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Chamber president honored as 'Giant in Our City'

The Salt Lake Chamber has named its annual “Giant in Our City.” And it’s one of its own. Chamber president and CEO Lane Beattie was surprised with the designation during the organization’s 130th anniversary celebration recently. “I didn’t know they were going to do that. It was…

Staff

May 8

Too many buyers, not enough sellers causes for area home sales decline

Tight inventories resulted in falling home sales across the Wasatch Front in the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. In the first quarter, sales of single-family homes along the Wasatch Front…

Staff

May 8

Patent filings result in companies, individuals being named 'Utah Geniuses'

Barry Mower More than 50 Utah companies and individuals were honored recently with Utah Genius Awards. The ninth annual program featured Barry Mower, founder of Lifetime Products in Clearfield, receiving the Utah Genius Lifetime Achievement Award. The awards staff uses data from…

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May 8

Williams to replace Beard as head of People's Utah Bancorp

People’s Utah Bancorp (PUB) has announced that it has hired Len E. Williams as executive vice president with the intent that he will replace Richard T. Beard as president and CEO of the company and as CEO of the company’s wholly owned subsidiary People’s Intermountain Bank (PIB)…

Staff

May 8

Sandy Chamber elects five new members to its board of directors

The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors has elected five new board members. Added to the board are Scott Westra,?senior vice president and chief financial officer at WCF Insurance; Kayvon Motiee, president of Broadway Media; Kadee Duclos,?events director at Utah…

Staff

May 8

Clyde Cos. reorganizes key management

Clyde Companies of Orem have made several organizational changes, including the appointment of Wilford Clyde as chairman and CEO. He will leave his current position as president, a role he has filled since 2001. Clyde Companies is the parent company of W.W. Clyde & Co., Geneva…

Staff

May 8

CBRE MarketView reflects continued, cautious growth in area commercial real estate

The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm CBRE has released its MarketView report for the first quarter of 2017. The report highlights market conditions of the local office, retail and industrial markets: Office According to the report, a notable occurrence during…

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May 8

Redford replaces Williams as CEO at ForeverGreen

ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp. has named Rick Redford the company’s new CEO, replacing Ron Williams, who has resigned but will remain as a member of the board and as a consultant to the leadership of ForeverGreen. Lindon-based ForeverGreen is a direct marketing company in the…

Staff

May 8

Work begins on Grove Tower

St. John Properties has begun construction on the 190,000-square-foot Grove Tower in Pleasant Grove. The company recently completed two other adjacent single-story office buildings within the 60-acre master planned development known as Valley Grove. “We are thrilled with the…

Staff

May 8

Comcast debuts 1G service

Comcast has announced that it is launching a new Internet service that will deliver speeds up to 1 gigabit per second to residential customers throughout the state of Utah. The company will use DOCSIS 3.1 technology to deliver these speeds over the company’s existing network…

Staff

May 8

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Extra Space Extra Space Storage Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported funds from operations (FFO) attribute to common stockholders or $137.9 million, or $1.02 per share, for the first quarter…

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May 8

Editorial Cartoon - Atomic Evolution

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May 8

Utah Tech: Taking too much of time? Making the case for automated patch management

By Mike Herrington Patch management is a critical function in maintaining network security for businesses, but the labor cost of keeping up on it frequently stops it from happening. A patch is a piece of software designed to update a computer program or its supporting data or to…

FATCA: Another attempt to make low-tax nations serve the high-taxers

By Veronique de Rugy I’ve previously argued that the Trump administration should stop funding the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development because of its advocacy of higher taxes and tax harmonization. At the time, I was told that my position could be perceived as…

The education of Trump: Running an administration is 'complicated' stuff

By Fareed Zakaria There are so many unusual, unprecedented aspects of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office that it’s hard to know where to begin. By his own yardstick, the number of promises unfulfilled is staggering. During the campaign, Trump said he would ask for a bill…

Your retirement account: It’s important to have a plan, not just a stock portfolio

By Mark Lund In the first quarter of 2017, the bull market seemed unstoppable. The Dow Jones Industrial Average soared past 20,000 and closed at all-time highs on 12 consecutive trading days. The Nasdaq Composite gained almost 10 percent in three months. An eight-year-old bull…

Industry Briefs 5-8-17

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. CONSTRUCTION • Geneva Rock , Murray, has named Shane Albrecht as vice president of area…

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May 8