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Is a recession coming? Romney doesn't think so

By Brice Wallace Utah’s junior senator believes the U.S. is not headed for a recession but “we’ll see with time.” Speaking at the Wasatch Business Series last week in Millcreek, U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney acknowledged that “we’re always sort of on the lookout for those things that…

Utah keeps on hiring; jobless rate unchanged

Utah’s jobless rate continues to be among the nation’s lowest, holding steady at 2.8 percent in July, according to figures released by the Department of Workforce Services. The U.S. unemployment rate was also unchanged for the month at 3.7 percent. The unemployment rate means…

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Aug 26

Talent Ready Utah and its partners announce new youth apprenticeship program

The Talent Ready Utah Center, in partnership with Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City School District, Salt Lake Education Foundation and rail equipment manufacturer Stadler US, has announced the start of a new youth apprenticeship program for the Utah. The program will…

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Aug 26

Impartner acquires Amplifinity

Impartner, a Salt Lake City-based partner relationship management software provider, has acquired referral partner management software company Amplifinity of Ann Arbor, Michigan. “The shift in today’s partner landscape is tectonic,” said Impartner CEO Joe Wang. “With factors…

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Aug 26

Med Venture announces new CEO for Nimbus

Salt Lake City-based Nimbus Concepts, a medtech company that markets devices for pain management, has a new CEO. The managing partners of Med Venture Holdings, the medical industry investment firm that owns Nibus, has named Bret Boudousquie to lead the company. Boudousquie’s…

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Aug 26

Lindon's Profire Energy buys Midflow Services

Lindon-based Profire Energy Inc., a technology company which creates, installs and services burner and chemical management equipment in the oil and gas industry, has announced that has entered into an agreement to acquire Midflow Services LLC. The transaction closed Aug. 5.…

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Aug 26

Visit Salt Lake lists 2nd-quarter bookings

Visit Salt Lake, the nonprofit corporation tasked with the promotion of the Salt Lake City area as a convention and tourism destination, has announced that it booked 51 meetings, athletic events and conventions during the second quarter of 2019. The organization said the events…

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Aug 26

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-26-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Myriad Genetics Myriad Genetics Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported a net loss of $4.2 million, or 6 cents per share, for the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30. That compares with net…

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Aug 26

There are many ways to mess up your business without breaking a sweat

By John Graham No matter their strengths, businesses, like people, are always at risk. Some dangers are so blatant they dare being ignored. But others, far less obvious, cause untold — and even fatal — damage, eating away and undermining a company’s best efforts. Their work is…

Succeeding in Your Business: Is your deal stalled? Here are four secrets to getting it done

By Cliff Ennico “My partner and I own a service business we’ve been trying to sell for some time. We finally found a buyer, but the process just seems to be taking forever. The buyer’s attorney seems to be taking a long time to review our attorney’s draft documents, and our…

Three essential elements of business fulfillment and how to achieve them

By Richard Tyson In the world of commerce, the word fulfillment refers to the processes that handle, execute and fulfill customer orders. It entails successfully fulfilling the value chain that delivers on the promises we make to those who buy our products and/or…

Industry Briefs 8-26-19

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 • Splash City Adventure Park is under construction as the first major water…

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Aug 26

Editorial Cartoon: Red Flagged

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Aug 26

Note to administration: You can’t have your tariff cake and eat it, too

By Veronique de Rugy When it comes to trade policy, Pres. Donald Trump and his adviser Peter Navarro provide endless examples of incoherent economic thinking. They regularly claim that X is true, and then in the next breath, they assert that not-X is also correct. Let’s consider…

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Aug 26

Trump is no more responsible for El Paso than Warren is for Dayton

Fareed Zakaria is on vacation this week. Marc A. Thiessen is filling in. As soon as authorities said they suspected the El Paso mass shooter was the author of a hate-filled, white-supremacist online manifesto, Democrats began blaming President Trump. “He is a racist,” said Sen.…

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Aug 26