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Monday, April 23, 2018 
Business-friendly small cities? Utah has 7 in top 25
St. George has been ranked No. 2 in the nation in WalletHub’s 2018 Best Small Cities to Start a Business list released last week. But the recognition for the state didn’t stop there. Seven Utah municipalities made the top 25. In addition to St. George, Clearfield rank...
Utah firms find links that will lead to business expansion in Mexico
Utah businesses increasingly see Mexico as a field ripe for business expansion and a governor-led trade mission to the country has given 27 companies and organizations a leg up in that quest. The five-day World Trade Center Utah-sponsored excursion to Mexico City and Baja returne...
Governor hosting econ summit this week in Salt Lake
Utah state government’s largest annual business-based powwow takes place this week in Salt Lake City.The 12th annual Utah Economic Summit, hosted by Gov. Gary Herbert, is set for April 27 at the Grand America Hotel, 555 S. Main St., with several hundred people expected to a...
AC Hotel by Marriott opens in downtown SLC
AC Hotel by Marriot has opened its first Utah property in downtown Salt Lake City. The 164-room hotel was developed by a partnership of Dallas-based Woodbine Development Corp. and Provo-based PEG Development. The facility will be managed by In-Group Hospitalit...
Wyoming approval advances PacifiCorp wind expansion
The Wyoming Public Service Commission recently approved PacifiCorp, the parent company of Rocky Mountain Power, moving ahead with a significant wind and transmission expansion plan that would add enough new wind energy to power more than 400,000 average homes by 2020.
No. 1 again: Utah's economic outlook best for 11th straight year
If the only certain things are death and taxes, Utah having the best economic outlook among states in an annual ranking comes pretty close.For the 11th consecutive year — every year since the study began — Utah tops the economic outlook list in the “Rich States,...
Garff buys out its dealership group partner
Utah car dealership giant Ken Garff Automotive Group is buying out New York-based Leucadia National Corp. from its Garcadia dealership partnership. Garff owns and operates 28 new-car dealerships in Utah. Ken Garff and Leucadia partnered in 2006 to form Garcadia, which has si...
Utah gets A+ for teaching kids about money
Utah has received a No. 1 ranking for its high school personal finance education from Champlain College’s Center for Financial Literacy in Burlington, Vermont. Utah was the only state to earn an A-plus on the Top-10 report card issued by the institution earlier th...
Life in retirement not exactly as expected, according to Wells Fargo poll
At a time when many workers are being encouraged to work to age 70 to increase their opportunity to save and to maximize their Social Security benefit, the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index poll finds that the average age at which current retirees r...
Sallaway named vSpatial CEO
Provo-based virtual reality startup vSpatial, has named John Sallaway as its new CEO and chairman of the board. As a co-founder, Sallaway has been serving as the company’s chief operating officer since its inception in 2016. Sallaway replaces Richard Platt, the founder and ...
Qualtrics buys California firm
Provo-based Qualtrics has acquired startup Delighted, the company said last week, adding the maker of one-touch apps for Instacart, Postmates and Uber to its customer experience software suite. Although the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Forbes quoted a source with knowled...
HealthInsight merges with Qualis
HealthInsight, a healthcare quality consulting firm based in Murray, has merged with Qualis Health of Seattle. The merger, initially announced in February, was final last week when the boards of both companies approved the conditions of the transaction.“The new, merged orga...
Ally Bank Survey: Investors decidedly more bearish
Investor sentiment has turned decidedly more bearish, according to the latest survey of independent investors by Sandy-based Ally Bank. The Ally Invest quarterly said that bullish and very bullish sentiment dropped from 76 percent in the previous quarter to 30 percent in the firs...
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12th Annual Utah Economic Summit - April 27
Hosted by Gov. Gary Herbert. Event includes keynote presentation by Mitch Lowe, co-founding executive of Netflix and chief executive officer of MoviePass, “power” presentations, breakout sessions and a closing reception. Location is Grand America Hotel, 555 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Early-bird registration cost (through March 31) is $155. Details are at http://www.utaheconomicsummit.com.
UTC Annual Membership Meeting - April 29
A Utah Technology Council event featuring a celebration of achievements from the past 12 months, a forecast of UTC’s future and the presentation of the 2017 Industry Awards. Location is Show Barn at Thanksgiving Point, 3003 N. Thanksgiving Way, Lehi. Registration can be completed at Eventbrite.com. Details are at http://www.utahtech.org.
National Small Business Week Utah Kick-Off - April 30
A U.S. Small Business Administration Utah District Office information expo and networking event with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Location is World Trade Center Utah, 60 E. South Temple, No. 300, Salt Lake City. Free. Registration can be completed at http://www.Eventbrite.com.
National Small Business Week Utah Awards Reception - May 3
A U.S. Small Business Administration Utah District Office event. Keynote speaker is Derek Miller, president of the Salt Lake Chamber. Networking begins at 4:30 p.m. Ceremony begins at 5 p.m. Location is Zions Bank, 1 S. Main St., Founders Room, 18th floor, Salt Lake City. Cost is $20. Registration can be completed at http://www.Eventbrite.com.
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