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Consumers paying just a little more to live than last year

The increases don’t amount to much, but Wasatch Front consumers continue to pay just a little more to live than they did a year ago. The Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.1 percent from November to December and since last year, the rise is 3.6…

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Jan 21

Vote opens way for med school negotiations

By a vote of six to one, the Provo Municipal Council has approved a resolution to declare a portion of the East Bay Golf Course as surplus property, opening the way for negotiations to begin for the construction of a medical education campus on the site. {mprestriction…

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Jan 21

UTOPIA offers 10-gig service

UTOPIA Fiber, a fiber optic network based in Murray, has launched the state’s first 10-gigabit-per-second (10Gbps) fiber Internet service for residential subscription. The organization said that the service will give customers the fastest Internet service in the nation.…

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Jan 21

Predictive buys Minnesota firm

Predictive Technology Group, Inc. of Salt Lake City has acquired FlagshipHealth Group, a Minneapolis-based provider of sales and consulting services for the healthcare industry. Predictive Technology markets data analytics for disease identification and subsequent therapeutic…

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Jan 21

Provo/Orem country's Best-Performing City; SLC, St. George score highly

Utah County’s Provo/Orem area, with its robust high-tech sector and broad-based job and wage growth, is the Best-Performing City in the United States, according to the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities 2017 Index. “Provo/Orem outperformed all other metros by a wide…

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Jan 21

SwipeClock acquires workforce software firm

SwipeClock LLC has an-nounced it has acquired Shugo, a provider of SaaS-based workforce products and services for small and medium-sized businesses. SwipeClock is developer of workforce management software based in Salt Lake City. SwipeClock said that the buyout allows the…

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Jan 21

SilencerCo looking for new CEO

SilencerCo, a West Valley City-based designer and manufacturer of firearm suppressors, known as silencers, has announced a change in company leadership. Founders Joshua Waldron and Jonathon Shults are stepping down — Waldron as CEO and Shults as president. The company’s board…

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Jan 21

Industrial real estate sector is booming outside Salt Lake County, too

By Don Enlow and Marcy Pitman CBC Advisors Over the past few years, numerous business websites and publications, including Forbes and CNBC, have pronounced Utah to be one of the best states for doing business. As you travel up and down I-15 along the Wasatch Front, you’ll see…

We all make mistakes; Here's how to avoid the stupid ones

By John Graham Most mistakes are just plain stupid. “I just wasn’t thinking,” we say. Stupid mistakes aren’t intentional. But the genie is out of the bottle. The damage is done. Sure, we can try to “minimize the damage” by claiming “we’re only human” and dismiss it with…

Here's an idea: Maybe Congress should cut up Uncle Sam’s credit card

By Veronique de Rugy Imagine that each month, you spend $2,000 more than you earn and charge the difference to your credit card. You make interest payments but never attempt to pay down your debt, instead just letting it grow. There will inevitably come a time when you have to…

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Jan 21

He campaigned on it, but now Trump seems to have abandoned populism

By Fareed Zakaria The fire and fury over Michael Wolff’s book has largely centered on the personalities and power struggles within the White House. But behind all of that lies an important political development, one that explains the real rift between Donald Trump and his former…

How about an education system that teaches critical thinking?

By Robert Pembroke The American citizenry is an optimistic collection and even with all the distressing things happening around them, they are expressing optimism about the future. And I know of a way to make sure that they a have an optimistic future: Teach them the art of…

Editorial Cartoon: Opioids

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Jan 21

Industry Briefs - 1-22-18

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. ASSOCIATIONS • The Salt Lake Board of Realtors has elected Adam Kirkham as its 2018 president.…

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Jan 21