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Heavyweights to headline May's economic meet

The leader of Northrop Grumman and the former leader of Hewlett-Packard will be the featured speakers during the Utah Economic Summit, set for May 17 in Salt Lake City. Kathy J. Warden, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman Corp., and Carly Fiorina, former CEO of…

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Mar 23

Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce announces 2019 Peak Awards

The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the recipients of its 2019 Peak Awards. Winners were honored at the organization’s luncheon in February. The 2019 Peak Award winners are: • Small Business Woman of the Year: Tracie Drage, Brown Floral. • Small Business Man of the…

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Mar 23

Clear the Air Challenge winners announced

The Salt Lake Chamber, along with its partners TravelWise and UCAIR, have announced the winners of the 10th annual Clear the Air Challenge. Fidelity Investments was the large team winner and the Utah Department of Environmental Quality won in the small team…

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Mar 23

Navy partners with Salt Lake City’s Sarcos Robotics for full-body & inspection robots

Salt Lake City’s Sarcos Robotics, a global robotics systems developer, has signed a partnership agreement with the U.S. Navy’s Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) to evaluate and deploy robotic technologies, including full-body, powered…

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Mar 23

Jeanfreau named CEO at iMpact Utah

Orem-based consulting and training firm iMpact Utah has announced the appointment of a new CEO. Winthrop Jeanfreau replaces outgoing CEO Chad Parker. Upon taking over at the helm of the company, Jeanfreau announced that iMpact Utah had expanded its services to all business…

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Mar 23

Dunn Associates tabs Ketcham as president

Dunn Associates Inc., a structural engineering firm based in Salt Lake City, has named Tait Ketcham as president. He was promoted from his position as an associate to lead the firm. “My passion is finding solutions to complex engineering questions and associating with our great…

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Mar 23

Renovation converts Orpheum Theater to shared office space

CommonGrounds Workplace, a workplace-as-a-service company based in San Diego, has leased and renovated the former Orpheum Theater in downtown Salt Lake City and opened it as a shared office space. The entire three-story, 19,792-square-foot historic building at 132 S. State St.…

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Mar 23

Industry Briefs 3-26-19

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. ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT • The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) board of trustees has selected…

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Mar 23

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 3-25-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Overstock.com Overstock.com Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported a net loss attributable to Overstock.com Inc. stockholders of $42.3 million, or $1.39 per share, for the fourth quarter ended…

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Mar 23

Legal Matters: Legislative round-up for the 2019 general session of the Utah Legislature

By Gary R. Thorup The Utah Legislature concluded its annual general session on March 14. The Legislature adjourned an hour early, but the session was action-packed and record-breaking. In all, the Legislature passed 574 bills and resolutions, beating the previous record of…

Succeeding in Your Business: Battling the big boxes - and winning: Part 1

By Cliff Ennico Nothing — and I mean nothing — frightens a small-business owner more than hearing that one of the big-box retail chains — Walmart, Costco, Lowe’s, Home Depot and the like — is moving into town (well, maybe that Amazon is moving into its line of…

Editorial Cartoon: Elite Athlete

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Mar 23

Deficits not driven by lack of revenues, but by constant overspending

By Veronique de Rugy The Trump administration has delivered a massive budget to Congress. A look at the numbers and the talking points drafted to defend it confirms that budgets favor politics over policy. This also confirms that it really doesn’t really matter who is in the…

We salute women entrepreneurs during Women’s History Month

By Dan Nordberg As we enter the third year of the Trump administration, we’re fortunate to have a pPresident who understands the vital role women entrepreneurs play in our economy. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) supports the president’s business advocacy by…

Brexit will likely be the end of Great Britain’s role as a great power

By Fareed Zakaria One of the great strengths of democracy is that bad policies are often reversed. That’s a consolation when we look at the flurry of pandering programs being enacted as the populist wave works its way through the Western world. When a new government is elected,…