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Chamber joins forces with Mexican chambers to fight for pacts like NAFTA

By Brice Wallace The Salt Lake Chamber has joined forces with counterparts in Mexico in an attempt to keep free trade agreements between the U.S. and Mexico in place. At a recent ceremony at the Utah Capitol, representatives of the local chamber and the Association of Mexican…

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Sandy's Simplus acquires Basati

Simplus, a Sandy-based provider of quote-to-cash software solutions, has acquired business consulting firm Basati of Orlando, Florida, in an effort to increase implementation support in the financial services industry, the company has announced. “This acquisition will expand our…

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BLM to proceed with oil and gas lease sales near Dinosaur National Monument

By John Rogers The Bureau of Land Management has decided to proceed with the sale of oil and gas leases in Uintah County despite doubts from several quarters. Uintah County officials have joined the National Park Service and others in opposition to the energy development that…

30,500 attend doTerra's Global Convention in Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City was full of essential oil enthusiasts last week as more than 30,500 doTerra representatives descended on the Salt Palace Convention Center for the company’s Global Convention. Officials of the Pleasant Grove-based direct marketing company said the available…

SkyWest expands agreements with Delta, Alaska Airlines

SkyWest Airlines has entered into aircraft purchase agreements and capacity purchase agreements to acquire and fly 15 new aircraft with Delta Air Lines and 10 new aircraft with Alaska Airlines. Expected delivery dates of the 25 aircraft run from March 2018 through the end of…

WTC joins Silicon Slopes in program to attract and retain women in tech jobs

Utah’s Women Tech Council (WTC) and Silicon Slopes announced last week that they are working together to create an industry model to attract and retain more women in technology. This model, designed to change tech cultures, will leverage and expand successful diversity and…

HGGC concludes acquisition of Park City's Nutriceutical Corp

The acquisition of Nutraceutical International Corp. of Park City by HGGC, a middle-market private equity firm based in Palo Alto, California, has been completed, according to an announcement by the company. The final acquisition prices was $41.80 per share in cash. The…

Texas company now part of CibusDx

CibusDx Inc., a new Salt Lake City-based diagnostic company that develops food safety platforms, has announced that it has acquired Pronucleotein Biotechnologies of San Antonio, Texas, and licensed the company’s ApolloDx diagnostic platform for development and commercialization…

Swire adds Arizona plant to growing footprint

Swire Coca-Cola USA of Draper has completed its acquisition of the Coca-Cola Production Center in Tempe, Arizona, according to a release from the company. The purchase is part of The Coca-Cola Co.’s refranchising process. Swire Coca-Cola’s operation of the production facility…

Garfield-area businesses urge against monument reduction

By Brice Wallace A group of businesses in the Escalante and Boulder area have made their position known regarding the possible shrinkage of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Specifically, they urge the federal government to leave the monument alone, bucking…

Utah Boeing plants will be part of GBSD ICBM development program

It looks like the next phase in the development of the new Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), the replacement for the Air Force’s Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) system, will involve Utah — at least to some degree. Boeing and Northrop Grumman both…

Optimism stays strong among Utah consumers

Consumer attitudes in Utah remain positive, continuing a year-long trend. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) rose 0.8 points from July to August, reaching 115. The index has been above 110 since June 2016, indicating that Utahns continue to be very optimistic…

Rocky Mountain Power, rooftop solar industry sign settlement over rates

By John Rogers The parties involved in an ongoing dispute over how rooftop solar systems interface with traditional utilities have reached an agreement. Advocates and marketers of the popular rooftop installations have signed a settlement with Rocky Mountain Power which kills a…

Geothermal industry slates SLC gathering

Over 1,300 attendees will converge on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City for the world’s largest geothermal energy event. The Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting and GEOEXPO+ will run Oct. 1-4. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert will address the opening session of…

UTC has new leader

Utah’s largest industry association has a new leader. The Utah Technology Council (UTC) announced last week that its board of trustees has unanimously appointed John Knotwell as president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Richard Nelson, who will serve as an advisor to…

Report: It's true, Utah really does have a gender equality problem

Whatever economic leaps Utah’s economy has made during the past few years, it apparently lags when it comes to gender equality. As in, lags the rest of the nation. The Beehive State finished dead last overall in a recent analysis by WalletHub, which compared all states across 15…

Harrington tabbed as president, COO at Entrata

Entrata, a property management software developer in Lehi, has appointed Chase Harrington its new president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. Since joining the company in 2009, Harrington has served as Entrata’s COO and had the title of chief strategy officer…

CBRE report: E-commerce not really ruining traditional retail

A popular myth holds that pure-play e-commerce is taking over traditional retailing. But a new report from CBRE outlines how the opposite may be true: Brick-and-mortar retailers account for roughly half of online sales and related activity. Pure-play refers to companies that…

Phase 3 of doTerra's expansion will make room for 950 new employees

Pleasant Grove-based doTerra, a rapidly growing direct sales company that produces essential oils and other wellness products, is breaking ground on new office, medical and fulfillment space and expanding its manufacturing facility. It’s the third phase in the company’s…

Committee hires firm to look for site for Utah's inland port

By Brice Wallace A group studying the idea of Utah being home to an inland port has contracted with a Massachusetts-based company to look for potential locations. The Utah Inland Port Committee has contracted with Cambridge Systems (CS) to start an in-depth analysis of sites for…

Panel: Look to rural Utah for tech employees

By Brice Wallace Clint Betts, the executive director and editor-in-chief of Silicon Slopes, acknowledges that while that organization’s name has traditionally been identified with the area from Provo to Ogden, “if you ask me, I think it should be all of Utah.” With that thinking…

Utah jobless rate sneaks back up 0.1%

While the nation’s unemployment rate eased down one-tenth of a percentage point in July, Utah’s went the other way by the same amount. July’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose to 3.5 percent. According to the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS), that means 54,500…

MasterControl moves into new headquarters

MasterControl Inc., a Utah-based provider of enterprise software solutions for the life science industry, has moved into its new corporate headquarters in Cottonwood Heights. The completely renovated six-floor, 154,000-square-foot office building is located in the Old Mill…

KBS buys Varsity Services

Technology-enabled property services provider Kellermeyer Bergensons Services LLC (KBS) of Oceanside, California, has acquired Salt Lake City-based Varsity Facility Services. Varsity is also a facility services company. Varsity will join KBS as an operating division and will…

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