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Sandy Chamber launches program

The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Key Bank to sponsor a program aimed at helping existing business owners prepare for growth. Called the Business Accelerator Academy, it is a hands-on program that provides the knowledge to create and manage a customized,…

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Sep 3

Gardner report: Utah's life sciences industry brings huge economic impact to state

A total of 130,439 jobs, $7.6 billion in personal income and 13 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) — that’s a lot of economic impact. But that’s what a new study from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah says Utah’s life sciences industry meant…

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Sep 3

Dealertrack DMS relocating

Dealertrack, a New Hyde Park, New York-based developer and marketer of automobile dealership software, is moving its Utah operations to a new 112,000-square-foot building in Draper. Located at 13705 S. 200 W., the facility will be the home to the company’s Dealer Management…

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Sep 3

Lariat Partners-backed Offen Petroleum buys Overland Petroleum of St. George

St. George-based fuel distributor Overland Petroleum has been purchased by Offen Petroleum, an independent fuel distributor based in Commerce City, Colorado. Offen is a portfolio company of Lariat Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm. Owned and operated by the Snow and…

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Sep 3

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 9-3-18

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Sportsman’s Warehouse Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc., based in Midvale, reported net income of $6.6 million, or 15 cents per share, for the fiscal second quarter ended Aug. 4. That compares…

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Sep 3

Industry Briefs - 9-3-18

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 • Darren Jensen has been elected to the Direct Selling Association ’s board of…

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Sep 3

Editorial Cartoon: Ostrich Skin?

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Sep 3

Looking for better engagement from your employees? Try gamification

By Richard Tyson It’s Thursday, 5:30 a.m., and I’m two miles west of Roswell, New Mexico. I’m 868 miles into my twentieth bicycle journey across the United States. The sweat is dripping off my face onto the concrete floor of my basement gym. Yes, I’m in my home in Utah — and I’m…

Business Tech: Virtualization may be answer to economical and efficient IT

By David Black Implementing a virtualization strategy in your business could yield many benefits. Virtualization is the process of utilizing specific software to create a virtual environment, such as virtual servers, desktops and networks. If you are interested in reducing IT…

More than half of American kids live in homes getting government assistance

Terence Jeffrey is substituting for Veronique de Rugy, who is off this week. Will they be called “The Welfare Generation?” Today, they are Americans under 18 years of age growing up in a country where the majority of their peers live in households that take “means-tested…

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Sep 3

Maybe the civility dialogue should start with my Saturday 'breakfast club'

By Robert Pembroke David Brooks of The New York Times and a lady from the NAACP were on PBS news recently discussing civility. Brooks advocated taking the contentious issues, such as abortion, contraception and gay marriage, down to the local level but the NAACP lady said, “No,…

Tennessee Senate race will tell Republicans if fealty to Trump is sufficient

George Will is filling in for Fareed Zakaria this week. The easternmost bit of Tennessee is east of Atlanta, the westernmost bit is west of New Orleans, and all of this horizontal state is the epicenter of 2018 politics. Its U.S. Senate race will reveal whether, for Republicans,…

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Sep 3

Newsletter 8-27-18

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, August 27, 2018 'Uncertainty' best describes trade wars' impact on Utah By Brice Wallace Facing possible huge impacts stemming from the current $300 billion in U.S. tariffs on imported goods and $660…

'Uncertainty' best describes trade wars' impact on Utah

By Brice Wallace Facing possible huge impacts stemming from the current $300 billion in U.S. tariffs on imported goods and $660 billion in threatened tariffs, what are Utah companies to do? The answers are elusive. During a recent Thought Leader Symposium focused on trade wars,…

Utah joins Policy Academy to promote manufacturing

Utah has joined two other states and Puerto Rico in forming a new Policy Academy designed to help grow and strengthen manufacturing in their states. The other two states are Kentucky and New Jersey. State teams began meeting last week in Washington, D.C., with policy experts to…

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Aug 27

Utah leads the nation in total new job creation

Not only is Utah one of the leaders in the nation with its low unemployment rate, new figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show Utah is ranked No. 1 for total job growth in the U.S. at 3.9 percent. The state is second in private-sector job growth, tied with…

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Aug 27

BHB Consulting Engineers names CEO

Scott Pettit has been named CEO at BHB Consulting Engineers in Salt Lake City. With over 23 years of structural engineering experience, Pettit has been a principal at BHB for 14 years and is instrumental in BHB’s growth, according to a company release. “I’m honored to serve as…

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Aug 27

Bioworld Merchandising acquires Vandor LLC

Vandor LLC, a Salt Lake City company that specializes in sculpted, licensed home products such as drinkware, kitchenware and home décor, has been acquired by Dallas-based Bioworld Merchandising. Bioworld markets licensed apparel and accessories for entertainment brands. Founded…

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Aug 27

Pure signs Jazz broadcast deal

Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment has signed a five-year deal with Salt Lake City-based Pure Broadcast Corp. to provide mobile HD sports broadcast services for Miller-owned Utah Jazz games. The long-term agreement calls for Pure Broadcast to provide facilities for the…

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Aug 27

Provo gets infrastructure funds

Provo City Corp. has received a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), according to a release from the office of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. The grant is to be used for roadway and utility infrastructure…

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Aug 27

Biskupski looking for public input as city preps to rezone inland port area

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, a critic of legislation creating the Utah Inland Port Authority since it was passed in the waning days of the 2018 general session, is seeking public input on zoning regulation for the port area. HB2001 requires the city to update its…

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Aug 27

Nation's youngest entrepreneurs are in SLC

Salt Lake City has the youngest entrepreneurs among the nation’s 50 largest cities, according to a new study from online lender LendingTree. With an average age at their companies’ origin of 37.81, Salt Lake City joins Buffalo, New York; New Orleans; and Oklahoma City with those…

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Aug 27