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Monday, June 12, 2017 
Amazon to build $200M facility in Salt Lake Co.
By Brice WallaceThree companies have announced plans to place or expand operations in Utah, led by a $200 million Amazon regional fulfillment center in Salt Lake County.Amazon Fulfillment Services Inc., Alliance Data Systems Inc. and Podium Inc. announced the projects last week a...
Seminar: Trump likely to have deep employment law impact
By Brice WallaceEmployers could be in store for a lot of employment law changes under the President Trump administration.That was the gist of presentations at the recent 29th annual Parsons Behle & Latimer Employment Law Seminar in Salt Lake City, although many of the comment...
Utah home price increase running ahead of nation
Utah home price increases continue to run well above the national average, according to new data released by CoreLogic, a property information and analytics company based in Irvine, California. In the Salt Lake City market, home prices have increased by 9.4 percent since last Apr...
USTAR tabs Somers as new director
Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) has named Brian Somers as its new managing director, according to a statement from the organization.“We are fortunate to have Brian join our team as managing director,” said Ivy Estabrooke, USTAR executive director. &...
Report: Coal country needs to diversify industry base
Seven of Utah’s 29 counties depend heavily on coal mining and electricity production from coal, but their future prosperity may depend on finding alternatives to coal and the high-paying jobs it provides in the state’s rural economy. Those are conclusions reached in t...
Dominion pulls trigger on Questar name change
In a move that has been widely anticipated since Questar Gas merged with Virginia-based Dominion Resources Inc. in September 2016, Dominion Questar has been renamed Dominion Energy after a vote by corporate shareholders. Dominion Energy’s Utah-based natural gas utility will...
UEC releases pay reports
Utah’s Employers Council recently published two job compensation surveys designed to help Utah organizations keep current and competitive with employee salaries. The 2017 “Utah Benchmark Compensation Survey” (benchmark survey) and the new “Information Tech...
St. George's Town & Country Bank merges with People's Intermountain
People’s Intermountain Bank, the parent company of Bank of American Fork, and Town & Country Bank Inc. of St. George have announced an agreement to merge. The Town & Country Bank office and the Bank of American Fork branch in St. George will be combined in January 2...
CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 6-12-17
Sportsman’s WarehouseSportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc., based in Midvale, reported a net loss of $4.5 million, or 11 cents per share, for the quarter ended April 29. That compares with net income of $300,000, or 1 cent per share, for the same quarter a year earlier....
Energy
Traditional utilities, solar energy companies and public interest groups are seeking an equitable and sustainable rate structure for residential rooftop power generation
Striking a balanceBy Frances JohnsonWith settlement discussions underway regarding a proposal from Rocky Mountain Power to alter the rate structure for residential solar customers, many solar companies, interest groups and individual customers are speaking out against the propose...
Energy sector not exempt from struggle to find qualified workers
By Brice WallaceIt’s been a common refrain in Utah: an industry struggling with finding skilled employees.Most often, the focus has been on the high-tech industry, but recently it was the energy sector singing the tune and trying to find ways to make young people aware of t...
Utah is making strides in adopting clean energy and fueling resources and it's the construction industry leading the way
Investing in the alternativeAir quality is a matter everyone cares about — especially in Utah, a state that experiences some of the nation’s most extreme winter inversions. When inversion conditions combine with high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) the air pollut...
Bloomberg exec: We need to think of new energy technologies as mainstream
By Brice WallaceNew energy technologies “should not be called alternative energy anymore,” according to an industry watcher.Speaking at the Governor’s Utah Energy Development Summit in Salt Lake City, Ethan Zindler, head of U.S. research for Bloomberg’s Ne...
Calendar
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Fourth Annual Digital Disruption - June 13-15
A conference presented by HireVue. Theme is “Break Through to Excellence.” Event will feature business return-on-investment case studies driven by HR technology. Featured speakers include Josh Bersin, principal and founder, Bersin by Deloitte; Rusty Rueff, investor, advisor and presidential appointee, The Kennedy Center; Dan Heath, co-author of Made to Stick, Decisive and Switch; and Polly LaBarre, author of Mavericks at Work, founding member of Fast Company Magazine, and co-founder and director, Management Lab. Location is Stein Eriksen Lodge, 7700 Stein Way, Park City. Details are at http://www.hirevuedisruption.com.
FailFast2017 - June 15
A technology conference dedicated to learning from failures. Speakers include Wes Schaeffer, founder of The Sales Whisperer; David Bradford, chief executive officer of FluentWorlds; Steve Barham, former head of global sales effectiveness at LinkedIn; Don Cash, vice president of global inside sales at BMC Software; Garin Hess, founder and CEO of Consensus; Jack Butler, vice president of marketing at Grow; and Rex Galbraith, vice president of sales at Consensus. Location is Eleve Event Center, 439 S. Pleasant Grove Blvd., Pleasant Grove. Cost is $74. Details are at http://www2.goconsensus.com/failfast2017.
Murray Chamber Youth Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament - June 15
A Murray Area Chamber of Commerce event. Activities begin at 7 a.m. with registration, followed by an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Location is Murray Parkway Golf Course, 6345 Murray Parkway Ave., Murray. Details are at murraychamber.org. Location Murray Parkway Golf Course.
Location is Club 90 SLC, 9065 S. Monroe St., Sandy. Cost is $20 for chamber members, $25 for nonmembers. Details are at westjordanchamber.com.
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