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Dixie sets records for commercial real estate development in 2017

By John Rogers Last year set all kinds of records for the commercial real estate business in southwestern Utah, according to a report released last week by St. George’s NAI Excel, a real estate firm that handled a good share of those transactions. The multitude of housing…

Utahns continue to pay their house payments on time

Mortgage delinquencies in the Salt Lake City market dropped again in October, according to the latest numbers from CoreLogic, a California-based real estate information and analytics firm. Locally, home loans in some degree of delinquency dropped from 3.4 percent in October 2016…

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Jan 14

It's great for businesses, but effect for wage earner still uncertain

By Brice Wallace How much will the recently passed federal tax reform impact the Utah economy? A panel of tax experts last week expressed uncertainty and, in some cases, skepticism that it will help much. Juliette Tennert, chief economist at the University of Utah’s Kem C.…

Print Tex USA acquires Salt Lake's SDI

Print Tex USA, a leading decorator of corporate-branded apparel and promotional products based in Louisville, Kentucky, has acquired Sportswear Design International, based in Salt Lake City. Operating under the brand name SDI, Sportswear Design International was established in…

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Jan 14

Tour operators convene in Salt Lake City

Tour operators from around the world are convening in Salt Lake City this week for 30th annual Go West Summit. Hosted by Visit Salt Lake and the Utah tourism industry, the group will meet Jan. 16-19 at the Salt Palace Convention Center. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}International…

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Jan 14

St. Louis firm buys Draper's Spot Business Systems LLC

Clearent, a St. Louis-based payments solution provider, has announced the purchase of Draper-based Spot Business Systems LLC, an independent software vendor serving customers in the dry-cleaning industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. {mprestriction…

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Jan 14

Bear River Mutual president named CEO

Duffy Pingree, who was named president of Bear River Mutual Insurance Co. in November 2016, has also been named CEO of the company. Former president and CEO Don Adams retained the title of CEO when Pingree became president but has retired, ceding the CEO designation to Pingree.…

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Jan 14

Decipher joins Eide Bailly

Regional accounting and business advisory firm Eide Bailly has purchased Decipher Forensics of American Fork. Decipher Forensics specializes in forensic discovery of information stored electronically on electronic devices such as computers and cell phones. {mprestriction…

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Jan 14

Auditors: Not many problems in the program that incentivizes businesses

By Brice Wallace A recent audit of the state’s major business recruitment and expansion incentive program revealed only minor issues. At a recent meeting of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, representatives of Tanner LLC indicated that between July 2014 and June…

Circlepix sells photo business

VHT Studios, a Rosemont, Illinois-based provider of professional photography, virtual staging and visual marketing services for the real estate industry, has acquired the photography business of Circlepix. Founded in 2000 in Springville, Circlepix — like VHT Studios — is…

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Jan 14

TruClinic becomes part of InTouch Health

InTouch Health, an enterprise telehealth platform based in Santa Barbara, California, has acquired TruClinic, a web-based telemedicine provider based in Salt Lake City. TruClinic specializes in direct-to-consumer virtual care solutions. Through the acquisition, InTouch Health…

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Jan 14

Optimism holds steady among investors in latest Wells Fargo survey

The Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index held steady in the fourth quarter of 2017 at plus-140, statistically unchanged from plus-138 in the third quarter. The index is near its September 2000 high of plus-147. Three-quarters of non-retired investors in the…

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Jan 14

2108 will be no different; Republicans, like Democrats, can't help spending

By Veronique de Rugy After failing to pass any significant legislation during most of Pres. Donald Trump’s first year in office, the Republican-controlled Congress was finally able to pass a major tax reform bill in the waning minutes of 2017. But beyond not getting in the way…

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Jan 14

Iran has the elements for extended period of instability, maybe revolution

By Fareed Zakaria The most enlightening commentary on what is going on in Iran right now was written 162 years ago. In his book on the French Revolution, Alexis de Tocqueville explained, “Revolutions are not always brought about by a gradual decline from bad to worse. Nations…

Audre Lorde's concepts of motivation and empowerment are winners

By Robert Pembroke Audre Lorde, who died in 1992, was poor, black, a lesbian, author of The Lord of the Flies and “has posthumously become the ultimate insider on American campuses,” according to a Wall Street Journal article by Jillian Kay Melchior. There is an Audre Lorde…

Editorial Cartoon: Job Performance

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Jan 14

Industry Briefs - 1-15-18

Industry Briefs are provided as a free service to our readers. Company news information may be sent to brice@slenterprise.com. The submission deadline is one week before publication. AGRICULTURE • U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced a slate of Farm Service…

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Jan 14