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Bank of the Pacific recently announced the promotion of real estate team members Claudia Abbott and Jennifer Young. Both have been promoted to vice president.

Young brings 15 years of loan officer experience to the real estate department as a real estate loan representative. A lifelong…

Ingenuity and innovation will be what leads us out of this recession.

Whatcom County is lucky to have the new Innovation Resource Center, a privately created organization that aims to help entrepreneurs thrive in Whatcom County, particularly through accelerator programs that help find…

Next year will be one of slow, steady improvement, but the economy regionally and nationally is still a long way from digging out from the financial mess of two years ago, particularly with employment.

That was the theme at the 21st annual U.S. Bank Economic Outlook Forum, held Tuesday,…

Office holiday parties offer a great opportunity to mingle, socialize and network with your co-workers but if you're not careful they can be a recipe for career disaster.

"No matter how fun or festive the work party is — it's still a work function,…

ON THE ONE hand, says Bellingham craftsman Stan Miller, the gorgeous mandolins he makes are essentially "a box with a stick at one end."

Of course, that's like saying the Sistine Chapel is an auditorium with a colored ceiling. Miller's mandolins…

Office holiday parties offer a great opportunity to mingle, socialize and network with your co-workers but if you’re not careful they can be a recipe for career disaster.

“No matter how fun or festive the work party is — it’s still a work function,” said Stacey Carroll, a professor at…

In opposing the recent attempted acquisition of Potash Corp. by BHP Billiton, the Prime Minister and several premiers referred to potash as a “strategic asset.” In recent years, other national governments have blocked foreign acquisitions of domestically owned companies on similar grounds. The…