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CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: USANA USANA Health Sciences Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported net income of $21.9 million, or 87 cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31. That compares with $24 million, or 92…

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Feb 14

United Way honors individuals, organization as 'Changemakers'

United Way of Salt Lake has announced its United for Change Changemaker Award honorees for 2017. United Way will honor Kurt Micka, executive director of Utah Partners for Health; state Sen. F. Ann Millner, R-Ogden; Kearns High School Principal Maile Loo; and the Silicon Slopes…

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Feb 14

Lehi's Career Step buys two divisions of Minnesota healthcare training firm

Online education and training provider Career Step of Lehi has acquired the Revenue Capture and Coding and Documentation divisions of Panacea Healthcare Solutions, based in St. Paul, Minnesota. The move gives Career Step the ability to provide end-to-end education, consulting…

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Feb 14

Merit Medical pays $48 million for two products from Argos

South Jordan-based Merit Medical Systems Inc. has purchased two product lines from Argon Medical Devices and Catheter Connections Inc. of Plano, Texas. The combined revenues of the two acquired product lines were approximately $46 million in 2016. Merit paid $48 million for the…

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Feb 14

Congress can’t count on the other branches to protect digital privacy rights

Veronique de Rugy The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently shot down the latest effort by the Justice Department to compel Microsoft to hand over the data of a foreigner stored overseas. Amazingly, the government asserted that a U.S. search warrant should carry…

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Feb 14

Does Donald Trump really want someone like me to agree with him?

Fareed Zakaria After his spat with Mexico and after the travel ban, Donald Trump did something that surprised me. He put in place a policy with which I agreed. He placed a smart check on ever-proliferating federal regulations. His executive action requires any department that…

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Feb 14

Our attitudes about money may need changing to better our financial prospects

Our relationship with money is complex and emotional. When we pay a bill, go to the mall, trade in a car for a new one, hunt for a home or apartment or pass someone seemingly poor or rich on the street, we feel things and harbor certain perceptions. Are our attitudes about money…

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Feb 14

DOL’s new 'fiduciary standard' rule: I say, 'Beware of the hidden agenda'

Doug Andrew The Department of Labor has a new rule on the horizon regarding qualified retirement plans that may be delayed or rescinded by the Trump administration — and for good reason. It calls for financial professionals working with clients putting away money for retirement…

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Feb 14

Editorial Cartoon - Won't Work

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Feb 14

Industry Briefs 2-13-17

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 • Matt Hafen recently was elected president of the Southern Utah Estate Planning…

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Feb 14

Newsletter - 2-6-17

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 This week in The Enterprise Monday, February 6, 2017 Whatever the numbers, military has serious economic impact The defense sector in Utah has a $9.2 billion annual economic impact, according to preliminary figures calculated by the…

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Feb 6

Whatever the numbers, military has serious economic impact

The defense sector in Utah has a $9.2 billion annual economic impact, according to preliminary figures calculated by the University of Utah in a study commissioned by the Utah Defense Alliance. Meanwhile, a just-released Hill Air Force Base study indicates the base had a $3.34…

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Feb 6

Editorial Cartoon: Doesn't Look Good

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Feb 6

Code prepared to defend 'frivolous' Honeywell suit

Code Corp., a Salt Lake City-based designer and manufacturer of barcode reading hardware and software, has announced that it will "vigorously" challenge a lawsuit filed on Jan. 20 by Honeywell, the multinational conglomerate that produces a wide variety of commercial and…

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Feb 6

Optimism of Utah consumer wanes slightly

Following a significant jump in December, the index that shows consumers’ attitudes toward their economic situation ticked back down in January. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) declined 2.3 points to 117.5 in January after a 5.1 percent hike in December. The…

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Feb 6

Grant program announced to help Utah companies expand globally

Utah companies wishing to expand globally could receive help from a new grant program established by JPMorgan Chase & Co., World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah) and Salt Lake County. The Utah Export Acceleration Grant was announced at the Winter Innovation Summit held recently in…

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Feb 6

UofU tops for helping entrepreneurs

The University of Utah has earned the top spot in a ranking of top 50 U.S. colleges for aspiring entrepreneurs. LendEDU, an independent marketplace for student loans and student loan refinancing, said its study considered “the opportunities that are available for those…

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Feb 6

Report: 2017 optimism strong among Dixie businesspeople

Dixie-area business owners and managers go into 2017 with a decidedly optimistic outlook, according to Town & Country Bank’s fourth annual Washington County Business Climate Survey conducted during January and released last week. Local businesspeople were asked about their…

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Feb 6

Huntsman Family Investments buys Guam telecom company

Huntsman Family Investments (HFI) of Salt Lake City has announced its acquisition of GTA TeleGuam (GTA), a major provider of telecommunications services in Guam, from funds serviced by Advantage Partners, a Japanese private equity firm. The transaction is subject to federal and…

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Feb 6

Davis Chamber Women in Business name Chase as 2017 Athena Award winner

The Davis Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Committee has announced the recipient of its 2017 Athena Award. The group will honor Chantel Chase of Zions Bank at its annual Athena Luncheon on Feb. 16 at the Davis Conference Center in Layton. Chase is a vice president and a…

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Feb 6

Varian Medical completes spin-off of Salt Lake-based Varex Imaging Systems

Varian Medical Systems, based in Palo Alto, California, has completed its spin-off of Varex Imaging Corp., based in Salt Lake City. The common stock of Varex has begun trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “VREX.” The spin-off had been announced last…

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Feb 6

SLC, Wyoming firms join to form Geolithic Corp.

Salt Lake City-based 6th Wave Innovations Corp., a nanotechnology company that develops proprietary molecularly imprinted polymers for minerals extraction in mining applications, has teamed up with TriLateral Energy LLC of Jackson, Wyoming, to form Geolithic Corp. The…

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Feb 6