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Solar goal: 20% of U.S. production by 2030

By Brice Wallace With sunny skies outside and optimism inside, proponents of solar energy outlined a plan last week calling for solar to provide one-fifth of U.S. electricity generation by 2030. Kicking off the Solar Power International gathering of about 20,000 people at the…

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UMPA will buy electricity from ePower’s Clover Creek project

Salt Lake City-based renewable energy producer sPower has entered into an agreement with the Utah Municipal Power Agency (UMPA) to provide power to the agency from a new solar installation in Juab County. UMPA is an energy co-op established in 1980 that provides power to Levan,…

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Jobless rate flat; Utah job creation best in country

For the third straight month, Utah’s unemployment rate held steady at 2.8 percent in August, meaning just over 45,000 were out of work and actively seeking employment. The national jobless rate also remained unchanged at 3.7 percent in August. Meanwhile, the state’s nonfarm…

Utah consumers stay optimistic, marginally worried about China situation

Utahns may be hedging their bets a little about things like the future of business in the state, but they are still pretty optimistic about the economic situation as a whole. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) increased 6.2 points to 119.3 in September, fueled…

Overstock names Johnson permanent CEO

The board of directors of Salt Lake City-based online retailer Overstock.com has made the appointment of Jonathan Johnson as CEO permanent. Johnson had been serving as interim CEO since Aug. 22, when Patrick M. Byrne resigned as CEO and board member of the company following his…

Collective Health opens new Lehi campus

Collective Health, a San Francisco-based company that deals in the handling of healthcare insurance, has announced its expansion with the opening of a new Customer Experience Center in Lehi. The new location will immediately employ about 100 and Collective has plans to grow to…

SBA awards WTCUtah $50,000

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) will receive a $500,000 grant to support export growth among small businesses through SBA’s competitive State Trade Expansion Program. This year’s award to WTC Utah is a $200,000…

Listen Tech buys Canadian firm

Bluffdale-based Listen Technologies Corp., a provider of assistive listening systems, has acquired AudioConexus Inc., a marketer of multilingual tour services based in Kingston, Ontario. AudioConexus helps sightseeing tour operators engage visitors with technology and services…

Economic development report due in October

By Brice Wallace A comprehensive review of state government’s economic development activities could result in minor changes rather than a comprehensive overhaul. In briefing the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board at its September meeting, Val Hale, GOED’s…

CBRE: SLC tops nation inflexible office space growth

Salt Lake City is the fastest-growing flexible office space market in the U.S., according to a new report from commercial real estate company CBRE. Flexible office space is defined as leased space that can be converted to light industrial and then back again to office space. The…

Women employees buy Sun Print Solutions

Sun Print Solutions, a West Valley City sheet-fed and digital printer, has been purchased by two of its longtime employees. Sara Deneau and Jennifer Burrell are the new owners, making the company Utah’s largest women-owned printing company, the owners claim. The company, which…

Succeeding in Your Business: You know you have a going online retail business when ...

By Cliff Ennico It’s the most commonly asked question eBay and Amazon sellers ask me: “I’ve been selling on eBay/Amazon/Etsy/wherever for a while, but I don’t know if I should treat it as a hobby or a business.” Sooner or later, every online seller has to make the fateful…

Legal Matters: Why you can’t just let your third-party administrators run on autopilot

By Brooke Nelson If your company has outsourced the administration of your health or retirement plans to a service provider, you may be at more risk for liability than you think. Overseeing employee benefit plans comes with no shortage of administrative tasks. There are legal,…

Business Tech: Are you 'living' in the 21st century or just 'existing' in it?

By Bahar Ferguson Sure, you may be living in the 21st century, but are you actually living in the 21st century? No, this isn’t a trick question. Existing in the 21st century and dwelling in the 21st century are two completely different things. To find out which one you’re doing,…

There are the nine major mistakes that can doom a company’s marketing

By John Graham Marketing has never been a laidback, trouble-free game anyone can play. Today, it’s far more perilous than ever, particularly since prospective customers are moving targets. Just when you think you have them figured out, they’ve moved on. If you don’t know what…

Medical cannabis laws leave employers dazed

Brice Wallace One public vote, a compromise bill, special legislative sessions and two amendments later, Utah’s medical cannabis situation and its potential effects on employers remains in a haze. Hoping to clear the air a bit, Ryan Nelson, Employers Council’s Utah president,…

Vivint merger nets $700 million and a probable move to public

Provo-based security and home-automation giant Vivint Smart Home could be a public company later this year, thanks to a merger with Mosaic Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose company formed in October 2017 for just such an occasion — acquiring an established firm and taking it…

Transportation, entertainment drive CPI hike

Even though the cost of housing took its biggest drop in almost two years, the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) edged up 0.4 percent from July to August. Higher prices in the transportations and recreation sectors were mostly to blame. In the past year, the…

Talent Ready Utah announces expansion of the Aerospace Pathways program in Tooele

Talent Ready Utah, an initiative managed by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development that develops industry and education partnerships to help build Utah’s workforce, in partnership with Tooele County School District, Tooele Technical College and the aerospace industry, has…

Herbert-led trade mission returns from Japan and Hong Kong

Gov. Gary R. Herbert was the leader of a trade mission that just returned from a trade mission to Japan and Hong Kong. Representatives from 22 Utah companies and organizations joined Herbert on the trip organized by the World Trade Center Utah (WTCUtah) and the Utah Governor’s…

SLC's HydrantID acquired

HID Global, an Austin, Texas-based marketer of identity security products, has acquired HydrantID of Salt Lake City. HydrantID provides management and automation services to secure enterprise organizations’ data, IT systems, networks and the Internet of Things (IoT).…

Succeeding in Your Business: Can I sell this stuff on eBay?

By Cliff Ennico “What are the rules when it comes to selling trademarked or branded items, such as Gucci handbags or Tiffany & Co. jewelry, on eBay?” EBay’s rules about trademarked items are simple to state but difficult as the Dickens to apply in practice. Even experienced eBay…

Trade war could have 'significant' Utah impact

By Brice Wallace It’s the middle of Year 2 of what Joseph Brubaker calls “the never-ending hot topic.” It’s the U.S.-China trade conflict, chock full of multiple rounds of tariffs, delays in implementing those tariffs, escalations in the severity of the tariffs, uncertainty…

Summit focuses on innovation to enhance rural Utah economy

Speakers and participants at what organizers touted as the longest-running rural development conference in the nation focused on “innovation through entrepreneurism and partnership” during the recent 2019 Utah Rural Summit in Cedar City. Utah politicians, business owners,…

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