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Utah consumers have never been more optimistic

Utah consumers are really feeling confident about economic conditions in the state. In fact, according to Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) released last week, they’ve never felt better. The CAI increased 8.9 points in October to 125.4, the highest level ever…

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Nov 4

Mideast trade mission puts spotlight on Utah companies doing business in Israel

A recent governor-led trade mission to Israel featured three companies as examples of doing business with that nation. GlobalSim, Intermountain Healthcare and Peel Therapeutics shared their international business experiences with the Utah delegation on the trip, which also…

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Nov 4

Joseph Eve joins Wipfli group

Joseph Eve, a Montana-based accounting and consulting firm with an office in Salt Lake City, has joined Wipfli, a firm that will now have approximately 1,900 associates and 47 office locations across the United States. Joseph Eve has the full-service office in Salt Lake City and…

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Nov 4

Editorial Cartoon: Trump Dossier

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Nov 4

Utah home construction cost ratio near middle

The Salt Lake City area is ranked near the middle in a 50-city study of the value of a home and the cost to build it. In the study, titled “Paying for Dirt: Where Have Home Values Detached from Construction Costs,” Salt Lake City ranks 23rd and in 2016 had a “construction cost…

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Nov 4

Orbital ATK signs $24M contract to build F-35 fighter components at Clearfield plant

Orbital ATK has received an initial $24 million contract from Lockheed Martin to produce a pair of composite components for the F-35 Joint Strike Force Fighter aircraft. The parts will be manufactured at the Orbital ATK facility in Clearfield. Orbital ATK will make bullnose and…

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Nov 4

Pierpont to head national group of workforce agencies

The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) has elected Jon Pierpont, executive director of the Utah Department of Workforce Services, to serve on its leadership team as president-elect. As part of this commitment, Pierpont will represent Utah on the committee…

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Nov 4

USU professor to study wastewater reclamation with USTAR grant

Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) has awarded a grant for a project that targets wastewater issues with a technology that also could create bioenergy. The Industry Partnership Program (IPP) grant was awarded to professor Ronald Sims and Utah State University to…

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Nov 4

Lee named president and CEO at SLC's 4Life

Salt Lake City-based 4Life, a nutritional supplement developer and manufacturer with offices in 24 markets worldwide, has named Danny Lee as the company’s new president and CEO. Steve Tew, who has served as president since 2004 and CEO since 2014, has been appointed vice…

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Nov 4

Project hopes to facilitate creativity

A development focused on artisan residents is set to have move-in starting Jan. 1. Giv Group and local nonprofit Craft Lake City are partnering to promote the development, called Project Open. The new development will have affordable housing opportunities and a residential…

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Nov 4

SLC medtech acquired by investment firm

The EQT Mid Market US fund has acquired a majority stake in Clinical Innovations LLC, a Salt Lake City-based pure-play provider of single-use clinician-preferred medical devices for labor and delivery in hospitals. Financial terms were not disclosed. Clinical Innovations was…

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Nov 4

MACU ranks tops for business

Mountain America Credit Union Business Services has been ranked first among credit unions in business share accounts in the Western region and ranked second nationally by the National Credit Union Administration website. NCUA.gov issues the rankings, which are determined by the…

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Nov 4

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: SkyWest SkyWest Inc., based in St. George, reported net income of $54 million, or $1.01 per share, for the third quarter ended Sept. 30. That compares that compares with $41 million, or 79 cents…

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Nov 4

When you completed a long course of formal schooling, did you breathe a sigh of relief — and perhaps vow to never crack a book again? I know I did!

By Richard Tyson When I graduated from high school, I felt liberated from the educational death march I had been on for 12 years. Of course, the next fall found me seated in a class of incoming college freshmen, beginning a new four-year journey. With a baccalaureate diploma in…

Business Tech: Is the public cloud not right for your business? Try colocation, instead

By Mike Herrington Many businesses are making the move to the cloud. But depending on your specific workload and compliance needs, a public cloud might not be the best fit. So how do you get all the benefits of the cloud while maintaining security, control and cost savings?…

GOP has tax reform on the table, but it's taxing their negotiating skills

By Veronique de Rugy The good news is that there’s a debate in Washington about how to make the tax code less destructive. The bad news is that lawmakers will be able to achieve much less than they otherwise could because of bad policy priorities. It’s obvious that Congress and…

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Nov 4

China has signaled its willingness to become superpower alongside U.S.

By Fareed Zakaria While news and analysis in America continue to be obsessed with Donald Trump’s daily antics and insults, halfway around the world, something truly historic just happened. China signaled that it now sees itself as the world’s other superpower, positioning itself…

Who pays when a government official makes a costly bad decision?

By Robert Pembroke Ever since I left the Army, my compensation plan has been flexible. For the first few of years of my career of selling copying machines, I was paid with a small salary plus commission. If I didn’t make enough sales, it was hard to put food on the table for my…

Industry Briefs - 11-6-17

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. BANKING • America First Credit Union has opened a new location inside the Kent’s Market at 3673…

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Nov 4