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Attitudes index off a tad; Utahns remain optimistic

Utahns remain confident in their economic situation, but seem to be hedging their bets just a little, according to the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) released last week for the month of February. The CAI decreased 0.1 points to 113.8 in February and showed a…

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Mar 2

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Chamber joins coalition pushing USMCA adoption

The Salt Lake Chamber joined more than 200 companies, business and trade organizations and associations calling for congressional approval of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement announced earlier this year by Pres. Donald Trump. The new coalition represents farmers and…

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Mar 2

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Stericycle to shut down incinerators, not move

An Illinois-based company that has operated a medical waste incinerator in North Salt Lake will close down the facility and not move it to Tooele County as previously announced. Stericycle has been working to move the facility since the Utah Division of Air Quality fined the…

Park City whiskey co. sold

Park City’s High West Distillery has been sold to Constellation Brands, a Victor, New York-based Fortune 500 beverage company. The company, founded by Dave Perkins in Park City’s Old Town in 2004, has posted double-digit, year-over-year volume growth for the past three years and…

Utah’s tech industry employment increases at more than twice the national rate

Everyone knows that the tech and innovation industry is important to Utah’s economy. But a new study from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah has put numbers to that importance.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} The research, which was released recently on…

MWCN honors Merit Medical founder Fred Lampropoulos as Entrepreneur of the Year

MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) has announced the 2019 recipient of its Entrepreneur of the Year award. Fred Lampropoulos, chairman, founder and CEO of Merit Medical Systems, was recognized as someone who has demonstrated outstanding achievement by building an…

We just don't like to pay our taxes

Utahns just don’t like to file their taxes. So says a recent survey from online coupon website offers.com. In fact, they’d give up some pretty important things to get out of meeting the April 15 deadline. For instance, 35 percent of Utah consumers would rather give up their…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 3-4-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Extra Space Extra Space Storage Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported funds from operations (FFO) attributable to common stockholders and unit holders of $162.3 million, or $1.20 per share, for…

SL Chamber joins U.S. Chamber in commercial partnership with Israel

The Salt Lake Chamber has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States Chamber of Commerce to join forces on a program promoting stronger commercial ties between Utah and Israel, particularly in the water sector. In a release, the local organization said it…

SLCC aerospace program gets boost from opportunity grant

By Brice Wallace A new Salt Lake Community College program aims to produce more skilled workers for Utah’s aerospace industry. The aerospace assembly training program recently got a financial boost from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board, which provided…

The end of the 'war on coal' brings good news for pair of Utah mines

By John Rogers U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joe Balash has declared, “The war on coal is over.” The pronouncement came following the recent Bureau of Land Management approval of two mining projects in Utah. The Department of the Interior announced that the…

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Feb 24

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Back in the swim: Seven Peaks to reopen this year

After a 2018 season during which the gates never opened, the Seven Peaks Waterpark in Provo is scheduled to open on Memorial Day Weekend this year, according to a press release from Global Management Amusement Professionals. The Temecula, California-based company operates dozens…

Supply-chain risk management firms merge

A pair of Utah software-as-a-service companies engaged in the supply-chain risk management industry have merged. Browz LLC of Orem and Avetta LLC, based in Draper, will combine under the Avetta name, the companies said in a statement last week. John Herr, CEO of Avetta, will…

Housing starts, new home sales soaring in St. George market

The St. George area housing industry continues to zoom, according to the Metrostudy fourth quarter 2018 housing survey released recently. The study found that housing starts and new home closings are up significantly but that production is moving toward attached — and therefore…

Instructure buys Portfolium

Instructure Inc., a Salt Lake City software-as-a-service technology company, has acquired San Diego-based education software company Portfolium. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Instructure markets its learning software such as Canvas and Bridge to both educational…

SL Chamber names small-business honorees

The Salt Lake Chamber has announced it annual Small Business Award winners. Honorees were announced at the organization’s Small Business Summit: Ignite & Inspire, held at the Salt Lake City Marriott University Park Hotel and Conference Center. “Small businesses are the beating…

SVN Auctions to handle UDOT surplus property disposal

SVN Auction Services has been awarded a five-year contract by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to create and manage an electronic online auction platform and clearinghouse to streamline sales of surplus real property owned by UDOT. The surplus land auctioning process…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 2-24-19

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Nu Skin Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., based in Provo, reported a net loss of $17.8 million, or 32 cents per share, for the fourth quarter of 2018. That compares with net…

Pillar of the Valley Award recipients announced by the Utah Valley Chamber

The Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce has selected John L. Valentine, Utah County commissioner and chairman of the Utah State Tax Commission, and Janette Callister Hales Beckham and the late Ray E. Beckham as the Pillar of the Valley Award recipients for 2019. They will be honored…

Business Tech: Hey, Siri; Hey, Alexa: Beware the data you leave behind

By Bahar Ferguson Perhaps you didn’t know that when you speak to someone in a call center, join a conference call, leave a voicemail or ask Alexa for the weather forecast, you are creating data. This compilation of data is one of the many reasons that both Google and Alexa have…

Utah not immune from growing global income inequality gap

By Brice Wallace If you’re not in the top 1 percent of income-earners and you think you’re being left behind, you’re not alone. And you’re also correct. A pair of University of Utah professors told the Salt Lake Rotary Club last week that Utah has been experiencing growing…

Hill AFB's $1.43 billion payroll leads facility's growing economic impact

The economic impact of Hill Air Force Base continues to grow. The base recently released its 2018 economic impact statement, which shows it had a $3.6 billion impact on the Utah economy last year. That compares with $3.4 billion reported for 2017. The figures include payroll,…

Housing and transportation lead CPI drop

The prices that northern Utahns pay for the goods and services they buy took their largest drop in almost a year in January. The drop was due mostly to a decrease in transportation and housing prices, according to the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) released…

Leavitt to keynote Utah technology summit

Former Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt has accepted an invitation to keynote the second annual Utah Technology Innovation Summit on April 1 at the Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, according to a release from the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative…

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