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Sachs exec: U.S. economy is fundamentally strong

John Tousley last week shared his crystal-ball view of 2017 with a Salt Lake City audience, and generally the outlook was positive. The U.S. has a fundamentally strong economy and a lower-than-average risk of a recession in 2017, as well as expectations of steady GDP growth this…

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Jan 10

South Jordan's Landesk sold to California-based private investment firm

Clearlake Capital Group LP of Santa Monica, California, has announced that it will acquire Landesk from owner Thoma Bravo. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. As part of the transaction, Clearlake will merge its portfolio company Heat Software to the new…

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Jan 10

Aviacode buys Florida firm, adds facility coding capabilities

Aviacode, a Salt Lake City-based fee coding firm, has acquired the assets of Florida-based Revant Solutions, a provider of facility coding outsourced services. As part of the agreement, Aviacode will retain the majority of Revant’s full-time facility coders, auditors and…

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Jan 10

Utah Valley Chamber to honor Herbert as 'Pillar of the Valley'

The Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce has selected Gov. Gary R. Herbert as its the Pillar of the Valley Award recipient for 2017. He will be honored on March 14 at the seventh annual Pillar of the Valley Gala to be held at the Utah Valley Convention Center. The Pillar of the…

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Jan 10

Salt Lake events will explore Utah's recent past and near future economy

A pair of Jan. 18 events will look both at Utah’s recent economic past and into its near future. The Utah Economic Review and the Utah Business & Policy Summit will take place at the Grand America Hotel, 555 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. The review will be from 7:30-9:30 a.m. and…

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Jan 10

ForeverGreen makes executive changes, Alvarado named president

ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp., an Orem-based direct marketer of health-centered products, has announced the appointment of Jorge Alvarado as president and Rick Redford as chief operating officer. Alvarado will continue in his current position as chief marketing officer. “I’m…

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Jan 10

Davis Chamber slates annual awards presentations

The Davis Chamber of Commerce has scheduled its annual Awards Banquet for Jan. 20 and has announced the finalists for the organization’s yearly honors. The event will be held at 6 p.m. that evening at the Davis Conference Center. Award finalists include: Business of the Year:…

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Jan 10

Frame to head agency

McKinnon-Mulherin, a Salt Lake City-based communication firm, has announced the appointment of Paige Frame as its president. She has been the director of operations and previously worked as manager of custom projects at the firm. As director of operations, Frame managed all…

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Jan 10

Industry Briefs 1-9-17

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. ASSOCIATIONS • The American Health Council has named Charles Wade Dummer to the council’s…

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Jan 10

Newsletter - 1-3-17

www.slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 This week in The Enterprise Tuesday, January 3, 2017 Warning: Regulatory reform could cost state A member of a state board is urging a cautious approach to the Salt Lake Chamber’s push for regulatory reform that could affect Utah…

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Jan 3

Editorial Cartoon: No Santa

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Jan 2

Warning: Regulatory reform could cost state

A member of a state board is urging a cautious approach to the Salt Lake Chamber’s push for regulatory reform that could affect Utah businesses. Jerry Oldroyd, a member of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) board, said at the board’s most recent meeting that he…

901,000-square-foot Post cereal distribution center comes to SLC

A cereal company will expand its distribution operations to include Salt Lake City in an endeavor hailed as the largest build-to-suit project in the state’s history. Post Consumer Brands announced last week it would build a 901,000-square-foot, $50 million facility at California…

Healthcare prices helping drive up Utah cost of living

Although Utah healthcare costs are rising more slowly than the national average, they were the main driver in a 0.2 percent hike in consumer prices from October to November, according to the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI). The index has now crawled ahead of…

Advanced materials industry to get help from federal grant to U of U

The University of Utah has received a $4 million federal grant to assess and improve the supply chain for Utah’s carbon composites and advanced materials industry. The grant from the Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment is aimed at making Utah’s advanced…

ACG Utah selects Stephens to keynote annual growth confab

Robert Stephens, Geek Squad founder and former Best Buy CTO, will keynote the 2017 ACG Utah Intermountain Growth Conference scheduled for the Salt Lake Marriott City Center on March 7. Now in its 14th year, the ACG Utah Intermountain Growth Conference is billed as the only…

Zions Bank report: Utah consumers go into new year with plenty of optimism

U.S. consumers are more confident about the future than they have been in 13 years. And Utahn’s are right there with them. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) increased 5.1 points to 119.8 in December, accounting for almost half of the 10.9 points the index has…

Utah joins neighbors to build electric vehicle charging network

The governors of Colorado, Utah and Nevada have announced that they will work together over the next year to develop complementary plans for building an electric vehicle charging network across key highway corridors in their states. The corridors will include interstates 70, 76…

Evelar Solar opens Layton retail location

Salt Lake City-based Evelar Solar is taking a new approach to the marketing of rooftop solar generating systems with the opening of the state’s first retail solar location. Located in the Layton Hills Mall in Davis County, the site eliminates the need for sales representatives…

Outdoor products company expands to SLC

Big Agnes, an outdoor products company based in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is expanding into Salt Lake City with opening of a 30,000-square-foot distribution center. According to a joint announcement from Salt Lake City’s new Department of Economic Development and the Economic…

Bywater to lead Vivint Solar

Vivint Solar has named David Bywater as CEO. He has been acting as interim CEO since May, according to a statement from the residential solar provider based in Lehi. The appointment is effective immediately. “We strongly believe David is the best candidate for the CEO position,”…

Jobless rate down another 0.1%

Utah’s jobless rate continues to decline, shedding another one-tenth of a percentage point from October to November. The Department of Workforce services reported that approximately 46,600 Utahns were unemployed and actively seeking work in November. Meanwhile, the national…