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Work Daze: Is quitting work too much work?

Bob Goldman Hooray! You’ve decided to quit your job. Now all you have to do is march into your manager’s office and let them have it — the insults you’ve suffered, the unfair criticisms you’ve endured, the total lack of direction, encouragement and — most of all — appreciation…

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Sep 3

Is reading this article a ‘win-win?’

Do you get tired of the daily repetition of buzzwords around the workplace? Online learning platform Preply has released the results of a survey of Americans that identifies the most popular and the most annoying buzzwords in use in the nations workplaces. The 10 most popular…

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Sep 3

Only West saw July existing-home sales increase

United States existing-home sales receded in July, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The West was the only one among the four major U.S. regions where sales grew while the Northeast, Midwest and South all saw year-over-year sales declines. Total…

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Sep 3

Pride Center suspends services

The Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City has closed its doors and suspended all operations and services until at least Oct. 1. The center has provided support and services to the LGBTQ+ community since its founding as the Utah Stonewall Center in 1991. In a statement, the Pride…

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Sep 3

Foundation launches water series

The wet winter of 2022-23 provided a reprieve to Utah’s water crisis that has been building in recent years, as characterized by falling levels of the Great Salt Lake and Lake Powell. But that does not mean that Utah’s water problems have come to an end., according to a new…

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Sep 3

Firm opts for Colorado over Utah

Boecore, a Huntsville, Alabama-based aerospace and defense engineering company, has chosen Colorado Springs, Colorado, over a site in Weber County for a 620-job expansion. The company announced recently that its new software and systems engineering facility won’t be coming to…

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Sep 3

Gabb Wireless expanding Lehi operations, adding 700 jobs

Brice Wallace Gabb Wireless Inc. is talking expansion. The company, which specializes in kid-safe technology, has announced it will add 700 jobs at its headquarters city of Lehi over the next 10 years. “This is our state. We started this business here and we’re going to build it…

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Aug 26

Steady jobless figure signals state's economic health, resilience

Steady as she goes. Utah’s stable economy was confirmed by the recent report of July’s jobless rate by the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS). The unemployment rate held steady at 2.4 percent, unchanged from June, leaving about 43,800 Utahns without a job. Meanwhile,…

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Aug 26

Appeals court reverses STB's approval of Uinta Basin oil train

A federal court earlier this month sent regulators back to the drawing board on their approval of a new short-line railroad in the oil fields of Eastern Utah, finding major flaws in how the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) analyzed the risks of increased oil-train…

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Aug 26

Financial institutions partner with FHLB Des Moines to grant $8.4M for affordable housing

Nearly $8.4 million has been awarded to numerous nonprofit and government agencies across Utah to support affordable housing and community development needs. Individuals and communities will benefit from these grants via job training, down payment assistance, financial literacy,…

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Aug 26

ASEA names Allred new CEO

Pleasant Grove-based direct-sales healthcare products company ASEA has announced that President Scott Allred will become the firm’s CEO, replacing founder Chuck Funke. Funke will remain engaged in the company as a founding executive and vice chairman of the ASEA board of…

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Aug 26

Go Utah makes OmniTeq's HQ move from Texas to Falcon Hill official

Brice Wallace A machine learning/artificial intelligence company is trading out Bee Cave for the Beehive State. OmniTeq LLC has announced it will move its headquarters from Bee Cave, Texas, to the Falcon Hill Aerospace Research Park, a 550-acre development along the western edge…

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Aug 26

Pye-Barker acquires AAA Fire Safety & Alarm

Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, an Atlanta-based fire protection, life safety and security services provider with 167 locations in the United States, has acquired AAA Fire Safety & Alarm, a fire protection and alarm company based in Layton and serving customers throughout the…

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Aug 26

Mountainland Supply buys Ogden Lawn and Garden

Orem-based Mountainland Supply Co. LLC., through its parent company MLSC Holding Co., an employee-owned regional distributor of water, groundwater and construction materials, has acquired Ogden Lawn and Garden LLC., a lawn, garden and grounds equipment supplier based in Ogden.…

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Aug 26

French firm buys SLC's SentrX Animal Care

Dômes Pharma has finalized its acquisition of SentrX Animal Care, a Salt Lake City company that develops and manufactures veterinary ophthalmology products based on its exclusive BioHAnce technology. BioHAnce is a patented crosslinked hyaluronic acid technology that enhances and…

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Aug 26

Bentley Systems’ iTwin Ventures acquires Blyncsy

Bentley Systems Inc., an infrastructure engineering software company in Exton, Pennsylvania, has acquired Salt Lake City-based Blyncsy, a provider of artificial intelligence services for departments of transportation to support operations and maintenance activities. Blyncsy will…

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Aug 26

Gibson buys Brisk Advisors

Gibson, an employee-owned, top-100 U.S. insurance agency based in northern Indiana, has acquired Midvale’s Brisk Advisors. Formerly known as Insurance Network, Brisk has provided risk management and personal insurance for more than 50 years. “This partnership is a pivotal moment…

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Aug 26

Maddix invests in AK Masonry

Maddix Capital, a Lehi-based growth-stage private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in AK Masonry, a masonry and concrete contractor specializing in municipal and commercial building projects, also based in Lehi. Hillcrest Bank provided funds for the acquisition. AK…

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Aug 26

Work Daze: How to hop, skip and jump your way to success

Bob Goldman Really, I don’t know what’s wrong with young people today. Give a 20- or 30-something a horrible job with a terrible boss and a miserable salary and a zero-point-zero chance for promotion, and what will they do? They will quit! That’s right! They will pack up their…

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Aug 26

Utah’s ASI Mining is automating mine equipment around the world

ASI Mining of Mendon in Cache County is quietly becoming a world leader in outfitting mining equipment for autonomous operation. Its latest coup is an order to automate 18 giant Hitachi EH4000 haul trucks at an iron mine in Western Australia owned by Roy Hill Mining. The move…

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Aug 26

A new era begins in Utah business news coverage

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Aug 21

OmniTeq incentive could mean 4,000 jobs

Brice Wallace A Texas-based company is considering Utah for a headquarters project that could result in 4,000 jobs in Davis County over a decade. OmniTeq LLC, based in Bee Cave, Texas, focuses on artificial intelligence and machine learning. It is considering Falcon Hill…

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Aug 21