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Summit honorees named

The Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has announced the award recipients for the 2020 Utah Economic and Energy Summit that will be held Oct. 26 in Salt Lake City. At the summit, Gov. Gary R. Herbert will recognize individuals and companies that have made…

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Empower employees by eliminating the victimization mindset

By Richard Tyson Have you found yourself feeling powerless lately? If so, you are in good company. The extraordinary challenges of 2020 have combined to discourage even the most ardent optimist. One of the most serious casualties of the current turmoil today is our confidence…

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Innovate Utah: NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES

Royal LePage, the largest real estate company in Canada, has adopted the rlpSPHERE Platform from Draper’s Inside Real Estate for its more than 18,000 agents in 600 offices in the country. RlpSPHERE provides a fully integrated, state-of-the-art tech ecosystem enabling Royal…

Point Authority is looking for ideas 'equal to the opportunity'

By Brice Wallace What should the 700-acre Utah State Prison site look like after the prison shifts to a new location a few miles north? Officials working on its planning want to hear ideas. The Point of the Mountain State Land Authority is seeking public input for “The Point,”…

Jobless rate down again, now 4.1%

Utah’s nation-best jobless rate continues to drop to near pre-pandemic levels. August’s rate was reported at 4.1 percent, down significantly from July’s 4.5 percent. August’s national unemployment rate dropped from 10.2 percent in July to 8.4 percent in August. “Utah’s economy…

COVID-19 Updates: Cancellations and postponements

The following are events that have been included in The Enterprise Calendar listings and subsequently have been postponed or canceled, or have been removed from the organizers’ website calendars. This is not a complete list of postponements or cancellations. Check with…

UofU Health switches from nasal swab to saliva sample for C-19 tests

The five drive-through COVID-19 testing sites operated by University of Utah Health have switched from nasal swabs to saliva sampling. The saliva test was developed by ARUP Laboratories, a nonprofit enterprise of the University of Utah. The nasal swab coronavirus tests are…

Airflow studies may help symphony get back to live performances

One of the industries hardest hit by restrictions of the COCID-19 pandemics is the live entertainment business. Concerns over the spread of the virus by the airflow created by vocalists and wind instrument players has kept entities like the Utah Symphony|Utah Opera shuttered.…

Poor communications cited as issue in early state pandemic contracts

A panel of auditors for the Utah Legislature has found that at least two of the contracts state agencies executed in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic should have received closer examination by relevant state entities to avoid pitfalls and overspending. The subject…

COVID-19 deaths for black essential workers linked to racial disparities

Racial disparities among essential workers could be a key reason that black Americans are more likely than whites to contract and die of COVID-19, according to researchers at the University of Utah. They found that blacks disproportionately worked in nine vital occupations that…

2019 tourism: $10 billion & 141,500 jobs

Travelers to Utah spent a record $10.06 billion in the state in 2019 and generated an estimated $1.34 billion in total state and local tax revenue, according to a recent study completed by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah. Approximately one in 11…

LifeVantage announces management transition

Salt Lake City-based LifeVantage Corp. announced that Steven Fife, the company’s chief financial officer, has been appointed interim CEO, replacing Darren Jensen, who has resigned as CEO and president. Jensen will be available to assist with the transition, the company said.…

Mercato Partners' Cradlepoint sold to Sweden's Ericsson

Sweden-based Ericsson, a global information and communication technology company, has acquired Cradlepoint, a cloud-delivered LTE and 5G wireless network from Mercato Partners of Cottonwood Heights. Boise-based Cradlepoint was a portfolio company of Mercato’s Traverse Fund III.…

Schreiner Gates new president of SimpleNexus

SimpleNexus, a Lehi-based developer of a digital mortgage platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, has announced the appointment of Cathleen Schreiner Gates, a member of the company’s board of directors, as company president. Schreiner…

Visible buys California shipping software firm

Visible Supply Chain Management, a Salt Lake City provider of shipping and fulfillment services for small to midsize businesses, has acquired PC Synergy, a point-of-service software supplier for the shipping industry. PC Synergy, headquartered in San Marcos, California, markets…

Lehi's SoloFire acquired

Newport Beach, California-based Verb Technology Co. has acquired healthcare sales enablement platform company SoloFire of Lehi. Verb Technology markets video-based sales applications. Founded in 2014, SoloFire develops and markets SaaS-based sales enablement applications for…

Innovate Utah: NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES

Midvale-based ATS, a provider of chemical solutions for water treatment, has reported a successful pilot study resulting in the reduction of the toxic algal blooms on Utah Lake. Selected as one of two companies to conduct studies to analyze and test treatments to combat the…

September is National Preparedness Month; do you have a disaster plan?

By Matt Bloye As Utah continues to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, it’s important to recognize that other disasters can still occur throughout the year — often with little or no warning. When these events happen, safety is the No. 1 priority, leaving little time to…

Succeeding in Your Business: Put in the work necessary to know how you should vote this November

By Cliff Ennico Here it comes — another contentious election season. At the top of the ticket is a choice between two presidential candidates who don’t exactly inspire people or represent the best America can produce (hmmm, call it deja vu; I seem to recall we’’ve been in this…

The PPP empowered Utah small businesses to serve their communities

By Dan Nordberg and Marla Trollan Small-business owners are some of the strongest, most resilient people you will ever meet. They know what it’s like to take risks, work hard, make tough decisions and turn a profit to benefit their community. The last few months have been…

Williams bringing 300 jobs to Ogden from its Mexican plant

By Brice Wallace A jet engine manufacturer will add 300 jobs at its Ogden plant as it moves production work from a Mexican facility shuttered after a fire in May. Williams International made the announcement after being approved for a $6.8 million tax credit incentive for the…

Chamber bywords for next year: diversity, inclusion and opportunity

By Brice Wallace The state’s largest business association will put a special emphasis on diversity, inclusion and opportunity during the next year, its leaders said at its annual meeting. The Salt Lake Chamber has several continuing and new programs, but Derek Miller, its…

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State creates scoreboard to track coronavirus health, economics stats

The state of Utah has launched a new tool to chart the primary statistics officials are using to make decisions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. The Unified Response Scoreboard ( https://coronavirus.utah/scoreboard ) highlights both healthcare and economic figures and relates…

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