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Succeeding in Your Business: Setting up an affiliate program? Here are the pros and cons

By Cliff Ennico “I have a small line of consumer products that I promote mostly from our company website. “A number of my competitors have set up affiliate programs in the past year, where people can sell their stuff from their own websites and get a commission. I’m thinking…

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COVID effect on women termed 'she-cession'

By Brice Wallace The celebration of International Women’s Day earlier this month recognized the contributions of women to Utah’s economy, but it also was muted by the economic troubles women have confronted because of COVID-19. During an online event by the Women’s Business…

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BioFire's COVID-19 test first in U.S. to get full FDA clearance

BioFire Diagnostics, a Salt Lake City-based clinical biological diagnostics firm, has become the first company to receive full de novo clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a COVID-19 test. BioFire’s Respiratory Panel 2.1 is the first SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic to…

Saraya to open first U.S. factory in Orem in June

A Japan-based company will expand in Orem over the next three years, adding 140 jobs in Orem. Saraya USA Inc., doing business as Lakanto, will open a manufacturing and distribution operation at a leased 133,000-square-foot building under construction in Orem and expects to move…

SBA opens page for Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application process

The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened a landing page for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) application portal in anticipation of opening applications for the much-anticipated critical economic relief program on April 8. The SVOG funds have been allocated for…

Weber State tracking COVID-19 effects on Weber County residents

Weber State University’s Center for Community Engaged Learning Research Extension (CCEL-RE), an office created to meet data and research needs of community partners and nonprofit organizations, has launched an online dashboard to provide a better picture of exactly how the…

Plans proceeding for Stadium of Fire, other July 4 events to return

The 40th anniversary of the July 4 Stadium of Fire show at Brigham Young University’s LaVell Edwards Stadium was a victim of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, but organizers of Provo’s America’s Freedom Festival, which produces the Stadium of Fire, said the event will return this…

Despite reports, state agencies say there have been no vaccine deaths

In a recent joint statement from the Utah Department of Health and the state Office of the Medical Examiner, the agencies said there have been no COVID-19 vaccine-related deaths in the state. The statement followed reports that a 39-year-old Utah woman died shortly after her…

AstraZeneca vaccine overcoming European troubles, to seek EUA soon

Reuters has reported that AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine performed better than expected in a major late-stage trial, potentially paving the way for its emergency use authorization in the United States and bolstering confidence in the shot after numerous setbacks in Europe. The…

CDC's 3-foot desk spacing ruling will help get Utah kids back in school

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has relaxed its social distancing guidelines for schools. The federal agency now says students can sit 3 feet apart in classrooms, changing the 6-foot standard that had forced some schools to remove desks, stagger scheduling and…

Number of employed Utahns back to pre-pandemic level

Utah’s unemployment rate inched closer to its all-time low in February at 3 percent, according to figures released by the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS). The best jobless rate ever recorded in Utah was 2.3 percent, coming just over one year earlier, in January 2020,…

GOED replaces three board members

Gov. Spencer Cox has nominated three new members to serve on the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board: Tanner Ainge, Kira Slawson and Geri Gamber. They succeed departing members Mel Lavitt, Peter Mouskondis and Margaret (Margo) Jacobs. Ainge is the founder and…

Five film productions coming to Utah this year through GOED incentives

Five productions — including three with Christmas themes — will be shooting in Utah this year after being approved for state incentives by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board. The board, at its most recent meeting, approved the tax credit and cash rebate…

Conn. firm acquired by eLearning Brothers

American Fork learning solutions company eLearning Brothers has acquired The Game Agency, a game-based education platform based in Stamford, Connecticut. The Utah company said that the transaction solidifies its position as a one-stop-shop for online learning by adding the…

'Law on Call' launches in SLC

Northwest Registered Agent, a Spokane, Washington-based provider of registered agent and corporate filing services to customers across the nation, has launched Law on Call, the first entirely nonlawyer-owned law firm in the United States. Licensed in Utah and headquartered in…

Innovate Utah: NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES

A new Salt Lake City company, Selu Technologies Inc. , has created technology designed to convert atmospheric moisture into clean water, renewable energy and clean air through an all-in-one, climate-control utility system called Selu Oasis . “When implemented in the agricultural…

Utah County Update: Lehi: Preparing for success in 2021 and beyond

By Marlin Eldred As 2021 begins, Lehi City is looking to the future while remembering the past year. March 11, 2020, marked the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the creation of a new normal for everyone. Employees learned how to utilize Zoom, Microsoft Teams, GoTo Meeting…

Succeeding in Your Business: Should you hire a business broker to help sell your business?

By Cliff Ennico “I run a small manufacturing business. We have only one product, but it’s a doozy. Even during the pandemic, our annual sales have been in the mid-six figures. Since I’m the only one working in the business, our profit margins are 80 percent or better. “We had a…

USU’s Space Dynamics Lab delivers technology for NASA mission to Jupiter's moon

Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) has created and delivered a crucial subsystem to support NASA’s interplanetary mission to determine the habitability of Jupiter’s Galilean moon Europa. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the mission, called Europa…

Huntsman Mental Health Institute to expand mental healthcare in rural communities

Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI) will increase access to critical mental healthcare services in rural communities throughout Utah with support from Cambia Health Solutions. Cambia has committed $1 million to HMHI as part of its larger $11.5 million philanthropic donation…

Standard Optical buys eye center

Standard Optical Co., based in Salt Lake City, has completed its second acquisition of 2021 with the purchase of West Point Eye Center of West Point from Justin Holt. West Point Eye Center opened in 2017. “Dr. Holt has built something special here in West Point and we’re…

Quality Container bought by Illinois company

The Cary Co., an Addison, Illinois-based packaging company, has acquired Quality Container LLC of Salt Lake City. Quality Container is industrial container distributor specializing in drums, pails, cans and bottles. This acquisition extends the Cary Co.’s geographical coverage…

Marketing firm moving to Utah, bringing more than 1,000 jobs

By Brice Wallace A California-based digital marketing and technology company will place operations in Draper, creating a little more than 1,000 jobs over the next several years and making it the company’s headquarters. The announcement by Scorpion Design LLC came after the…

Micron will stop production, sell its Lehi factory

Micron Technology Inc. said last week that it will put its computer chip factory in Lehi up for sale and stop producing a type of memory chip it jointly developed with Intel Corp. nine years ago. The Lehi plant is Idaho-based Micron’s only factory making the Micron 3D Xpoint…

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