Idaho unemployment hits 8.3 percent
(by IBR Staff
@ 13:50 MDT on 07/02)
Idaho businesses hired fewer people last month than they have during June for the last decade, pushing the forecasted seasonally adjusted unemployment rate up another half percentage point to 8.3 percent.
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Boise solar firm now an Earthsponse dealer
(by IBR Staff
@ 13:46 MDT on 07/02)
Boise-based Treasure Valley Solar is now an “Elite Dealer” with alternative energy products supplier Earthsponse, enabling it to sell, install and offer maintenance contracts for a range of solar products, including water heaters and full solar electric packages for homes and businesses.
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B of A wants Tamarack ski lifts back
(by Associated Press @ 09:23 MDT on 07/02)
Bank of America Corp. is demanding it be allowed to repossess two ski lifts from Tamarack Resort, saying the struggling central Idaho vacation getaway has missed lease payments since February.
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Distressed Properties
When a retired war veteran purchased a dream home in Meridian for his wife a few years ago, the pair’s lives were going well. Their health was good, they paid their bills every month and the real estate market was at its height.
SBA ‘504’ lending rises for commercial space, assets
More business owners are looking to U.S. Small Business Administration “504” program loans to finance major fixed assets such as land and buildings. SBA in mid-March eliminated fees for borrowers and lenders on 504 loans made from Feb. 17 until the end of the calendar year or until funds are exhausted.
From 1975 to 1979, my wife and I lived in Iran. We spent the first year and a half in Tehran, and lived during the rest of our stay in the magical city of Esfahan – a place that richly inhabits my imagination to this day.
Our wonderful capital city has again been recognized for what it is – a wonderful place to live. Selected from 2,000 locales, “Boise” joined Austin, Albuquerque, and Auburn, La Crosse and Loveland, and others in the annual U.S. News and World Report (July 2009) search for low crime, high-tech, easy lifestyle and good living amenities.
The spirit of camaraderie, the chance to network with Idaho’s movers and shakers and the opportunity to share professional and personal achievements proved a compelling mix for attendees of the Idaho Business Review’s 2009 Idaho Accomplished Under 40 awards.
With the growl of a huge earthmover, Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter moved a huge shovel of dirt, as the newest construction project on the I-84 corridor gets under way.
The problem with health care “reform” is that liberals see a broken national system badly needing fixing, and conservatives neither see nor desire such a system in the first place. If it isn’t there, don’t fix it.
I received an e-mail yesterday from Kellie Kluksdal from the Idaho Department of Tourism giving me a heads up on the launch of their 2010 promotional campaign, “Adventures in Living.”
If you ask land-use attorney Chris Duerksen, there are some things wrong with the world. We’re using more and more fossil fuels, icebergs are disappearing, species are going extinct, health is deteriorating, and the U.S. is importing more food than it’s exporting.
This blog is about a perfectly good story that was ruined by reality – and its title may well be one of the most shocking and controversial I’ve ever penned. At least you’d be forgiven for thinking so if you paid any attention to the David and Goliath story surrounding the Idaho Potato Commission and the Idaho Fry Company. It’s certainly a departure from my original title, “The Empire Strikes Back” – but then, that was the one I envisioned before I actually sat down and talked with the Idaho Potato Commission president, Frank Muir.
I argued against the “stimulus” idea when our big-spending, big government president first pitched it, but George W. Bush got it passed anyway. And to very little effect or impact. Based upon that failure our new big-spending, big government president, Barack Obama, has decided more of a bad idea is better.
Here’s a riddle for you. If something happened in the forest and no journalist was there to report it, would it still be news? The answer can be found at the end of this blog … but I want you to restrain the urge to read ahead.
Boise Mayor Dave Bieter announced the creation of a new business incubator to support local alternative energy startups during his State of the City address Wednesday morning.
Sonia Sotomayor is imminently qualified for the Supreme Court. Educated at Princeton, and Yale Law, an experienced jurist nominated by George H.W. Bush, and William Jefferson Clinton and twice confirmed. She is perhaps the most experienced and best prepared nominee since Robert Bork.
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