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Utah population still growing, just not as fast

The Utah Population Committee (UPC) at the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has released its 2018 population estimates for Utah and each of its 29 counties. The committee estimates Utah’s total population at 3,166,647, an increase of approximately 402,000…

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New Age Beverage acquires Morinda Inc.

Denver-based New Age Beverage Corp. has acquired Morinda Holdings Inc. of Provo in an $85 million asset buyout. Morinda was formerly known as Tahitian Noni International and Morinda Bioactives and is known for multilevel marketing of its lead brand, Tahitian Noni Juice, and…

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Tempkin sold to Illinois firm

PPC Flexible Packaging LLC of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, has acquired Temkin International, a packaging products company in Payson. Financial details of the deal were not released. Temkin International was founded in 1980 is a provider of rollstock, stand-up pouches and floral…

Business leaders present way to address worst-in-nation gender pay gap

By Brice Wallace Calling it both an economic and moral imperative, a pair of business association leaders recently unveiled a guidebook for companies as a way to shrink the wide gender pay gap in Utah. The 10-page “Best Practices Guide for Closing the Gender Wage Gap” was…

UofU engineers study better semiconductor material for high-voltage electronics

Electricity, as a form of energy, is not exactly efficient because much of it is lost as heat. Or, as University of Utah electrical and computer engineering associate professor Mike Scarpulla said, “Heat is the universe’s garbage can for energy.” Inside power systems, converters…

UofU's American Dream Ideas Challenge names three winners

The University of Utah’s American Dream Ideas Challenge has named its three winners. The winners, that each receive a $30,000 grant, aim to boost Utahns’ income by cutting transportation costs, leveraging unused storage space and revitalizing an economically depressed region of…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS - 12-10-18

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Sportsman’s Warehouse Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc., based in Midvale, reported net income of $12.4 million, or 29 cents per share, for the quarter ended Nov. 3. That compares with $9.8…

A Utah company no more: Vista Outdoor quietly pulls out of state

By John Rogers In stark contrast to the fanfare with which Vista Outdoors opened its luxurious Farmington headquarters in 2016, the company has quietly idled its Utah corporate workforce of 70 and closed the office. Management operations formerly undertaken in Utah are now split…

GOED OKs grant to help areas apply for opportunity funding

By Brice Wallace Utah communities looking to tap into a new federal economic development program soon will get some help. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has issued a request for proposals for a consultant or consulting service to perform planning associated…

Utahns indicate confidence with shopping plans

Utah’s consumers are approaching the holidays with economic optimism. According to Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) survey for November, more than 70 percent of Utahns plan to spend as much or more than last year on their holiday shopping and that’s good news for…

Huntsman to open region's first proton therapy unit

Construction has begun on the region’s first proton therapy center at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. Being built at the south end of the HCI Cancer Hospital, the center will be named in honor of U.S. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch. The $31 million,…

Port Authority Board ready to name interim administrator

The Utah Inland Port Authority Board is close to naming an interim administrator, according to a report from the board of its meeting last week. After reviewing applicants in closed session, the board directed board Chair Derek Miller to discuss the position with one applicant…

Sunroc buys Tri-Country Concrete

Sunroc Corp., a construction services company based in Salt Lake City that is a subsidiary of the Clyde Companies group of construction-related businesses, has acquired Roosevelt-based Tri-County Concrete. Sunroc said the acquisition will amplify its current service area in…

UofU’s TVC partners with Protecs to launch incubator at Research Park

The University of Utah’s Center for Technology and Venture Commercialization (TVC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with construction management company Protecs to manage a tech company incubator in the university’s Research Park. TVC will provide programming for the…

Jackman takes reins at Alzamend Neuro Inc.

Salt Lake City-based Alzamend Neuro Inc. has announced that it has appointed biotechnology veteran Stephan Jackman as its CEO. Jackman has over 20 years of multi-industry experience in administration, business and product development, marketing, project and program management…

Erickson named CEO at new Summit Vista

Investors in a new Taylorsville life plan retirement community have named Mark Erickson chief executive officer and Kelly Ornberg chief marketing officer. Both executives will retain their managing director titles and continue to function in their current roles. Erickson, who…

'Utah 100,' 'Elite' & growth lists released

The MountainWest Capital Network recently named its Utah 100, top revenue growth company and Emerging Elite lists. The 24th annual Utah 100 awards program was held at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Each year, the MWCN recognizes Utah’s 15 largest revenue companies,…

Rust Coin charged in $170M silver buying Ponzi scheme

The Division of Securities of the Utah Department of Commerce has joined the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in filing a joint civil enforcement action against Gaylen Dean Rust and Rust Rare Coin of Layton charging the precious-metals dealer with defrauding at…

Business Tech: Don’t let the spirit of the season make you let down your cyber awareness

By David Black ’Tis the season for the holiday shopping. As temperatures begin to drop, the weather isn’t the only thing that is frightful. Use these cybersecurity tips to avoid falling victim to spyware, ransomware, hackers and other Grinch-like things. {mprestriction…

SBA has plenty of help for America's vets wanting to get into business

By Dan Nordberg Recently, Pres. Trump highlighted the importance of our nation’s veteran entrepreneurs and provided the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) with the donation of his second-quarter salary that will go toward helping our nation’s veterans transition from…

Perlman to 'Trends' conference attendees: 'We'll be just fine'

By Brice Wallace Kenneth Perlman has some reassurance for people in the housing industry fretting that a huge recession is looming: “We will be just fine.” Speaking in Salt Lake City, Perlman, principal at John Burns Real Estate Consulting, said that “the thing we have to have…

Oakland dashes hopes of sending Utah coal through its port to Asia

By John Rogers It’s a major blow to what Utah coal producers thought could be a lucrative gateway to Asia for sales of their product. The city of Oakland, California, has formally put a stop to a project that would have rebuilt the decommissioned Oakland Army Base on San…

Transportation down, housing up, CPI is flat

The prices that consumers pay along the Wasatch Front are still being driven by the costs of housing and transportation. In October, one went up and one went down, leaving the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) essentially unchanged. In October, increasing…

Petroteq begins selling crude oil from its Uintah Co. plant

Petroteq Energy Inc., the company that has begun operating an oil sands extraction plant at Asphalt Ridge near Vernal, has announced that it has begun selling oil extracted from the facility into the regional crude oil market. The plant, touted by the company as pollution-free,…

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