley subdivision. The lots were mothballed by the previous developer during the economic downturn, and DuMerton, senior vice president of construction for Building Resources, Inc., hopes to ...

Every business has different insurance needs. Whether it’s an office where employees work eight hours a day, or a contracting firm where workers are out on projects or an at-home operation, insurance agents can help business owners decide what coverage ...

Insurance is one of the inescapable costs of doing business. But business owners can save money on their insurance rates by doing business in Idaho. Insurance agents say rates in Idaho are lower than in other states, though hard numbers ...

Real estate investment trusts continue to gain momentum, raising record capital and posting positive numbers across multiple parameters. The dominance of transactions by U.S. REITs was one of the headlines at the 22nd National Investment Center National Conference in late ...

In the past, college students living on campus often had to share their dorm’s shower area with many others. But times have changed. “A ‘dorm’ is not a term you hear very much anymore,” said Brian Stroup, an assistant director ...