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Legal Matters: What you should know about ‘sandbagging’ in M&A transactions

By Thomas R. Taylor The term “sandbagging” is commonly used in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. The term refers to a practice often employed by buyers to claim a breach of a seller representation or warranty (rep or warranty) in the transaction agreement and seek…

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Succeeding in Your Business: A laughing jury never convicts - Part 2

By Cliff Ennico These days, we live in a world of infotainment, marketainment and edutainment. It isn’t enough anymore to just give out information. Your listeners need to have their emotions manipulated — to laugh, cry or get angry — even though you’re talking about recent…

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Cal.-based healthcare tech firm bringing 500 new jobs to Utah

By Brice Wallace A healthcare technology company will create 500 jobs in Salt Lake County during the next few years. Castlight Health Inc. made the announcement last week after being approved for a $920,387 tax credit incentive by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development…

Bike manufacturer moving to Heber, hiring 32 workers

Bike manufacturer moving to Heber, hiring 32 workers Ventum Racing, a manufacturer of high-performance racing bicycles, has announced that it is moving from Miami Beach, Florida, to Heber City. In conjunction with the move, the company also announced a major round of Series A…

CenterCal partners with Phoenix firm to revamp Jordan Landing

CenterCal Properties, owner of West Jordan’s Jordan Landing retail and entertainment center, has announced a partnership with Foursquare Properties and BIG Shopping Centers USA Inc. to launch an extensive redevelopment project at the 20-year-old property. CenterCal expects the…

Pleasant Grove's Dental Intelligence buys Arizona software company

Dental Intelligence, a Pleasant Grove-based developer and marketer of dental practice management software, has acquired LocalMed of Scottsdale, Arizona. LocalMed markets a real-time online scheduling platform. Dental Intelligence said in a release that it will now employ…

Connecticut firm purchased by Biomerics

Biomerics, a Salt Lake City-based contract manufacturer for the interventional medical device market, has acquired Northeast Laser and Electropolish (NLE) of Monroe, Connecticut. NLE provides contract manufacturing, laser processing, machining and metal finishing services to a…

Starks to leave presidency of Jazz, become head of all LHM operations

The president of the Utah Jazz has been named the CEO of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies. Steven E. Starks will leave his position as president of the Jazz and LHM Sports & Entertainment after serving for four years to become CEO of the Miller Group and an executive…

Opendoor launches operations in Salt Lake

Opendoor, a five-year-old company that buys homes directly from owners for resale in several markets in the U.S., is coming to Salt Lake City. The company has begun hiring its local staff with the intent of launching operations locally later this year. In a press release, the…

Whitaker Construction buys Idaho contractor

Whitaker Construction Co., a Brigham City-based contractor that is owned by its employees, has acquired Das-co of Idaho Inc. Both companies specialize in underground utility construction. As part of the transaction, Das-co will also become an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)…

St. George job growth tops nation

St. George is the top U.S city for job growth over the past five years, according to online financial magazine 24/7 Wall St. The booming Southwest Utah community was followed in the ranking by Bend-Redmond, Oregon; Reno, Nevada; the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area…

Survey: Business owners optimistic as revenues rise, aren’t worried about trade wars

Business owners showed a rise in optimism in the latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, conducted July 8-12. The overall optimism score rose seven points to 136, as owners in the third quarter (Q3) continued to report strong revenues. A majority also expressed…

Succeeding in Your Business: Develop a sense of humor - a laughing jury never convicts

By Cliff Ennico “I had the privilege of hearing you speak recently at a SCORE presentation in southern Connecticut and I’ve become a big fan of your small-business lecture series on YouTube. “You seem like a pretty smart lawyer and you’ve got lots of good information, but the…

Report: Impressive present and promising future for Utah tech

By Brice Wallace Strong and getting stronger. That describes technology’s impact on the Utah economy, based on figures and analysis in a recent report compiled by the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. The state-funded report indicates that in 2018, tech’s…

Jobless rate inching on down

Utah has been a national leader for its low unemployment rate for several years and it got a little bit lower in June, according to figure released by the state’s Department of Workforce Services. June’s rate was 2.8 percent, down from 2.9 percent in May. Meanwhile, the national…

Utahns a little less optimistic than last year

Although economic optimism remains strong for Utah residents, July saw enough of a drop in the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) to result in a slight downturn in the index for the past year. The CAI decreased 2.4 points to 113.3 in July, bringing the year-over-year…

Chargeback names John Munro new CEO

Chargeback, a developer of software for financial dispute management based in Salt Lake City, has named John Munro as its new CEO. Munro moves up from his previous position as chief operating officer. Chargeback also announced other changes in its executive team with the…

Health Catalyst closes 8.05M-share IPO

Health Catalyst Inc., a Salt Lake City provider of data and analytics software and service to the healthcare industry, has announced the closing of its initial public offering of 8,050,000 shares of common stock. The shares were sold to the public at $26 per share, the company…

Ag department names first 8 cannabis cultivation licensees

Utah has selected the first eight companies that will be licensed to grow medical marijuana under the state’s Medical Cannabis Cultivation Program. A combination of local and out-of-state companies, the eight were chosen from among 81 applicants. The program allows up to 10…

Civica Rx contracts with British pharmaceutical giant for 14 medications

Civica Rx, the nonprofit corporation founded in Salt Lake City last year with the stated goal of reducing chronic generic drug shortages in the U.S., and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, a multinational generic pharmaceutical company based in London, have announced a five-year…

New U Life moves from California to Lehi

New U Life Corp., a formulator and direct-sale marketer of health supplements, is moving its corporate headquarters from Pleasant Hill, California, to Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, the company announced in a recent release. The move was effective Aug. 1. New U Life has 94,000…

Santa Clara Council approves huge new resort development

The Santa Clara City Council has paved the way for a new residential resort community to be built in the Southern Utah community. In its meeting in July, the council voted to amend the city’s general plan land-use map to allow for the mixed-use project. The project -- called…

USU study: Ostracism on the job leads to significant troubles at home

New research from Utah State University’s Jon M. Huntsman School of Business indicates 66 percent of employees experience some form of ostracism at work, which can create a significant negative impact on both the employee and the employee’s family. “When a person feels…

DWS to award $1 million in Talent Ready Utah grants

The Utah Department of Workforce Services has announced $1 million in grants designed to better meet the state’s skilled workforce needs. Talent Ready Utah grants are designed to strengthen collaboration between industry, education and economic development leaders to create…

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