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New numbers suggest Utah job-growth slowdown

Job growth in Utah seems to be slowing as year-over-year numbers are coming up a few tenths of a point below previous months. Utah’s nonfarm payroll employment for November grew by an estimated 2.9 percent, adding 43,000 jobs to the economy since November 2017, meaning Utah’s…

Staff

Jan 7

Doubts creeping into Utah attitude about the future

Economic conditions in Utah remain strong but the state’s consumers are beginning to show some reservations about the future. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) dropped 4.7 points to 115.8 in December. Anything above 100 still shows confidence in the economy, but…

Staff

Jan 7

SkyWest Inc. sells unprofitable ExpressJet Airlines to United joint venture

St. George-based SkyWest Inc. has announced a deal to sell its ExpressJet Airlines Inc. subsidiary to ManaAir — a joint venture of United Continental and KAir Enterprises, an airline investment company — for $70 million in cash and the assumption of the liabilities of…

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Jan 7

SL Film Society launches effort to keep artists in Utah

In an effort to keep post-graduate animators, game designers and content creators in Utah, the Salt Lake Film Society (SLFS) has created a media accelerator studio called MAST. SLFS said the program will grow its Film Fostering & Education Initiative, which has fostered 150…

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Jan 7

Utah Association of Counties to lead Opportunity Zone management

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has selected the Utah Association of Counties to lead the state’s Opportunity Zone planning and implementation. The association will work with GOED in partnership with the Sorenson Impact Center and consultant Patrick Mullen…

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Jan 7

Avoiding the three deadly biases that lead to bad decision-making

By Richard Tyson At 11:37 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral. Seventy-three seconds later, it broke apart, killing all seven of its crew members.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} The night before the launch, a conference was held at Morton…

Industry Briefs 1-7-19

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 • Bank of Utah , Ogden, has established a foreign exchange department and appointed Doug…

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Jan 7

Editorial Cartoon: Diversified

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Jan 7

Business Tech: Here are six resolutions for a New Year free from IT drama

By David Black The new year is here. I hope you made it through unscathed. As we welcome the new year, keep these tips in mind as you create your New Year’s cyber resolutions for 2019. {mprestriction ids="1,3"} No. 1 - Education, Education, Education Cyber awareness training…

A deficit-happy government may lead to a financial crisis and 100% taxes

By Veronique de Rugy There are milestones you celebrate: a kid’s first step, a round-numbered birthday, a marriage anniversary. And then there are the milestones you dread. Reaching $22 trillion in national debt is one of them. We’re slated to reach that number next month, yet…

There's growing backlash to populism everywhere; Brexit is a good example

By Fareed Zakaria Emmanuel Macron has been the great hope for those who worry that global politics is being dominated by populism, nationalism and racism. In his presidential campaign last year, Macron was able to rally France around a message of reform and multilateralism,…

Let's take on the insurance industry, hospitals and doctors to fix healthcare

By Robert Pembroke “In a democracy, the frequent imbecility of decision-making is a vice we are all willing to live with because of democracy’s great virtue and its many and constant feedback loops that allows idiotic policies to be reversed or ameliorated.” Wall Street Journal,…