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Impartner acquires Amplifinity

Impartner, a Salt Lake City-based partner relationship management software provider, has acquired referral partner management software company Amplifinity of Ann Arbor, Michigan. “The shift in today’s partner landscape is tectonic,” said Impartner CEO Joe Wang. “With factors…

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Aug 26

Med Venture announces new CEO for Nimbus

Salt Lake City-based Nimbus Concepts, a medtech company that markets devices for pain management, has a new CEO. The managing partners of Med Venture Holdings, the medical industry investment firm that owns Nibus, has named Bret Boudousquie to lead the company. Boudousquie’s…

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Aug 26

Lindon's Profire Energy buys Midflow Services

Lindon-based Profire Energy Inc., a technology company which creates, installs and services burner and chemical management equipment in the oil and gas industry, has announced that has entered into an agreement to acquire Midflow Services LLC. The transaction closed Aug. 5.…

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Aug 26

Visit Salt Lake lists 2nd-quarter bookings

Visit Salt Lake, the nonprofit corporation tasked with the promotion of the Salt Lake City area as a convention and tourism destination, has announced that it booked 51 meetings, athletic events and conventions during the second quarter of 2019. The organization said the events…

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Aug 26

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-26-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Myriad Genetics Myriad Genetics Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported a net loss of $4.2 million, or 6 cents per share, for the fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30. That compares with net…

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Aug 26

There are many ways to mess up your business without breaking a sweat

By John Graham No matter their strengths, businesses, like people, are always at risk. Some dangers are so blatant they dare being ignored. But others, far less obvious, cause untold — and even fatal — damage, eating away and undermining a company’s best efforts. Their work is…

Succeeding in Your Business: Is your deal stalled? Here are four secrets to getting it done

By Cliff Ennico “My partner and I own a service business we’ve been trying to sell for some time. We finally found a buyer, but the process just seems to be taking forever. The buyer’s attorney seems to be taking a long time to review our attorney’s draft documents, and our…

Three essential elements of business fulfillment and how to achieve them

By Richard Tyson In the world of commerce, the word fulfillment refers to the processes that handle, execute and fulfill customer orders. It entails successfully fulfilling the value chain that delivers on the promises we make to those who buy our products and/or…

Industry Briefs 8-26-19

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. ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT • Splash City Adventure Park is under construction as the first major water…

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Aug 26

Editorial Cartoon: Red Flagged

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Aug 26

Note to administration: You can’t have your tariff cake and eat it, too

By Veronique de Rugy When it comes to trade policy, Pres. Donald Trump and his adviser Peter Navarro provide endless examples of incoherent economic thinking. They regularly claim that X is true, and then in the next breath, they assert that not-X is also correct. Let’s consider…

Staff

Aug 26

Trump is no more responsible for El Paso than Warren is for Dayton

Fareed Zakaria is on vacation this week. Marc A. Thiessen is filling in. As soon as authorities said they suspected the El Paso mass shooter was the author of a hate-filled, white-supremacist online manifesto, Democrats began blaming President Trump. “He is a racist,” said Sen.…

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Aug 26

Newsletter - 8-19-19

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, August 19, 2019 Huge ski resort underway near Jordanelle Reservoir By John Rogers A New York-based developer, best known for its multiple upscale residential properties on Billionaire's Row along the…

Huge ski resort underway near Jordanelle Reservoir

By John Rogers A New York-based developer, best known for its multiple upscale residential properties on Billionaire’s Row along the south side of New York City’s Central Park and in the posh Two Bridges neighborhood of Manhattan, has announced plans for a massive new ski resort…

Miller: Don't yet know what inland port will look like

By Brice Wallace What will the Utah Inland Port look like? The short answer is that nobody knows, not even the chairman of the Utah Inland Port Authority board. Speaking recently at a Salt Lake Rotary luncheon, Derek Miller acknowledged that lots of study still needs to take…

Sandy Area Chamber absorbs Draper & Riverton, takes on new name

It’s sort of been that way for a while, but the Sandy Area Chamber made it official last week, absorbing the Draper and Riverton areas and changing its name. The new entity will be called the South Valley Chamber, with new offices located at the Mountain America Center in the…

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Aug 19

Romney set to address group of area chambers

United States Sen. Mitt Romney will address a meeting of businesspeople as part of the Wasatch Business Series on Aug. 21. The Millcreek Business Council will host the luncheon meeting at Golden Customer Care, 3902 S. State St. in Millcreek. Romney will provide a legislative…

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Aug 19

Incentive will bring 289 new high-paying jobs to Price electronics firm

By Brice Wallace A Price-based electrical power equipment company will expand in that city, adding 289 high-paying jobs over the next few years. Intermountain Electronics Inc. made the announcement after being approved for a state tax credit incentive by the Governor’s Office of…

Computer Science education plan released

Talent Ready Utah, the state program tasked with enhancing education to better provide industry with trained employees, has released its Utah Computer Science Master Plan, a four-year plan designed to meet Gov. Gary Herbert’s goal to ensure every public K-12 student in Utah has…

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Aug 19

Stoddard to lead VCO

VentureCapital.org (VCO), a nonprofit venture accelerator based in Salt Lake City, has named Brandon Stoddard as CEO, succeeding co-founder Brad Bertoch, who is retiring, in the position. Stoddard is also the director of the Weber State University Hall Global Entrepreneurship…

Staff

Aug 19

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-19-19

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: SkyWest SkyWest Inc., based in St. George, reported net income of $88 million, or $1.71 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. That compares with $76 million, or $1.43 per share, for…

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Aug 19

Legal Matters: What you should know about ‘sandbagging’ in M&A transactions

By Thomas R. Taylor The term “sandbagging” is commonly used in merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. The term refers to a practice often employed by buyers to claim a breach of a seller representation or warranty (rep or warranty) in the transaction agreement and seek…