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Paiute group reaping benefits from growing business empire
By John Rogers A relatively small group of Utah Native Americans has leveraged an opportunity suggested by a Cedar City information technology company into a burgeoning business empire. The Cedar...More jobs coming to SLC, Hildale in So. Utah
By Brice Wallace A software company will grow by 485 jobs in Salt Lake City over the next five years and Hildale will be the site of a manufacturing operation that the city’s mayor calls “a...Gas prices are again the cause of CPI going up
If you haven’t noticed the soaring gasoline prices along the Wasatch Front in recent weeks, you probably don’t drive a car. The average cost of gas at the pump jumped 31 percent in April alone and...
This Week's Headlines
Stayner Bates to join nationwide BKD group
Salt Lake City-based accounting firm Stayner Bates PC will become a part of BKD, a Springfield, Missouri, company with nationwide reach. The acquisition will take effect on June 1. “We want to...Utah home price increase second in the nation
Utah ranks No. 2 in the nation for increasing home prices over the past year, according to a new study released by the financial website RefiGuide.org. The rankings were based on analysis of...Utah joins 44 states in suit against generic drug makers
Utah has joined 44 other states in suing Teva Pharmaceuticals and 19 of the nation’s largest generic drug manufacturers, alleging a broad conspiracy to artificially inflate and manipulate prices...Utah-China trade & investment forum creates opportunities for Utah businesses
World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) hosted a delegation of more than 100 high-level Chinese government and business leaders for a trade and investment forum at the Little America Hotel on May 11....Miller to receive congressional Horizon Award
The Congressional Award Foundation has announced that it will honor Salt Lake City’s Gail Miller with its Horizon Award at the organization’s annual Gold Medal Ceremony on Capitol Hill in...Control4 being acquired by North Carolina firm
A Salt Lake City manufacturer and marketer of smart home products, Control4, is being acquired by SnapAV, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based manufacturer of audio/visual, surveillance, networking...CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 5-20-19
The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Nature’s Sunshine Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., based in Lehi, reported net income of $1.7 million, or 9...Succeeding in your Business: Winning first place in a business plan competition
By Cliff Ennico Twice a year, I have the honor of being a judge at the Connecticut Business Plan Competition, where students from business schools and undergraduate business programs throughout...Editorial Cartoon: Labels
Industry Briefs 5-20-19
Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. ASSOCIATIONS...The Fed should not compete with real-time payment private sector
By Veronique de Rugy There’s an inherent conflict of interest that occurs when an agency serves as both a regulator and competitor. Unfortunately, that describes the present state of the Federal...Would a program of national service help bridge the urban-rural divide?
The following column is adapted from Fareed Zakaria’s commencement address at Ohio State University on May 5. It’s graduation season in America and a good time to be leaving college and looking...Two Clyde companies plan Lehi TOD project
Geneva Rock Products of Murray and Clyde Properties, based in Orem, have announced plans to build a transit-oriented development (TOD) on the site of one of Geneva’s old gravel pits in Lehi. The...Brockovich to join LifeVantage board of directors
Sandy-based LifeVantage, a developer and distributor of dietary supplements and skin care products, has announced the appointment of Erin Brockovich to its board of directors. Brockovich was the...Intercontinental Exchange to acquire Simplifile LC
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), an Atlanta-based company that owns exchanges for financial and commodity markets and operates 12 regulated exchanges, has entered into an agreement to acquire...Development Ready Communities program underway in 20 Utah communities
The Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) has announced that its member initiative called the Development Ready Communities (DRC) program has more than 20 cities and counties now...
