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The end of the 'war on coal' brings good news for pair of Utah mines

By John Rogers U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Joe Balash has declared, “The war on coal is over.” The pronouncement came following the recent Bureau of Land Management approval of two mining projects in Utah. The Department of the Interior announced that the…

Back in the swim: Seven Peaks to reopen this year

After a 2018 season during which the gates never opened, the Seven Peaks Waterpark in Provo is scheduled to open on Memorial Day Weekend this year, according to a press release from Global Management Amusement Professionals. The Temecula, California-based company operates dozens…

Supply-chain risk management firms merge

A pair of Utah software-as-a-service companies engaged in the supply-chain risk management industry have merged. Browz LLC of Orem and Avetta LLC, based in Draper, will combine under the Avetta name, the companies said in a statement last week. John Herr, CEO of Avetta, will…

Housing starts, new home sales soaring in St. George market

The St. George area housing industry continues to zoom, according to the Metrostudy fourth quarter 2018 housing survey released recently. The study found that housing starts and new home closings are up significantly but that production is moving toward attached — and therefore…

Instructure buys Portfolium

Instructure Inc., a Salt Lake City software-as-a-service technology company, has acquired San Diego-based education software company Portfolium. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Instructure markets its learning software such as Canvas and Bridge to both educational…

SL Chamber names small-business honorees

The Salt Lake Chamber has announced it annual Small Business Award winners. Honorees were announced at the organization’s Small Business Summit: Ignite & Inspire, held at the Salt Lake City Marriott University Park Hotel and Conference Center. “Small businesses are the beating…

SVN Auctions to handle UDOT surplus property disposal

SVN Auction Services has been awarded a five-year contract by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to create and manage an electronic online auction platform and clearinghouse to streamline sales of surplus real property owned by UDOT. The surplus land auctioning process…

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Industry Briefs

Industry Briefs 2-24-19

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. ACCOUNTING • Tanner LLC , a Salt Lake City-based public accounting firm, has promoted Grady…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 2-24-19

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Nu Skin Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., based in Provo, reported a net loss of $17.8 million, or 32 cents per share, for the fourth quarter of 2018. That compares with net…

Pillar of the Valley Award recipients announced by the Utah Valley Chamber

The Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce has selected John L. Valentine, Utah County commissioner and chairman of the Utah State Tax Commission, and Janette Callister Hales Beckham and the late Ray E. Beckham as the Pillar of the Valley Award recipients for 2019. They will be honored…

Business Tech: Hey, Siri; Hey, Alexa: Beware the data you leave behind

By Bahar Ferguson Perhaps you didn’t know that when you speak to someone in a call center, join a conference call, leave a voicemail or ask Alexa for the weather forecast, you are creating data. This compilation of data is one of the many reasons that both Google and Alexa have…

Bahar Ferguson

Innovative treatments may require equally innovative payment models

By Veronique de Rugy What Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare-for-all,” former Pres. Obama’s Affordable Care Act and former House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Medicare “premium support” model all have in common is an overemphasis on health insurance coverage — who needs it, who is eligible…

Veronique de Rugy

The State of the Union address pushes an ambitious and bold agenda

By Dan Nordberg The important work that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) does was validated by the president in his recent State of the Union address. I believe Pres. Trump articulated an inspiring vision of American greatness. His speech was brimming with optimism,…

Dan Nordberg

Anti-Semitism is spreading through the Islamic world like a cancer

By Fareed Zakaria In recent weeks, attention has focused on two freshman Democratic members of Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both of whom are Muslim and have made critical statements about Israel and its most ardent American supporters. Their tweets and comments have…

Fareed Zakaria

The sky is falling, the sky is falling, according to my Democrat friends

By Robert Pembroke The other day, with my wife’s nose buried in paper and ink and my nose buried in my mobile device, I remarked, “Linda, I think your next vehicle should be a pickup.” She immediately responded, “No!” “But Linda, you’d look great in a pickup, wearing a Stetson…

Robert Pembroke

How to mess up a company’s sales: When salespeople can’t do their job

By John Graham Thousands of salespeople work in conditions that are stacked against their success. Even though it’s 2019, the belief persists that “nothing happens until someone sells something.” Repeated so often, no one challenges them. Yet, those six words help explain why…

John Graham Thousands

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Newsletter - 2-18-19

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, February 18, 2019 Utah not immune from growing global income inequality gap By Brice Wallace If you're not in the top 1 percent of income-earners and you think you're being left behind, you're not…

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Feb 18

Utah not immune from growing global income inequality gap

By Brice Wallace If you’re not in the top 1 percent of income-earners and you think you’re being left behind, you’re not alone. And you’re also correct. A pair of University of Utah professors told the Salt Lake Rotary Club last week that Utah has been experiencing growing…

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Hill AFB's $1.43 billion payroll leads facility's growing economic impact

The economic impact of Hill Air Force Base continues to grow. The base recently released its 2018 economic impact statement, which shows it had a $3.6 billion impact on the Utah economy last year. That compares with $3.4 billion reported for 2017. The figures include payroll,…

Housing and transportation lead CPI drop

The prices that northern Utahns pay for the goods and services they buy took their largest drop in almost a year in January. The drop was due mostly to a decrease in transportation and housing prices, according to the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) released…

Leavitt to keynote Utah technology summit

Former Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt has accepted an invitation to keynote the second annual Utah Technology Innovation Summit on April 1 at the Little America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City, according to a release from the Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative…