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GOED partners with UCFS to boost local financial industry
By Brice Wallace Utah state government and a research center have announced a partnership to expand and strengthen the financial services industry in the state. The Governor’s Office of Economic...Starks tabbed to keynote Utah opex conference
Steve Starks, president of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment and president of the Utah Jazz, will be the keynote speaker at the State of Utah and Goldratt Consulting’s Operational Excellence...Rosy job outlook drives a better consumer attitude
Utahns are expecting business conditions, the availability of jobs and household income to improve and that drove the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) up 1.7 points to 113.6 in July....
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UofU receives NSF funding to establish federal research data center on campus
The University of Utah has received funding from the National Science Foundation to create a Federal Statistical Research Data Center on its campus. The center will be designed to provide...Broadvoice buys YipTel
Sandy cloud communications service provider YipTel has been purchased by Broadvoice, a provider of hosted voice, unified and SIP trunking services for businesses, based in Billerica,...Mathis leaves Downtown Alliance for similar post in Florida
The Downtown Alliance is looking for a new executive director following the resignation of Jason Mathis. Mathis, who also has served as executive vice president of the Salt Lake Chamber since...J&J Consumer buys Zarbee's Naturals
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. has acquired Draper-based Zarbee’s Naturals from the Growth Fund of investment firm L Catterton and other minority partners, including Sorenson Capital. Zarbee’s is...Record industrial construction leads still-hot commercial real estate
The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm CBRE has released its MarketView report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2018. The report highlights the industrial construction sector,...Wells Fargo survey: Small-business optimism hits record high as economy continues to strengthen
Small-business optimism is at an all-time high, according to the latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, released last week. The survey was conducted July 11-18. The index, which...CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-13-18
The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: SkyWest SkyWest Inc., based in St. George, reported net income of $76 million, or $1.43 per share, for the...Four critical elements for increasing employee engagement
By Richard Tyson Perhaps the most daunting leadership challenge facing businesses today is that of disengaged employees. According to Gallup, a staggering 87 percent of employees worldwide are not...Business Tech: How secure is your information on the Internet of Things?
By David Black “The Internet of Things” (IoT) is not a term that has been around very long. In fact, it was first coined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton and has become a hot topic in the technology...Export-Import Bank too big to tackle? How about starting with the EBRD
By Veronique de Rugy I’ve spent years arguing that the Export-Import Bank, the official United States export credit agency, is a wasteful and corrupt bureaucracy. It exists to subsidize big...European Commission action is latest example of the Trump two-step
By Fareed Zakaria Listen closely. That sound you heard at the recent joint press conference between the presidents of the European Commission and the United States was Donald Trump backtracking...Congratulations, Utah has nation's highest employer health plan participation
By Robert Pembroke According to a Salt Lake Tribune article “Surging Health Insurance Cost Wields Double Impact,” Utah has the highest percentage in the nation (61 percent) of employer-sponsored...Industry Briefs - 8-13-18
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 •...Trade Wars – and other challenges for the little guy
Small manufacturers must be smart to survive in a world of tariffs and counter-tariffs as well as a number of other concerns The recent clamor over tariffs and counter-tariffs on raw materials,...Advanced manufacturing = tremendous promise
Today’s modern manufacturer is an incredible entity — innovative, advanced, creative and the ultimate entrepreneur. Manufacturers are the ones to make things from raw materials, creating value and...
