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Dominion ordered to cease third-party billings

In response to complaints from the public, the Division of Public Utilities and the Office of Consumer Services, the Utah Public Service Commission has ordered Dominion Energy to stop using its billing process to collect charges for third-party services unless the customers have…

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Oct 15

State looking for private firms to operate some of its golf courses

Some of the state’s golf courses currently operated by Utah’s Division of Parks and Recreation may soon be operated by private management firms. The state agency has posted a request for proposals seeking 10-year agreements to operate four state-owned courses. The courses…

Staff

Oct 15

Aligned Energy opens Utah data center

Aligned Energy, a Plano, Texas-based data center company, has opened its Utah headquarters in West Jordan. The 294,000-square-foot building will serve as a colocation data center supporting both cloud providers and enterprise customers. “We’re excited to announce the official…

Staff

Oct 15

Utah Foundation’s Quality of Life Index declines despite economy

Utahns continue to worry about their cost of housing and that has resulted in a drop in the Utah Foundation’s Quality of Life Index. The index is down a point from last year and three points over the past five years, standing at 70 out of 100. The “Quality of Life Index:…

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Oct 15

Utah gets failing grade for not expanding on FMLA protection

A new report from the National Partnership for Women & Families, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, gives Utah a grade of F for failing to provide basic workplace protections that go beyond federal law. “Raising Expectations” analyzes state laws and regulations governing…

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Oct 15

Wells Fargo/Gallup poll: Investors not ready for surprise expenses

According to a new Wells Fargo/Gallup survey, while individual U.S. investors remain optimistic about the economy, many say they are one emergency away from encountering expenses that could cripple their finances. Barely half of investors — 55 percent — describe themselves as…

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Oct 15

Editorial Cartoon: Victim of Own Success

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Oct 15

Industry Briefs 10-16-18

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. COMMUNICATIONS • Salt Lake City officials are telling residents to expect more small cell…

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Oct 15

Government-provided parental leave won't result in hoped-for free lunch

By Veronique de Rugy In recent months, a vocal group of conservatives has joined with Democrats in arguing that it’s time for the government to correct a blatant market failure: the private sector’s inability to provide sufficient paid leave. A new study suggests otherwise. The…

The Supreme Court, democracy are real victims of the Kavanaugh mess

By Fareed Zakaria The most consequential casualty of the recent confirmation battle is not Christine Blasey Ford or Brett Kavanaugh. It is the Supreme Court and, thus, American democracy. The court was one of the last bastions in Washington that towered above the political fray.…

Most of today’s activists bent on humiliation and destruction of authority

By Robert Pembroke Nathan Glazer, 95, is one of the last living intellectuals who helped shape U.S. policy during the 1960s and 1970s. During a teaching stint in 1964 at the University of California Berkeley, he said that radical students who sought social reform practiced…

Newsletter 10-8-18

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, October 8, 2018 Warning: Business not exempt from mental health concerns Brice Wallace Utah has the fifth-highest suicide rate in the nation. Utah's depression rate is about 22 percent and usually runs…

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Oct 8

Warning: Business not exempt from mental health concerns

Brice Wallace Utah has the fifth-highest suicide rate in the nation. Utah’s depression rate is about 22 percent and usually runs 2 percent to 3 percent above the national rate. One in five American adults suffers from mental illness in a given year. One in seven Americans will…

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Oct 8

Feds approve utility access for shale oil project

By John Rogers The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced in late September that it has approved a utility right of way for a major Utah oil shale project near Vernal. Enefit American Oil, a subsidiary of Estonia-based petroleum giant Eesti Energia, has been waiting for…

Housing costs worry Utahns, drive down life quality index

Utahns continue to worry about their cost of housing and that has resulted in a drop in the Utah Foundation’s Quality of Life Index. The index is down a point from last year and three points over the past five years, standing at 70 out of 100. The “Quality of Life Index:…

Staff

Oct 8

Dynatronics' Kelvyn Cullimore tabbed to head BioUtah

BioUtah, the nonprofit trade association that represents Utah’s life sciences industry has announced that Kelvyn H. Cullimore Jr. has been appointed its president and CEO. Cullimore will succeed Kelly Slone, who has served in that capacity for the past three years. Cullimore…

Staff

Oct 8

Moorehead named CEO and board member at Lehi's Nature's Sunshine Products

Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., a nutritional supplement and personal care producer based in Lehi, has announced the appointment of Terrence Moorehead as CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors. The appointment was effective Oct. 1. “With over 20 years of…

Staff

Oct 8

Huntsman foundation announces major gifts to support hospital expansion

A group of donors has stepped forward to provide funding necessary for major expansion plans at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah. Peter Huntsman, chairman and CEO of the Huntsman Cancer Foundation, made the announcement at a foundation gathering recently…

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Oct 8

Maverik Inc. acquires Cache Valley convenience store chain

Maverik Inc., the Salt Lake City operator of more than 300 gas stations and convenience stores in the western U.S. has purchased four stores from the Best Stop convenience store chain. Three of the stores are in Cache County with a fourth store in Franklin, Idaho. The…

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Oct 8

Megibow named CEO at Purple

Alpine-based Purple Innovation Inc. has a new CEO. The specialty mattress manufacturer appointed Joseph B. Megibow to the position beginning Oct. 1. “Joe Megibow is a seasoned executive with a proven track record leading digital and retail businesses through periods of…

Staff

Oct 8

Merit Medical buys California company in $200 million deal

Merit Medical Systems Inc. of South Jordan has signed an agreement to acquire Cianna Medical Inc., headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and now goes to the stockholders for approval. The deal…

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Oct 8

Hospitality Focus - 10-9-18

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Oct 8