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Industrial Strength

'Monstrous' and 'behemoth' are words being used to describe the growth in the industrial real estate sector along the Wasatch Front By Kyle Roberts & Luke Burbank When it comes to industrial real estate in Utah, most residents are unaware of the huge amount of activity in this…

Underground Fences

Real property boundaries are much more than fences, walls, ditches, streams, roads or property lines drawn on maps By Kim Colton Property boundaries have multiple markers, but those markers don’t always appear on top of the ground. The surface of any parcel may be owned…

4 good reasons commercial real estate investors should consider Salt Lake City

In recent years, Salt Lake City has become a prime location to both run a business and invest in commercial real estate By Rich Sarkis At the turn of the century, Goldman Sachs opened a small outpost in the University of Utah Research Park in Salt Lake City. Originally housing a…

Understanding the power of principal paydown

Thinking outside the home mortgage box By Anthony VanDyke One of the great advantages today’s home buyers have over their grandparents — and even their parents — is the amazing flexibility available with home loan mortgages. Just a generation ago virtually everyone thought in…

Increased dependence on electronic communications = Danger

By Bahar Ferguson With the continual increase of phishing, ransomware and other cyber-attacks, it is important to assess your required business operations to determine where you can improve your own internal security, assist your customers by helping keep them safe and have more…

Editorial Cartoon: Stepping Down

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Aug 27

Presentation to follow-up: Getting the message across to your client

By John Graham To put the importance of proposals in proper perspective, they are far more than a vehicle for conveying your message. They are your message. Sadly, proposals that could be winners are often rejected. They may be filled with information, but the message gets lost…

With Trump, Sanders & Ocasio-Cortez, will there be a home for free traders?

By Veronique de Rugy Despite several interviews revealing a profound lack of basic knowledge about public policy and government, 28-year-old, self-described democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a darling of the media and the left. Her surprise primary victory in a…

Markets know a lot better than bureaucrats what society's needs are

By George Will Governments, seemingly eager to supply their critics with ammunition, constantly validate historian Robert Conquest: “The behavior of any bureaucratic organization can best be understood by assuming that it is controlled by a secret cabal of its enemies.” Consider…

A welcome relief from current politics: The world’s funniest bumper sticker

By Robert Pembroke The political debate had reached epic proportions and I decided to take a break. Excusing myself from the table at the dinner, I went outside to take a break and have a smoke. While lighting up, I spied a white SUV with a big, red bumper sticker in the parking…

Newsletter 8-20-18

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, August 20, 2018 Sarcos, Moog bringing 400-plus high-paying manufacturing jobs By Brice Wallace Utah will see its advanced manufacturing and assembly sector grow by more than 400 jobs over the next few…

Sarcos, Moog bringing 400-plus high-paying manufacturing jobs

By Brice Wallace Utah will see its advanced manufacturing and assembly sector grow by more than 400 jobs over the next few years, with expansion projects announced by Sarcos Robotics and Moog Inc. Sarcos plans to add up to 292 jobs and Moog will add 120. The companies announced…

Brewer hired to replace Mathis as director of Downtown Alliance

The Salt Lake City Downtown Alliance has hired a marketing, communication, branding, public relations and public policy advocacy professional as its new executive director. Dee Brewer will replace Jason Mathis, who led the alliance since 2008 and left the organization for a…

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Aug 19

CPI still rises despite drop in gasoline prices

Despite the first decrease in transportation costs since spring, overall consumer prices still took a modest climb in July. The Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.4 percent from June to July, driven primarily by the cost of housing. Year-over-year,…

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Aug 19

Texas firm buys Electrical Contractors North

Houston-based IES Holdings Inc. has acquired Electrical Contractors North Inc. (ECNI) through its subsidiary IES Residential. ECNI, based in Springville, is a provider of electrical contracting for multi-family residential and hotel construction. “The acquisition of ECNI…

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Aug 19

Frye named president and CEO of WECC

The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) board of directors has selected Melanie M. Frye as the organization’s new president and CEO. Frye joined WECC in 2007 and most recently served as WECC’s vice president of reliability planning and performance analysis. “Choosing…

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Aug 19

Imagine Learning selects Sparks, Cowdrey co-presidents

Imagine Learning, a Provo-based education technology company, has named Jeremy Cowdrey and Bryan Sparks as co-presidents. The company also announced that it has acquired Texas-based Reasoning Mind, a math curriculum that adds instruction for early-learners to Imagine Learning’s…

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Aug 19

KAILO Energy purchased by New Zealand IT service firm

ClearFoundation, a New Zealand-based provider of enterprise-grade IT security, privacy, filtration and management tools, has purchased KAILO Energy of Lindon. KAILO manufactures high-tech residential batteries and energy management solutions for homeowners. Global Unicorn…

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Aug 19

Canadian Fuel giant buys Rhinehart

Parkland Fuel Corp. of Galgary, Alberta, Canada has acquired American Fork-based Rhinehart Oil Co. Inc. Parkland is Canada’s largest independent fuel and lubricants marketer, according to a release from the company. Parkland made the acquisition through its U.S.-based subsidiary…

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Aug 19

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-20-18

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Extra Space Storage Extra Space Storage Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported funds from operations (FFO) attributable to common stockholders and unit holders of $153.8 million, or $1.14 per…

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Aug 19

Tax Reform 2.0 will be futile effort without some real talk about spending

By Veronique de Rugy Republicans and President Trump are talking about Tax Reform 2.0. Unfortunately, it’s futile without first having a real conversation about controlling spending. Indeed, the White House isn’t just unserious about cutting spending; it’s contributing to the…

There is only one way out of Afghanistan: Diplomacy involving many

By Fareed Zakaria Donald Trump campaigned as someone who wanted to get America out of the Middle East. But he also cast himself as a tough guy, and his initial instincts in office were to show force — added troops, more aggressive rules of engagement, bigger bombs — in America’s…