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SLCC aerospace program gets boost from opportunity grant

By Brice Wallace A new Salt Lake Community College program aims to produce more skilled workers for Utah’s aerospace industry. The aerospace assembly training program recently got a financial boost from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board, which provided…

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The end of the 'war on coal' brings good news for pair of Utah mines

By John Rogers U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joe Balash has declared, “The war on coal is over.” The pronouncement came following the recent Bureau of Land Management approval of two mining projects in Utah. The Department of the Interior announced that the…

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Back in the swim: Seven Peaks to reopen this year

After a 2018 season during which the gates never opened, the Seven Peaks Waterpark in Provo is scheduled to open on Memorial Day Weekend this year, according to a press release from Global Management Amusement Professionals. The Temecula, California-based company operates dozens…

Supply-chain risk management firms merge

A pair of Utah software-as-a-service companies engaged in the supply-chain risk management industry have merged. Browz LLC of Orem and Avetta LLC, based in Draper, will combine under the Avetta name, the companies said in a statement last week. John Herr, CEO of Avetta, will…

Housing starts, new home sales soaring in St. George market

The St. George area housing industry continues to zoom, according to the Metrostudy fourth quarter 2018 housing survey released recently. The study found that housing starts and new home closings are up significantly but that production is moving toward attached — and therefore…

Instructure buys Portfolium

Instructure Inc., a Salt Lake City software-as-a-service technology company, has acquired San Diego-based education software company Portfolium. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Instructure markets its learning software such as Canvas and Bridge to both educational…

SL Chamber names small-business honorees

The Salt Lake Chamber has announced it annual Small Business Award winners. Honorees were announced at the organization’s Small Business Summit: Ignite & Inspire, held at the Salt Lake City Marriott University Park Hotel and Conference Center. “Small businesses are the beating…

SVN Auctions to handle UDOT surplus property disposal

SVN Auction Services has been awarded a five-year contract by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to create and manage an electronic online auction platform and clearinghouse to streamline sales of surplus real property owned by UDOT. The surplus land auctioning process…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 2-24-19

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Nu Skin Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., based in Provo, reported a net loss of $17.8 million, or 32 cents per share, for the fourth quarter of 2018. That compares with net…

Pillar of the Valley Award recipients announced by the Utah Valley Chamber

The Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce has selected John L. Valentine, Utah County commissioner and chairman of the Utah State Tax Commission, and Janette Callister Hales Beckham and the late Ray E. Beckham as the Pillar of the Valley Award recipients for 2019. They will be honored…

Business Tech: Hey, Siri; Hey, Alexa: Beware the data you leave behind

By Bahar Ferguson Perhaps you didn’t know that when you speak to someone in a call center, join a conference call, leave a voicemail or ask Alexa for the weather forecast, you are creating data. This compilation of data is one of the many reasons that both Google and Alexa have…

Utah not immune from growing global income inequality gap

By Brice Wallace If you’re not in the top 1 percent of income-earners and you think you’re being left behind, you’re not alone. And you’re also correct. A pair of University of Utah professors told the Salt Lake Rotary Club last week that Utah has been experiencing growing…

Hill AFB's $1.43 billion payroll leads facility's growing economic impact

The economic impact of Hill Air Force Base continues to grow. The base recently released its 2018 economic impact statement, which shows it had a $3.6 billion impact on the Utah economy last year. That compares with $3.4 billion reported for 2017. The figures include payroll,…

Housing and transportation lead CPI drop

The prices that northern Utahns pay for the goods and services they buy took their largest drop in almost a year in January. The drop was due mostly to a decrease in transportation and housing prices, according to the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) released…

Leavitt to keynote Utah technology summit

Former Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt has accepted an invitation to keynote the second annual Utah Technology Innovation Summit on April 1 at the Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, according to a release from the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative…

Utahn buys exclusive franchise for 100 froyo vending locations

Utah doesn’t have any of Reis & Irvy’s popular robot-staffed frozen yogurt and ice cream vending kiosks yet, but a Salt Lake City mechanical contractor is about to change that. Jason Olsen has purchased exclusive rights to install the franchised locations in Utah and Salt Lake…

L3 Technologies will add 250 employees to its already major Utah workforce

By Brice Wallace L3 Technologies will add up to 250 jobs in an expansion project in Salt Lake City, the company announced last week. The announcement came after the company was awarded a tax credit incentive and a training grant by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development…

Center launches Opportunity Zones Task Force

The Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business has launched its Opportunity Zones Task Force and forthcoming Opportunity Zones Catalyst Challenge. The center is joined in its effort by partners the Economic Innovation Group, U.S. Impact…

Chamber launches political action committee

The Salt Lake Chamber is interested in electing public officials who will support a pro-business agenda. To this end, the organization has launched a new political action committee to be called the Utah Jobs PAC.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} “The Utah Jobs PAC will allow Utah…

Control4 buys Swiss company

Salt Lake City-based Control4 Corp. has acquired a Swiss company known for the creation of a smart home remote that interfaces with thousands of devices right out of the box. Based in Bern, Switzerland, NEEO formerly sold its product online but will discontinue all…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 2-18-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: USANA USANA Health Sciences, based in Salt Lake City, reported net earnings of $32.3 million, or $1.32 per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 29. That compares with a net loss of $5.9…

Silicon Slopes leaders pledge $5 million for computer science

Brice Wallace Silicon Slopes’ push to get computer science in every Utah school was announced last year, but this year, the organization’s leaders have made a huge financial commitment to the effort. During the recent Silicon Slopes Tech Summit at the Salt Palace Convention…

Utah called nation's healthcare industry innovation 'hotbed'

A new report from Seattle-based healthcare think tank Cambria Grove and the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) shows that Utah is a hotbed for healthcare industry innovation. Released Jan. 30, the report is titled “Utah Health Care Innovation…

Lampropoulos named chamber's Giant in our City

Fred Lampropoulos, founder of South Jordan-based Merit Medical, has been named by the Salt Lake Chamber as its 40th Giant in our City. The annual award honors those with exceptional and distinguished service and extraordinary professional achievement, the chamber said.…

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