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Starks tabbed to keynote Utah opex conference

Steve Starks, president of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment and president of the Utah Jazz, will be the keynote speaker at the State of Utah and Goldratt Consulting’s Operational Excellence Conference Sept. 27-28 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Starks will…

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Aug 11

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Rosy job outlook drives a better consumer attitude

Utahns are expecting business conditions, the availability of jobs and household income to improve and that drove the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) up 1.7 points to 113.6 in July. By comparison, the national Consumer Confidence Index increased 0.3 points to 127.4…

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Aug 11

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UofU receives NSF funding to establish federal research data center on campus

The University of Utah has received funding from the National Science Foundation to create a Federal Statistical Research Data Center on its campus. The center will be designed to provide researchers throughout the Intermountain West with access to a wide range of extensive…

Broadvoice buys YipTel

Sandy cloud communications service provider YipTel has been purchased by Broadvoice, a provider of hosted voice, unified and SIP trunking services for businesses, based in Billerica, Massachusetts. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition of YipTel will…

Mathis leaves Downtown Alliance for similar post in Florida

The Downtown Alliance is looking for a new executive director following the resignation of Jason Mathis. Mathis, who also has served as executive vice president of the Salt Lake Chamber since 2008, recently announced he will become chief executive officer of the Downtown…

J&J Consumer buys Zarbee's Naturals

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. has acquired Draper-based Zarbee’s Naturals from the Growth Fund of investment firm L Catterton and other minority partners, including Sorenson Capital. Zarbee’s is an over-the-counter health and wellness brand founded by Dr. Zak Zarbock in 2008.…

Record industrial construction leads still-hot commercial real estate

The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm CBRE has released its MarketView report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2018. The report highlights the industrial construction sector, which has reached its highest point in recent years, as leading the way in a continued…

Wells Fargo survey: Small-business optimism hits record high as economy continues to strengthen

Small-business optimism is at an all-time high, according to the latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, released last week. The survey was conducted July 11-18. The index, which measures small-business optimism, had an overall index score of 118 —12 percentage…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-13-18

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: SkyWest SkyWest Inc., based in St. George, reported net income of $76 million, or $1.43 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. That compares with $50 million, or 95 cents per share, for…

GOED mulling ways to improve RFT business aid grant program

By Brice Wallace State economic development officials are considering making changes to a program aimed at helping businesses in rural Utah. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board received a briefing about the proposed changes at its July meeting but did not…

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Jul 29

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New venue, added films mean bigger impact for Sundance fete

This year’s Sundance Film Festival had a total economic impact of $191.6 million, far above the 2017 figure of $151.5 million. Those stats and more were released recently by the nonprofit Sundance Institute. Y² Analytics conducted the economic impact study and used the…

Unemployment rate stays steady and low in Utah

Utah’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in June at 3 percent, which translates to approximately 48,400 Utahns being unemployed during the month and actively seeking work. Meanwhile, the national jobless rate increased two-tenths of a percentage point to 4 percent. Utah’s…

Petroteq applies for grant from Utah Alternative Energy Initiative

Petroteq Energy Inc., the company that has begun operating an oil sands extraction plant at Asphalt Ridge near Vernal, has applied for a grant from the Alternative Energy Development Initiative, part of Utah’s Energy Action Plan. The program is designed to spur the growth of…

'Yellowstone' will have 2nd season thanks to GOED tax incentives

The Paramount Network has green-lit a second season of its TV series “Yellowstone,” providing Utah with a nearly $28.2 million economic impact. Paramount announced the second season pickup last week. Earlier in July, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board…

Title companies merge

Two Utah family-owned title companies have joined forces. American Secure Title of Morgan has acquired Landmark Title Co., a Salt Lake City-based title agency. Landmark will continue to operate under the same name, although the two agencies have begun to merge their operations,…

Report: Wasatch commercial real estate booming in most major sectors

The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm Newmark Grubb ACRES and investment company Mountain West Commercial have released their joint midyear market report. The report includes analysis from the industrial, office, retail, investment and land real estate sectors…

Gardner brief explains Utah's 3 options to Medicaid puzzle

The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah has released a policy brief that provides a detailed description of three Medicaid scenarios facing Utahns. The brief describes the possible solutions to the Medicaid puzzle…

Millennials becoming homebuyers

Millennials constantly hear that time is on their side, but for the first decade of their adult lives they have been the victims of bad timing. According to a new study from Bank of the West, over the past decade, millennials saw the devastating effects of a market downturn. The…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS - 7-30-18

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Zions Zions Bancorporation, based in Salt Lake City, reported net earnings applicable to common shareholders of $187 million, or 89 cents per share, for the second quarter. That compares with…

Inland port bill sails through Legislature

Amended law shrinks boundaries, provides for affordable housing By John Rogers Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski opted to sit out the negotiations that crafted changes to the law creating an inland port in her city’s Northwest Quadrant. But when the Utah Legislature met in…

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Jul 22

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GOED adds $$$ to Beaver County project

FORGE geothermal project gets significant infusion for infrastructure development in form of state 'economic opportunity grant' money By Brice Wallace The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) is pitching in funds to advance a geothermal energy…

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Jul 22

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Oil sands process game-changer?

Uintah Basin refining plant up and running with an extraction process owners say is clean and efficient By John Rogers There are trillions and trillions of barrels of oil locked up in the Earth’s oil sands. Trouble is, the only way to access these massive petroleum deposits has…

CPI has biggest yearly jump in its 7-year history

The cost to live along the Wasatch Front took its biggest year-over-year jump in June since the statistic has been formally measured. The Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.9 percent from May to June, bringing the rise in the past year to 5.1…

GOED incentive hopes to keep 'Yellowstone' production in Utah

Yellowstone is not in Utah, but state officials are working to keep “Yellowstone” here. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board, at its July meeting, approved a $7 million tax credit incentive for Viacom as a way to keep the Paramount Network TV series…

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Jul 22

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