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After much fanfare, Civica begins delivery on generic drug promise

Just one year after its announced launch, Civica Rx has delivered on its promise to supply hospitals with generic medications at lower costs. Fed up with the high cost of drugs and ongoing shortages, particularly for drugs that have been around for years, Salt Lake City-based…

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Oct 14

Olson to lead Jazz, Miller entertainment

A 25-year veteran of the Larry Miller organization has been named president of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment (LHMSE) and the Utah Jazz. Jim Olson, who has been the executive vice president for LHMSE and president of Vivint Smart Home Arena, assumed the position last…

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Oct 14

Utahns' tax burden continues to drop

The tax burden on the average Utahn in 2016 was the lowest in 25 years, according to a Utah Foundation report released last week. “A Lighter Load: Utah’s Changing Tax Burden” looks at data over a 24-year span from 1993 to 2016, the latest year for which full data is available.…

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Oct 14

DoTerra donation to UVU will be $17.7M over 10 years

DoTerra, a Pleasant Grove-based essential oils company, has presented Utah Valley University with the institution’s second-largest donation. Part of a 10-year agreement, the contributions includes donations from doTerra worth $17.7 million. A large portion of the donation will…

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Oct 14

Women Tech Council announces 2019 winners of Women Tech Awards

The Women Tech Council (WTC) announced its 2019 recipients of the Women Tech Awards at an event last week in Salt Lake City. The awards program is designed to recognize women across all technology disciplines who are leading and founding technology companies; trailblazing new…

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Oct 14

Fabian VanCott acquires Sloan & Sloan

Salt Lake City-based law firm Fabian VanCott has acquired estate, tax and business planning firm Sloan & Sloan. Fabian VanCott said the Salt Lake City firm will help round out its tax and estate planning practice group. Sloan & Sloan is made up of seven attorneys headed by David…

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Oct 14

Sandy-based Cityworks bought by Cal. firm

Azteca Systems LLC, which does business as Cityworks in Sandy, has been acquired by Trimble, a global positioning and robotic optical surveying instrument company based in Sunnyvale, California. Cityworks is a provider of enterprise asset management (EAM) software for utilities…

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Oct 14

D.C. hospital is first to use Utah- developed AR surgical system

Springville-based image processing company Novarad and George Washington University Hospital, based in Washington, D.C., have partnered to implement the country’s first augmented reality (AR) medical process in a surgical setting. OpenSight Augmented Reality System, powered by…

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Oct 14

Hansen named CEO of Draper's Code Corp.

Code Corp., a Draper-based developer and marketer of data-capture software and hardware, has named Kent L. Hansen as CEO. Hansen comes to Code from CA Engineering, where he was a partner and president. Prior to CA Engineering, he was a senior director at 3Com Corp. Hansen will…

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Oct 14

Former FAA head: Unmanned aircraft industry faces changing regulation

The regulatory effort by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to deal with the rapidly expanding unmanned aircraft industry is a work in progress, according to the agency’s former administrator. Michael Huerta, the head of the FAA until last year and the keynote speaker for…

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Oct 14

Succeeding in Your Business: Teaching lawyers about cybersecurity

By Cliff Ennico Let’s face it. When it comes to professionals with technological savvy, lawyers are way, way down the list. I know lawyers who are still using Windows 98, if that gives you an idea (hey, it was a pretty good program). So it was with great trepidation that I…

Editorial Cartoon: Medicare-For-All

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Oct 14

Industry Briefs 10-14-19

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. BANKING • Zions Bank has named Yrene Luque as the new director of its Business Resource Center…

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Oct 14

Hush, little voter, don’t say a word (about tariffs and rebate checks)

By Veronique de Rugy There are many bad ideas flying around right now in Congress. The recent proposal by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, to give some taxpayers a rebate check funded with the tariff loot is one of those ideas. It’s not only bad economics, but it comes across as…

Red memory: Some Chinese seem to want to 'Make China Great Again'

By Fareed Zakaria Donald Trump finally got to see the kind of military parade he longed for. Unfortunately for him, it was in Beijing, not Washington. You will recall that in 2018, Trump directed the Pentagon to put on a lavish show of arms to demonstrate America’s might. When…