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Home prices continue to rise in SLC market over past year

Home prices in the Salt Lake City market rose 7.2 percent in March 2016 compared with March 2015, according to real estate information, analytics and services provider CoreLogic. On a month-over-month basis, home prices increased by 1.6 percent in March compared with February.…

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Football franchise to operate on unique business model

Imagine running a business where outsiders get to select management and key employees and have a say in not just day-to-day operations but make moment-to-moment decisions. That’s the plan for a first-of-its-kind venture, in the form of a yet-to-be-named indoor football team that…

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Utah firm reveals plans for revolutionary hybrid semi

A Utah startup made a big splash in the world of automotive news last week. The Nikola Motor Co. has unveiled a compressed natural gas/electric hybrid semi-truck aimed at shaking up the long-haul trucking industry the way the Tesla Model S did the car business a few years ago.…

Utah gas price hike is fastest in the nation

Gas prices in the state jumped by more than 30 cents per gallon over the past month, the highest month-over-month increase in the nation, according to price data released last week by AAA. Despite an all-time high in U.S. gasoline supplies, motorists are still paying more at the…

Hochberg: We could do better at exporting

When one thinks about the United States’ economic peers, the nations of Rwanda and Haiti likely would not come to mind. But the countries are similar when it comes to how much of the nations’ GDP comes from exporting. Despite the U.S. figure being at its highest level ever,…

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The relationship edge: Are you on it, in it or over it?

Beginning a relationship is easy. Exploration is predominantly on the surface. Nothing too deep. Nothing too wide. Nothing too revealing. In the beginning, all is well. Friendships blossom. Feelings emerge. And life is good. Beginning a relationship is easy. Exploration is…

Jeffrey Gitomer

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Is this a new housing bubble?

There are some similarities between now and 2006-2007, like multiple-offer situations, people offering well over asking price when bidding on a home and a low inventory of available homes. There are, however, even more differences between now and then. With housing prices…

Emily Hayes

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Politics in the office

Want to ban a worker from wearing a “Vote for Trump” button in the workplace? The law likely is on your side. But if the button says, “Vote for Hillary Because She’s a Woman,” the issue becomes murkier than the proverbial smoke-filled back room. Have some employees feeling the…

Brice Wallace

Governor's energy development summit kicks off in Salt Lake City

Gov. Gary R. Herbert’s stated vision to make Utah a leader in affordable, reliable and sustainable energy will be the topic of discussion as the fifth annual Governor’s Utah Energy Development Summit kicks off Tuesday. Gov. Gary R. Herbert’s stated vision to make Utah a leader…

Housing joins gas to drive up consumer prices

Just like the past several months, gasoline prices continue to contribute to a rise in the cost of living along the Wasatch Front. But in April, housing costs added to the 1.1 percent hike in the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI), which increased 1.1 percent…

BDO buys Mantyla McReynolds

Chicago-based professional services organization BDO USA LLP has expanded into the Utah market through the acquisition of Mantyla McReynolds LLC, a Salt Lake City accounting and consulting services firm. The staff of 64 at Mantyla McReynolds will join BDO, including 10 partners.…

Shareholders approve Questar merger

Shareholders of Questar Corp. voted overwhelmingly to approve the company’s acquisition by Dominion Resources during a special meeting of shareholders at Questar’s Salt Lake City headquarters held recently. Over 80 percent of the outstanding shares voted, with 96.6 percent…

Industry Briefs

Industry Briefs 5-23-16

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. CONSTRUCTION • Curtis Miner Architecture (CMA), Pleasant Grove, has hired Jason Sandberg and…

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Newsletter - 5-23-16

www.slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 Subscribe To The Enterprise This week in The Enterprise – Utah’s Business Journal May 23, 2016 Politics in the office: Attorney warns of the dangers inherent in employees expressing political views Have some employees feeling the Bern? A few…