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If Utah became 'Crossroads of the World,' so can other states
By Brice Wallace Acknowledging Utah’s strength in international trade, several economic leaders recently hailed the state’s advancement from “Crossroads of the West” to “Crossroads of the World”...Three companies will create 1,135 jobs through GOED tax incentives
By Brice Wallace Three companies have announced expansions that are expected to create a total of 1,135 jobs in Utah over the next few years. LendingClub Corp., Bullfrog Spas and Essence Global...Qualtrics calls off IPO, sells for $8 billion
The monster Utah IPO that was the talk of the tech industry and all over the local press earlier this month is off. When Provo-based Qualtrics’ CEO Ryan Smith announced his intentions to take his...
This Week's Headlines
Bullock to head Squire & Co.
Squire & Co. PC, an accounting firm with offices in Orem and Salt Lake City, has named Jonyce Bullock as CEO. Bullock was the managing partner of the firm and will continue as office managing...RMP proposes customer refund and efficiency charge decrease
Rocky Mountain Power has filed a proposal to issue a one-time refund of approximately $14.5 million and to decrease the customer surcharge for energy efficiency from approximately 3.66 percent to...Clarus acquires of skincare firm SKINourishment
Clarus Corp., a Salt Lake City holding company has acquired skincare company SKINourishment Inc. of Wimberley, Texas. Clarus focuses on acquisition of sport-enhancing products and high-growth...Church to build SLC skyscraper
City Creek Reserve, the real estate arm of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has submitted preliminary planning documents for a major glass office building to be located on the...NetDocuments buys Closing Room
NetDocuments, a Lehi cloud-based content services platform for law firms, corporate legal teams and compliance departments, has acquired Closing Room, a deal management application developed by...Japanese public television comes to Utah
Japan’s English-language public television station is now available to cable and over-the-air viewers in Utah. NHK World-Japan has become available in the Salt Lake City market, thanks to a...SLC ranks No. 1 in nation for office net absorption growth
Buoyed by robust tech-sector employment growth, Salt Lake City ranks first for office net absorption growth among the 30 leading tech markets in the nation, according to commercial real estate...‘Shop local, dine local’ supports our small-business heroes
By Dan Nordberg Every year after Thanksgiving, Americans kick off the holiday shopping season with big stores advertising deal after deal. Not long ago during the holiday season, Americans would...CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS
The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Nu Skin Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., based in Provo, reported net income of $53.1 million, or 94 cents per share,...Business Tech:You store food against an emergency; is your IT system ready for a disaster, too?
By David Black We all have either read or actually prepared in some way for natural disaster emergencies at home by storing some water, blankets, food with a long shelf-life and other essentials...Industry Briefs 11-19-18
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. AGRICULTURE •...They keep doing it: Another Republican capitulation on healthcare
By Veronique de Rugy Republicans have established a clear pattern on healthcare. First, they rail against whatever big-government scheme Democrats propose. Then, after a half-hearted and...Is this current wave of nationalism taking the world back to the 1920s?
By Fareed Zakaria When confronting bad news these days, many tend to assume that it’s just a bump on the road and that things will work out. President Obama was fond of invoking Martin Luther...They once were the people who would handle money, now they’re being shot
By Robert Pembroke It broke my heart recently watching NPR’s profiling of the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh. I have never seen a group of 11 people with such...Editorial Cartoon: White Wave
Utah loses top pollster
Utah’s preeminent pollster has died. Dan Jones, 84, succumbed to congestive heart failure that he had battled for several years, according to his wife, businesswoman and former legislator Pat...
