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Today OK, but future a worry for consumers

A strong positive feeling for Utahns about their current situation — driven mainly by the strong jobs market — was offset in January by minor pessimism over the future, according to the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI), released last week. The CAI decreased 1.9…

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Feb 4

New Ogden manufacturer could be springboard for food industry

By Brice Wallace While a 50-job company expansion might not seem like much in terms of boosting employment in Utah, a company planning that-size project in Ogden could be a company — and type of company — that can greater position the state as a center for advanced food…

Provo-Orem leads four Utah metro areas among nation's best-performing

Four Utah metropolitan areas have been named in the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities index for 2018. The Provo-Orem metropolitan area took the No. 1 spot in the index for a second consecutive year, reflecting the robust growth of high-tech industries outside the coastal…

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Feb 4

UFBF publishes 2019 legislative priorities

The Utah Farm Bureau Federation (UFBF) has released its list of “Issues to Watch For in 2019,” listing its issues for the 2019 Utah general legislative session that began last week. The organizations said that the issues list is based on its policy book, which it adopted at its…

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Feb 4

Clean-air challenge kicks off

The Salt Lake Chamber, with partners Utah Clean AIR (UCAIR), a statewide clean-air partnership, and Utah state government initiative TravelWise, has kicked off its 10th Annual Clear the Air Challenge. The challenge, issued by business, government and community leaders, is a…

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Feb 4

Utah executives report 'cautious optimism' about future of the economy

Utah business executives are looking to the future with “cautious optimism” — perhaps with emphasis on “cautious.” According to the Salt Lake Chamber’s CEOutlook 2018 fourth-quarter 2018 survey, the business leaders are waning a bit in their confidence. The fourth-quarter 2018…

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Feb 4

Rep. Curtis to head Biomedical Research Caucus

Utah’s life sciences industry now has a powerful voice in Washington. The state’s 3rd Congressional District Congressman John Curtis has been appointed co-chair of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus. He joins Reps. Jackie Speier, D-California; Steve Stivers, R-Ohio;…

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Feb 4

Adaptive Health acquires Biovation Labs of SLC

Biovation Labs of Salt Lake City has been acquired by Adaptive Health, a North Carolina nutritional health products company that manufactures many of Biovation Lab’s core products, including Instaflex Advanced Joint Support, Lumiday Mood Enhancement and Nugenix Total-T.…

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Feb 4

UofU engineer's project will 'listen' to corn crops when they're having problems

Plants have important things to say and University of Utah electrical and computer engineering associate professor Hanseup Kim wants to listen to them. Kim leads a team of UofU engineers who have received a $2.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to design and…

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Feb 4

CBRE MarketView: Industrial, retail and office real estate lead strong 2018

The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm CBRE has released its Market View report for the fourth quarter of 2018. The report highlights local market activity in the areas of industrial properties, retail leasing and office leasing. The study’s findings include: •…

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Feb 4

Industry Briefs 2-4-19

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. BANKING • EnerBank USA , a Salt Lake City-based consumer lender helping business partners and…

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Feb 4

Editorial Cartoon: Thought Leader

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Feb 4

6 tips to help you find courage to decide to pursue your passion

By Richard Tyson The early months of a new year often find us considering opportunities for improvement, innovation and growth. It is a time when we are motivated to reset, recharge and/or recommit. We are faced with decisions of choosing how we will allocate our time, talents…

Crazy and costly minimum wage laws: Be careful what you wish for

By Veronique de Rugy We have a saying in France that goes something like this: “With enough ‘ifs,’ we could put Paris in a bottle.” In other words, if you assume away all the difficulties of the real world, you can achieve miracles. This proverb was all I could think about when…

Despite his other shortcomings, Trump sure knows how to play the press

By Robert Pembroke I am not a fan of Donald Trump and I did not vote for him. I voted for my best friend by writing in his name for president. Trump is boisterous, overbearing, annoying and has funny-looking hair. But Trump, for all his faults, is a master at manipulating the…

A Davos meet without America may foreshadow a world without America

By Fareed Zakaria The atmosphere at the recent 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, reflected the global picture perhaps more genuinely than in years past — and the painting is not very pretty. The mood there was subdued, cautious and apprehensive. There wasn’t not…

Economic conditions have more to do with black unemployment than racism

By Thomas Sowell Seventy-one years ago last month — in January 1948 — a black, 17-year-old high school dropout left home. The last grade he had completed was the ninth grade. He had no skills, little experience and not a lot of maturity. Yet he was able to find jobs to support…