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Jul 14

Newsletter 7-9-18

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, July 9, 2018 Panel: Let's have an outdoor show and invite consumers By Brice Wallace Outdoor Retailer, whose tradeshows attracted tens of thousands of people to Salt Lake City twice a year, has moved…

Panel: Let's have an outdoor show and invite consumers

By Brice Wallace Outdoor Retailer, whose tradeshows attracted tens of thousands of people to Salt Lake City twice a year, has moved its shows to Denver. As described by OR, those people included “decision-makers, influencers, stakeholders, key buyers and athletes that influence…

Utah becomes Michelin's only three-star state

After more than a century of rating restaurants, hotels and destinations, Michelin, the French tire company that publishes the iconic Michelin Guides for travelers, has decided that Utah is deserving of the very first three-star designation for a state. In fact, the Beehive…

Staff

Jul 8

Hansen leaving D.C. to take over WTC Utah

Miles Hansen is leaving the White House to become president and CEO of World Trade Center Utah (WTC Utah). The career diplomat will replace Derek B. Miller who left to become the president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance. “I am thrilled with the…

Staff

Jul 8

Talent Ready Utah grants awarded to create workers for high-demand, high wage-jobs

The Utah Department of Work- force Services has announced $1.8 million in grants to better meet the state’s skilled workforce needs. Talent Ready Utah grants are designed to strengthen collaboration among industry, education and economic development leaders to create talent…

Staff

Jul 8

SLC's RDA has $10 million for development of affordable housing in the city

The Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City (RDA) has announced the availability of $10 million to fund housing projects as part of a citywide effort to increase the number of affordable housing units in the city. The city posted a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to provide…

Staff

Jul 8

Nebraska financial company seeks Utah bank charter

Nelnet, a Lincoln, Nebraska-based conglomerate that deals in the administration and repayment of student loans and education financial services, has filed an application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions…

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Jul 8

Wells Fargo survey: Half ‘very worried’ about impact of D.C. 'climate’ on markets

U.S. investors remain broadly positive about the U.S. investment climate, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index released last week. The index score for the second quarter is 103, with investors’ 12-month outlook for economic growth, U.S.…

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Jul 8

WalletHub names Utah runner-up in annual 'Best State to Start a Business' rankings

So, you’re a startup owner and you think you’re working long hours to make your business a success? A study by personal finance website WalletHub shows you might be wrong. The website’s “2018 Best & Worst States to Start a Business” rankings show that while Utah ranks No. 2,…

Staff

Jul 8

Riverton dumps business license fees

Riverton is bucking the trend when it comes to the cost to do business in the city. Businesses will no longer be charged licensing fees to conduct business in Riverton, following the City Council’s final approval of the city’s 2018-2019 fiscal year budget and fee schedule in…

Staff

Jul 8

Office Romance: There's probably no law that will stop it, but relationships between co-workers can cause all sorts of trouble in the corporate setting

Love your work? Great. Love at your work? Maybe not-so-great. Whether romance in the workplace involves a supervisor with an underling, an employee with a vendor or two folks in the same department, it is replete with possible, shall we say, entanglements. Even if the…

Staff

Jul 7

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TAKEOVER: Here are some ideas for a trial lawyer taking a colleague's case to court

By Matthew L. Lalli There is a joke in large law firms that making partner is like winning a pie-eating contest in which the prize is more pie. If you have a low-to-moderate appetite for pie, the prize is not worth the effort. The same could be said of a practice niche I fell…

Law Firm Cybersecurity: Be alert for the ‘silent hack’

By Bahar Ferguson After what seems like an eternity in a room, sifting through thousands of seemingly bottomless boxes of Bates-stamped documents, the art of the case starts coming together. The exciting breaks for your client and the documents supporting your theory to build a…

BOILERPLATE: Proper use of 'fine print' is critical for you and your client

By Chris Bennett and N. Todd Leishman Most contract clauses fall into one of two classifications: 1. Deal-specific clauses, or 2. Boilerplate clauses. Deal-specific clauses, such as pricing, receive the primary focus of most parties when drafting a contract and will…

What's Wrong With You?!!

Staff

Jul 7

Since when do free marketeers believe communist China's plan will work?

By Veronique de Rugy We hear quite a bit of misleading rhetoric against China these days. Let’s grant, for argument’s sake, that the Chinese overproduce steel, dump some of that steel into Canada and Europe before it makes its way to the United States, pilfer intellectual…

Two cases indicate there is an all-out assault on meritocracy in America

By Fareed Zakaria In recent weeks, you might have heard about two seemingly unrelated issues that are actually quite connected. In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio signaled his desire to scrap the highly competitive exam for eight New York public high schools, including…

EPA cost-benefit analysis: A $56 billion swing with just a stroke of a pen

By Robert Pembroke Mark Twain once said, “Figures don’t lie, but liars do figures.” I am sorry, folks, but after my four score and three years, I no longer respect politicians. At the beginning of my professional career, I not only respected politicians, I gave money to them. I…

Industry Briefs 7-9-18

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. ASSOCIATIONS • Skyworks Global Inc. , a Salt Lake City-gyronautics company, has announced that…

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Jul 7

Newsletter 7-2-18

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, July 2, 2018 Overstock collecting sales taxes but still wants federal legislation By Brice Wallace Overstock.com Inc., a Midvale-based online retailer, says it has begun to comply with a recent U.S.…

Overstock collecting sales taxes but still wants federal legislation

By Brice Wallace Overstock.com Inc., a Midvale-based online retailer, says it has begun to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding taxation of Internet sales but added that the court action “will have no appreciable impact on our business.” The court ruling…