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Cox calls for more diversity in Utah's technology sector
By Brice Wallace Saying Utah’s technology sector is “out of balance,” Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox last week called for the state to work toward greater diversity in the industry. Speaking at the SSTI...Golf & recreation venue bringing 240 new jobs to Vineyard in 2019
Utah County will be the site of a new major golf and entertainment venue with construction beginning in the spring. The Golf Club will be a three story, state-of-the-art facility offering golfing...Utah population still growing, just not as fast
The Utah Population Committee (UPC) at the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has released its 2018 population estimates for Utah and each of its 29 counties. The committee...
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New Age Beverage acquires Morinda Inc.
Denver-based New Age Beverage Corp. has acquired Morinda Holdings Inc. of Provo in an $85 million asset buyout. Morinda was formerly known as Tahitian Noni International and Morinda Bioactives and...Tempkin sold to Illinois firm
PPC Flexible Packaging LLC of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, has acquired Temkin International, a packaging products company in Payson. Financial details of the deal were not released. Temkin...Business leaders present way to address worst-in-nation gender pay gap
By Brice Wallace Calling it both an economic and moral imperative, a pair of business association leaders recently unveiled a guidebook for companies as a way to shrink the wide gender pay gap in...UofU engineers study better semiconductor material for high-voltage electronics
Electricity, as a form of energy, is not exactly efficient because much of it is lost as heat. Or, as University of Utah electrical and computer engineering associate professor Mike Scarpulla...UofU's American Dream Ideas Challenge names three winners
The University of Utah’s American Dream Ideas Challenge has named its three winners. The winners, that each receive a $30,000 grant, aim to boost Utahns’ income by cutting transportation costs,...CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS - 12-10-18
The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Sportsman’s Warehouse Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc., based in Midvale, reported net income of $12.4..."Come together, right now ...” Three ways to ignite the fire at your workplace
By Joe Tate Forty-nine years ago, the Beatles released a new song titled “Come Together,” written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Following the release, John told an interviewer the lyrics were...Loneliness in the Workplace: The advent of remote work has made gathering at the water cooler a thing of the past
Over the past several decades, connections with our work colleagues have become increasingly virtual and electronic in nature. Whether “shooting the breeze” occurs in a cubicle or via instant...BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: Creating the perfect pitch
By Kate Reddy Every memo, guide, letter, article, post and advertisement your company publishes is a pitch. You are giving your potential readers — customers, prospects or employees — information...MANAGING EMPLOYEE TURNOVER: Four steps to stop the revolving door
By Colin Thompson It’s a fact of life when you run a small business: Your limited resources make everything you have critical to survival. And when unemployment remains significantly low, small...Fresh air in the workplace
By Aja Macheel Commercial spaces have quite clearly evolved and advanced in the past decade, paying homage now more than ever to going green. New and current developments include architecture and...Worried about cybersecurity? Start with your own employees
By Bahar Ferguson Imagine you’re the CEO of your company. As you walk into the office one morning, you pass someone on your accounting team. They inform you they wired the $200,000 “you” requested...Hey, hiring managers: Here's why you should always be interviewing
By Peg Newman Traditionally, as hiring managers, we all start scouting for qualified candidates to interview only when we have a spot to fill. In this article, I’m offering the concept that you...TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES: An advantage for employers during skilled labor shortages
By Susan Hornbuckle The employment landscape has changed. Long gone are the days when employees remained at a company for decades, earning a pension, then eventually retiring with a gold watch....The nature of work is different and THE WORKPLACE SHOULD BE, TOO
By Jan Johnson Over the past several years, what we think of as “the workplace” has been changing in almost every aspect. It’s no longer one place, but many. It’s both face-to-face and virtual,...Industry Briefs 12-10-18
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