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Transportation leads largest CPI drop in 3 years

The cost of transportation includes the price of both gasoline and vehicles and both took a slide in February. Local transportation costs fell 3.6 percent last month, leading to the largest one-month drop in consumer prices in over three years. The Zions Bank Wasatch Front…

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Mar 17

Women Tech Council addresses tech gender gap - and ways to improve it

Brice Wallace Women Tech Council wants to address the gender gap in the technology sector and has issued a report outlining ways to close it. The national organization, based in Utah’s Silicon Slopes area, also released a list of companies it says are “accelerating removing the…

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Mar 17

Overstock still facing problems

Overstock Inc., the parent company of Salt Lake City’s Overstock.com online retailer and tZERO, a security token trading subsidiary, continues to struggle as an anticipated equity investment in the firm has stalled.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock,…

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Mar 17

Fusion BPO buys Ohio firm

Fusion BPO Services of Draper has acquired Canton, Ohio-based Ameridial Inc. Fusion BPO is a global outsourcing services provider that also has an operation in Kolkata, India. Ameridail provides telemarketing services to the healthcare, retail, e-commerce and automotive dealer…

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Mar 17

Utah business organizations applaud decision to delay tax bill, create task force

The Salt Lake Chamber, the Utah Technology Council and others have hailed the Legislature’s delay on acting on a tax reform bill that would have decreased the state sales and use tax rate but imposed a sales and use tax on services. Meanwhile, during the general session’s final…

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Mar 17

WTC Utah hosts Women’s Day celebration

World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) co-hosted an International Women’s Day celebration on March 8 in cooperation with the Women’s Business Center of Utah (WBCUtah) and the Salt Lake Chamber. The event, moderated by EDCUtah president and WTC Utah board member Theresa Foxley,…

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Mar 17

Employers Council named 2019 ChamberWest small-biz honoree

ChamberWest, the trade organization that represents West Valley City, Taylorsville, West Jordan and Kearns, named Employers Council as its Small Business of the Year for 2019 during its annual awards gala celebration held late last month. “We congratulate Employers Council on…

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Mar 17

2019 science & tech medals announced

Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert, along with the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR), have announced the winners of the 2019 Governor’s Medals for Science and Technology. The medals will be presented to the four honorees at the Utah Technology Innovation Summit at…

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Mar 17

Succeeding in Your Business: Got a college graduate in your basement? Time to call the 'den mothers'

By Cliff Ennico Do you have a recent college graduate living in your basement? Is your child getting close to graduating from college with few or no job prospects on the horizon? Has your son or daughter boomeranged back to you after some time living on his or her own? If so,…

Focus: Travel & Recreation - Last Spike

This spring, the Golden Spike National Historic Site commemorates the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. The celebration provides a good excuse to take in all Northern Utah has to offer. {mprestriction ids="1,3"} By Randy Henricks “All aboard!”…

Love to travel - or hate it. ... there's an app for that

By Bahar Ferguson Traveling is different for everyone. Some people love it and some people hate it. Some people do it to get to work every day and some people do it for “work” by vacationing every day. No matter the reason behind your traveling, it could always go more smoothly…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 3-18-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Profire Energy Profire Energy Inc., based in Lindon, reported company-record net income of $6 million, or 12 cents per share, for the full year 2018. That compares with $4.4 million, or 9 cents…

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Mar 17

Editorial Cartoon: Transitioning

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Mar 17

New rent-control laws cannot escape the law of supply and demand

By Veronique de Rugy In February, Oregon became the first state in the nation to adopt a mandatory statewide rent-control policy. Yet, rent control never delivers on the promise that it will multiply the affordable housing in high-value markets to serve middle- and lower-class…

How America handles the Mueller report will be a test of our democracy

By Fareed Zakaria Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which is expected to be delivered to the attorney general soon, will end up being a great test of American democracy. How will we handle it? In a nakedly partisan fashion — or as a way to bolster our constitutional…