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New resort will give Utah's ski industry chance at new records

By Brice Wallace Coming off a record-setting season, Utah’s ski industry is poised to boost its numbers even higher this season, aided by the addition of a ski resort that will be more than a ski resort. Woodward Park City will be the nation’s first ski resort and action sports…

Olmstead Plant rebuild named Intermountain Project of the Year

Engineering News Record has named the Olmsted Hydroelectric Power Plant Replacement at the mouth of Provo Canyon as the Intermountain Project of the Year as part of its annual awards program that honors the best construction projects in the United States. The Olmsted project…

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Nov 17

Consumer prices steady, signal good holiday season

Consumer prices along the Wasatch Front remained steady from September to October, remaining up 2.9 percent from a year ago. The Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) remained unchanged while the national Consumer Price Index has increased 1.8 percent since October…

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Nov 17

Survey: Businesses planning 3 percent raises

The average Utah employer is planning to give its employees a 3 percent raise in the next year — make that 5 percent for top performers. That’s according to the 2019 Planning Packet Survey released recently by the Employers Council. The poll reveals projections about…

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Nov 17

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 11-19-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Nu Skin Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., based in Provo, reported net income of $44 million, or 79 cents per share, for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. That compares with $53.1 million, or 94 cents…

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Nov 17

Editorial Cartoon: Casualty Friday

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Nov 17

Industry Briefs 11-18-19

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 • EnerBank USA , Salt Lake City, has promoted Joel Cannon as senior vice president of…

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Nov 17

Succeeding in Your Business: Are you selling business opportunities without knowing it?

By Cliff Ennico “I have a small manufacturing business in the Midwest. “For years, I have hired individuals to act as distributors for my products throughout the United States, similar to what the Avon cosmetics people do. They have assigned territories and cannot solicit…

Legal Matters: Ideas for your year-end estate and income tax planning

By Jonathan H. Hoagland The end of the 2019 calendar year is fast approaching and now is the time to take advantage of some estate and income tax planning strategies before the New Year’s Eve ball drops.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} Increased Transfer Tax Exemptions. In the 2017 tax…

Plans by Warren and Sanders neglect logic, math and honesty

By Veronique de Rugy The more I follow the Democratic presidential campaign, the more I see how little I understand some people. After all, we can have differences when it comes to ideology, and we can aspire to different things in life. We can even have different understandings…

Democracy should regulate Facebook, not the other way around

By Fareed Zakaria There is now a growing consensus that American democracy needs to be saved by Mark Zuckerberg. People from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Aaron Sorkin are demanding that Facebook stop running obviously false political advertising. So, let me pose a question: Would…