Prada headlines Milan's first Digital Fashion Week

MILAN (AP) — Prada headlined Day 1 of Milan’s first Digital Fashion Week on Tuesday with a series of out-sourced videos and the apt subtitle ‘’the show that never happened.’’

Many Zimbabweans sell goods from their cars in hard times

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Cars have become mobile markets in Zimbabwe where enterprising residents are selling goods from their vehicles to cope with economic hardships caused by the coronavirus.

Business Highlights

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Business Highlights

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City's accomplishments varied, numerous

Happy belated new year to all of you readers. As mayor of the city of Sandpoint, I’d like to take this opportunity to give you an update on the state of the city. I’m very proud of what the Sandpoint has accomplished in the last year. Here are a few of the highlights:

CEO reflects on health care's shifts

COEUR d'ALENE — Jon Ness invited two relatively new Kootenai Health employees to the podium on Monday to illustrate how health care has led the local economic development charge in recent years — and given young folks an opportunity to live here.

Carl Crabtree

1. I have spent my life in business, and have served in government. It is so hard to make a dollar in business, and so easy for government to waste those dollars. I believe my experience in both sectors will help me make better decisions for District 7. Additionally, I like people, and working with them.

Manufacturers build on success

Several businesses expect to see record sales in 2010

While most of the U.S. and local economy staggers through the recession of the past couple of years, one sector is doing surprisingly well.

And so the public pays

Sometimes you get what you pay for. Sometimes you pay for what you get. Idaho is about to pay for what it got.

Big banks under pressure in Europe crisis

Comprehensive plan promised on Wednesday

Wasting good garbage

Scavengers leave dumps to speak out on UN stage

CANCUN, Mexico - Clambering over garbage heaps, rummaging through trash cans, Supriya Bhadakwad didn't set out to save the planet when she was 13 years old, just her family. But two decades later, in the global arena of climate negotiations, the sari-clad Indian woman and other scavengers are making their voices heard, tilting with big corporate players in a tug-of-war over the world's dumpsites.

Local VA facilities fare better on wait times

Area veterans have mixed reviews about recent changes

Local Veterans Affairs medical facilities have better statistics than centers nationwide on patient wait times, but local veterans give the wait-reducing program mixed reviews.

Ruble rebound?

Currency's value threatens 'Made in Russia' industry revival

MOSCOW - Russia's ruble is on a roller-coaster. After being the world's second worst-performing currency against the dollar last year, it is among the best in 2015.

'How you feel determines what you'll do'

A Q&A with Wall Street's top psychiatrist on market turmoil

NEW YORK - When it seems like the stock market has lost its mind, big banks and investment firms often turn to one particular psychiatrist: Richard Peterson, CEO of MarketPsych, a firm that applies research from behavioral science to financial markets.

Getting IT ready

COEUR d'ALENE — As large data centers fill the Seattle and Moses Lake areas, the Kootenai County jobs net hopes to capture the ripple effect from that trend.

Road partnership a Cd'A budget focus

By BRIAN WALKER

Real estate ripples

COEUR d’ALENE — It seems only fitting that areas in and around the Lake City are expected to continue to enjoy the ripple effects of the real estate market this year.

Republican hopefuls talk issues in Kalispell

Republican candidates for Montana Secretary of State made their case in front of a cordial audience during a forum at Kalispell’s Red Lion Inn Thursday evening.

GOP primary race develops for state Senate seat

Citing his private sector experience and a home-turf advantage in state Senate District 3, Whitefish businessman Don “K” Kaltschmidt is challenging current House Majority Leader Rep. Keith Regier for the Republican nomination.

Idaho Club taking shape

Sales of residential homes and property may have cooled from the torrid pace which lit up the Bonner County real estate market a couple of years ago, but a new housing sector — the vacation or second home in planned community resorts — has suddenly taken off in the last year. Projects like The Crossing at Willow Bay, Dover Bay, The Seasons at Sandpoint and The Idaho Club are all reporting strong sales and reservations of homesites in developments that include marinas, fitness centers and a host of other amenities.