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Economic forecast: Northern Utah about to start catching up

By Brice Wallace While Utah’s economy is booming, Northern Utah’s is lagging, but that should change in the future, according to speakers at a recent economic outlook gathering. Brandon Fugal, chairman of Colliers International in Utah, said Davis and Weber counties could…

Attitudes index off a tad; Utahns remain optimistic

Utahns remain confident in their economic situation, but seem to be hedging their bets just a little, according to the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) released last week for the month of February. The CAI decreased 0.1 points to 113.8 in February and showed a…

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Mar 3

Chamber joins coalition pushing USMCA adoption

The Salt Lake Chamber joined more than 200 companies, business and trade organizations and associations calling for congressional approval of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement announced earlier this year by Pres. Donald Trump. The new coalition represents farmers and…

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Mar 3

Stericycle to shut down incinerators, not move

An Illinois-based company that has operated a medical waste incinerator in North Salt Lake will close down the facility and not move it to Tooele County as previously announced. Stericycle has been working to move the facility since the Utah Division of Air Quality fined the…

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Mar 3

Park City whiskey co. sold

Park City’s High West Distillery has been sold to Constellation Brands, a Victor, New York-based Fortune 500 beverage company. The company, founded by Dave Perkins in Park City’s Old Town in 2004, has posted double-digit, year-over-year volume growth for the past three years and…

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Mar 3

Utah’s tech industry employment increases at more than twice the national rate

Everyone knows that the tech and innovation industry is important to Utah’s economy. But a new study from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah has put numbers to that importance.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} The research, which was released recently on…

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Mar 3

MWCN honors Merit Medical founder Fred Lampropoulos as Entrepreneur of the Year

MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) has announced the 2019 recipient of its Entrepreneur of the Year award. Fred Lampropoulos, chairman, founder and CEO of Merit Medical Systems, was recognized as someone who has demonstrated outstanding achievement by building an…

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Mar 3

We just don't like to pay our taxes

Utahns just don’t like to file their taxes. So says a recent survey from online coupon website offers.com. In fact, they’d give up some pretty important things to get out of meeting the April 15 deadline. For instance, 35 percent of Utah consumers would rather give up their…

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Mar 3

Industry Briefs 3-4-19

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. ACCELERATORS • Applications are being accepted until March 13 for the spring cohort of RAMP , a…

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Mar 3

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 3-4-19

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) attributable to common stockholders and unit holders of $162.3 million, or $1.20 per share, for…

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Mar 3

SL Chamber joins U.S. Chamber in commercial partnership with Israel

The Salt Lake Chamber has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States Chamber of Commerce to join forces on a program promoting stronger commercial ties between Utah and Israel, particularly in the water sector. In a release, the local organization said it…

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Mar 3

Editorial Cartoon: Monthy Employees

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Mar 3

What aren’t you willing to do? Real leaders roll up their sleeves and go to work

By Richard Tyson A few years ago, my company undertook a special project for a major client. It included training, coaching and the development of processes to improve the client’s efficiency in delivering outcomes desired by its customers. In doing so, we approached a…

Do you drive an import? Is your car a threat to national security?

By Veronique de Rugy If you drive an imported car, as I do, your vehicle may soon be declared a national security risk by the Department of Commerce. If you drive an American-assembled car, your car may also pose a threat to U.S. national security because it inevitably contains…

Succeeding in your business: Sometimes you just gotta be young

By Cliff Ennico “I was let go from a position at a high-technology company earlier this spring. “For the past couple of years, on and off, I have helped an entrepreneur in another state build a high-technology consulting business. He has offered to sell the business to me for a…

New liberal proposals taking casual attitude toward truth and reality

By Fareed Zakaria It’s refreshing to see the Democratic Party bubbling with new ideas. But this new thinking seems starkly different from the party’s reform efforts of the past three decades. The wonky proposals of the Clinton-Obama era were pragmatic and incremental, and they…