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State has bridge loans for businesses hurt by virus
By Brice Wallace Utah state government has implemented a new loan program designed to help businesses hurt by the impacts of the COVID-19 virus. At a special meeting conducted by phone last week,...COVID-19 Updates: Cancellations and postponements
The following are events that have been included in The Enterprise Calendar listings and subsequently have been postponed or canceled, or have been removed from the organizers’ website calendars....COVID-19 impact on Utah tourism 'dire' - down 90%
By Brice Wallace “Sobering.” “Dire.” Those are a couple of descriptions of the COVID-19 impacts on Utah’s tourism industry. Vicki Varela, managing director of tourism and film at the Governor’s...
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UofU libraries putting idle 3D printers to work on face shields for healthcare workers
What can a library worker do to help with the COVID-19 outbreak? As it turns out, a lot. At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, library employees at the University of Utah never envisioned...Nelnet Bank receives charter from state, OK from FDIC
Nelnet, one of the nation’s largest servicer of student loans headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, has received the approval of both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and the Utah...Business, community leader Bob Garff dies
Robert H. Garff, chairman of Garff Enterprises Inc., the car dealership group founded by his father and a former speaker of the Utah House, died last week from complications of the coronavirus....These are self-deceptions that keep us from taking advantage of opportunities
By John Graham As human beings, we’re experts at deceiving ourselves, all because it’s so easy for us to think we know more than we do. As a result, we do less than our best work, miss out on...Succeeding in Your Business: From the mailbag: Can you copyright a common name?
By Cliff Ennico “I just watched your YouTube video on basic copyright law and didn’t hear you touch on this subject, so I thought I’d drop you a line and ask you this question. I’m having trouble...With COVID-19, remote meetings are the new normal
Here are 16 suggestions to make them more effective With COVID-19 here for the foreseeable future, businesses are rethinking everything. More and more employees are working from home, which means...Editorial Cartoon: Toilet Paper
Industry Briefs 4-6-20
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. BANKING •...Creativity and compassion continue as part of the coronavirus battle
By Veronique de Rugy It’s easy to feel depressed and scared these days. News about the impact and death toll of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, is constant. Government responses have been chaotic,...Democrats show true colors trying to load up the stimulus package
By Marc A. Thiessen Editor’s note: Marc Thiessen wrote this column just prior to the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. The final legislation eliminated many of the...State charters first new bank since 2008
The Utah Department of Financial Institutions has issued charter approval for a new bank in the state for the first time since 2008. The bank, Square Financial Services, is expected to launch in...BioFire's COVID-19 test gets emergency go-ahead
Salt Lake City-based BioFire Defense, a division of Paris-based bioMérieux, has received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of its COVID-19 test for use in...Slingshot appoints president
Orem-based Slingshot, developer and market of customer engagement software for home service providers, has appointed Jon Soldan as president and chief operating officer. The company also named...Virus hurting nonprofits, too
The mission and success of Utah’s nearly 10,000 nonprofits have been made extremely challenging by the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and its spillover into the financial markets. That’s according...Coronavirus will mean 'new normal' for startups looking for capital
By Brice Wallace Utah startups looking for investors will face a “new normal” over the next couple of years. That is the consensus of some investment leaders who gathered recently for a webinar...CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 3-30-20
The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Clarus Clarus Corp., based in Salt Lake City, reported net income of $12.4 million, or 40 cents per share, for...
