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Monday, September 24, 2018
Cox: Utahns forget importance of state's agriculture business
By Brice Wallace While exploring the idea of a Utah food innovation center to bring together farmers, ranchers, grocers and others in the industry, Utah's lieutenant governor told industry representatives last week that connections between urban and rural Utahns also need to be s...
Transportation down a bit; so is cost of living
For the first time since spring, consumers prices took a minor dip in August. The Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased 0.1 percent from July to August. The index has grown 5.2 percent in the past year, while the National Consumer Price index has increased...
Bank of Utah acquires American Bank of Commerce
Ogden-based BOU Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Bank of Utah, has announced its purchase of AmBancorp, the holding company for American Bank of Commerce (AmBank). Douglas L. DeFries, president and CEO of BOU Bancorp Inc., said that both boards of directors have approved the...
Daniels Fund names 2018 Ethical Leadership Award winners
Ten businesses, nonprofits and government agencies that embody the spirit of ethical leadership have been honored with the 2018 Utah Ethical Leadership Awards by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business, the Community Foundati...
Dakota Pacific adds Parley's Partners to its Utah group
Dakota Pacific Real Estate Partners, a Salt Lake City commercial real estate investment, development and management firm, has acquired Parley's Partners, also of Salt Lake City and a developer and manager of commercial real estate. The move expands Dakota Pacific's total assets u...
Guv-led group returns from trade mission to South Korea and Taiwan
A group of Utah businesses and organizations were represented on a recent trade mission to Taiwan and South Korea. The group returned last week."Taiwan and South Korea are among the state's largest export destinations. In 2017, Utah exported $636 million in goods to Taiwan and $3...
California firm buys two Utah colleges
Unitek Learning, a Newport Beach, California-based owner of healthcare-oriented for-profit colleges, has acquired two Utah colleges. Eagle Gate College's two locations and Provo College join seven Unitek campuses in California to form a two-state educational system."This acquisit...
Overstock expands with KC warehouse
Salt Lake City-based online retailer Overstock.com Inc. has announced plans to open a warehouse in Kansas City, Kansas, with distribution from the facility expected to begin in October. The company said the new facility is located to allow it to offer two-day ground shipping to m...
New York company buys Salt Lake-based Teem
Teem, a Salt Lake City-based provider of shared office and meeting space and online meeting software, has been acquired by WeWork of New York City. WeWork provides design services and technology for the office spaces of corporate clients.WeWork said in a release that it is acquir...
Chicago insurance firm meeting Utah hiring goal
GoHealth, a 17-year-old Chicago-based health insurance marketplace, is expanding rapidly at its new location in Lindon. The company has hired more than 400 in the past six weeks and plans to fill another 200 positions by mid-October, fulfilling the company's goal to fill 600 new ...
Calendar Highlights
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Women Empowered" Conference - September 25
An Ogden-Weber Chamber of Commerce event. Location is Weber State University Davis, 2750 University Park Blvd., Layton. Cost before Aug. 1 is $55 for Women in Business members, $65 for nonmembers. Cost after Aug. 1 is $10 more. Details are at http://www.ogdenweberchamber.com.
Operational Excellence Conference - Sept 27-28
Presented by the Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget and Goldratt Consulting. Theme is "Building on Success 2018: Intense Focus, Extreme Results." Event is focused on how to apply Theory of Constraints (TOC) principles to the public or private sector and will feature separate tracks for government and the private sector. Keynote speaker is Steve Starks, president of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment and president of the Utah Jazz. Other speakers are Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox; Noelle Cockett, president of Utah State University; Gil West, executive senior vice president and chief operations officer of Delta Air Lines; Kristen Cox, executive director of the Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget; Ajai Kapoor, partner of Goldratt Consulting; and Keith Squires, commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety. Location is Grand America Hotel, 555 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Cost is $499. Details are at http://www.utahexcellence.com.
Titan Awards 2018Titan Awards 2018 - October 4
A Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce event. Award recipients are Ann Romney, best-selling author and global ambassador for the Ann Romney Center for Neurological Diseases; Sterling Nielsen, president and CEO, Mountain America Credit Union; and Jay Francis, executive vice president of corporate affairs and Miller Family Philanthropy for the Larry H. Miller Group. Location is Little America Hotel, 500 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Registration can be completed at http://www.Eventbrite.com.
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