Cover Stories
Amer Sports to expand operations in Utah
By Brice Wallace Amer Sports will grow its North American headquarters in Ogden and add 110 high-paying jobs over the next five years. The company made the announcement last week after being...After much fanfare, Civica begins delivery on generic drug promise
Just one year after its announced launch, Civica Rx has delivered on its promise to supply hospitals with generic medications at lower costs. Fed up with the high cost of drugs and ongoing...Olson to lead Jazz, Miller entertainment
A 25-year veteran of the Larry Miller organization has been named president of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment (LHMSE) and the Utah Jazz. Jim Olson, who has been the executive vice...
This Week's Headlines
Utahns' tax burden continues to drop
The tax burden on the average Utahn in 2016 was the lowest in 25 years, according to a Utah Foundation report released last week. “A Lighter Load: Utah’s Changing Tax Burden” looks at data over a...DoTerra donation to UVU will be $17.7M over 10 years
DoTerra, a Pleasant Grove-based essential oils company, has presented Utah Valley University with the institution’s second-largest donation. Part of a 10-year agreement, the contributions includes...Women Tech Council announces 2019 winners of Women Tech Awards
The Women Tech Council (WTC) announced its 2019 recipients of the Women Tech Awards at an event last week in Salt Lake City. The awards program is designed to recognize women across all technology...Fabian VanCott acquires Sloan & Sloan
Salt Lake City-based law firm Fabian VanCott has acquired estate, tax and business planning firm Sloan & Sloan. Fabian VanCott said the Salt Lake City firm will help round out its tax and estate...Sandy-based Cityworks bought by Cal. firm
Azteca Systems LLC, which does business as Cityworks in Sandy, has been acquired by Trimble, a global positioning and robotic optical surveying instrument company based in Sunnyvale, California....D.C. hospital is first to use Utah- developed AR surgical system
Springville-based image processing company Novarad and George Washington University Hospital, based in Washington, D.C., have partnered to implement the country’s first augmented reality (AR)...Hansen named CEO of Draper's Code Corp.
Code Corp., a Draper-based developer and marketer of data-capture software and hardware, has named Kent L. Hansen as CEO. Hansen comes to Code from CA Engineering, where he was a partner and...Former FAA head: Unmanned aircraft industry faces changing regulation
The regulatory effort by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to deal with the rapidly expanding unmanned aircraft industry is a work in progress, according to the agency’s former...Succeeding in Your Business: Teaching lawyers about cybersecurity
By Cliff Ennico Let’s face it. When it comes to professionals with technological savvy, lawyers are way, way down the list. I know lawyers who are still using Windows 98, if that gives you an idea...Editorial Cartoon: Medicare-For-All
Industry Briefs 10-14-19
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. BANKING •...Hush, little voter, don’t say a word (about tariffs and rebate checks)
By Veronique de Rugy There are many bad ideas flying around right now in Congress. The recent proposal by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, to give some taxpayers a rebate check funded with the tariff...Red memory: Some Chinese seem to want to 'Make China Great Again'
By Fareed Zakaria Donald Trump finally got to see the kind of military parade he longed for. Unfortunately for him, it was in Beijing, not Washington. You will recall that in 2018, Trump directed...MWCN releases Utah 100 list of fastest-growing companies in the state
MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) has released its 2019 Utah 100, its annual list of the fastest-growing companies in Utah. MWCN is a business networking organization devoted to supporting...Utahns want lower sales tax but favor tax on services not now subject to tax
Half of Utah voters support a lower sales tax rate and a strong majority favor taxing services currently not subject to a sales tax, according to a new survey undertaken by AARP. The survey of...Report: Employees spend just 43 percent of work week on the jobs they were hired to do
Average employees spend only about 43 percent of their work week doing the jobs they were hired to do, according to a new report release last week by Lehi-based Workfront. Workfront develops and...
