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Succeeding in Your Business: Is it time to throw in the towel? - Part 2 of 2

By Cliff Ennico Once you have crunched the numbers and decided there’s no point in negotiating with your creditors — either because there are too many of them or they refuse to negotiate — you have to consider whether a bankruptcy filing is the only way out. Here are your…

Editorial Cartoon: Civil Disobedience

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May 31

Industry Briefs 6-1-20

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. BANKING • D.L. Evans Bank , based in Idaho, has hired Ken Doutre as vice president commercial…

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May 31

Charity lesson: A dollar by any other name would spend the same

By Veronique de Rugy One of the new ways critics like to slice and dice rich people these days is to question the value they provide to others by minimizing the importance of their charitable giving. For instance, the top 20 richest people in America gave a cumulative $8.7…

It’s a real puzzle why Democrats are falling for Trump’s China ploy

Fareed Zakaria As polls continue to show a steady lead for Joe Biden, Pres. Trump is getting increasingly desperate. He has now committed himself to an election strategy that is centered on pointing the finger at China and its leader Xi Jinping. Throughout January and February,…

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May 31

Republicans would love Biden to pick Stacey Abrams as running mate

By Marc Thiessen Stacey Abrams is running a less-than-subtle campaign to be Joe Biden’s vice-presidential running mate. Republicans should hope she succeeds. If selected, she would displace Sarah Palin as the least-qualified person ever to serve on a major-party ticket. Biden…

BUSINESS TECH: This is not a good time to forget about cybersecurity

By Bahar Ferguson As a lot of the pandemic security restrictions are being lifted in Utah. One security restriction you shouldn’t let slip is your cybersecurity. Many people are heading back into work and it is easy to let cybersecurity best practices get lost in the shuffle.…

Newsletter 5-26-20

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Recruiting still going strong: Nearly 2,500 new jobs coming By Brice Wallace In the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, corporate recruitment to Utah continues, featuring wins for the…

Recruiting still going strong: Nearly 2,500 new jobs coming

By Brice Wallace In the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, corporate recruitment to Utah continues, featuring wins for the state. Three companies have selected Utah for expanded operations after having been approved for incentives by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development…

The future of work: If done right, companies will see a renaissance

By Brice Wallace As difficult as the coronavirus has been on small businesses, in its aftermath the survivors will see a renaissance. That’s the prediction of participants in a recent webinar about the future of work. That rebound will be especially true, they said, for…

COVID-19 Updates: Cancellations & Postponements

As difficult as the coronavirus has been on small businesses, in its aftermath the survivors will see a renaissance. That’s the prediction of participants in a recent webinar about the future of work. That rebound will be especially true, they said, for companies that can use…

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May 26

HHS makes grants to three Utah organizations to improve telehealth

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has awarded $264,651 to three organizations in Utah to increase telehealth capabilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationally, $15 million was…

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May 26

LDS-owned colleges & universities decline CARES emergency funding

Just like every other institution of higher learning, four universities and colleges owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are facing major financial losses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the schools — Brigham Young University, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii…

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May 26

Coronavirus antibody testing begins in 4 Utah cities to detect exposure

Four Utah cities have begun administering antibody tests to residents who think they may have been exposed to or infected with COVID-19 but didn’t experience any symptoms. This testing began last week in Bluffdale, Draper, Riverton and Vineyard. The screening is aimed to detect…

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May 26

Farmers Feeding Utah's first project: delivering lamb to Navajo Nation

Just a week after its initial launch, the Farmers Feeding Utah campaign has identified its first “Miracle Project” with a planned distribution of Utah lamb to several Utah chapters of the Navajo Nation in Southeastern Utah. The meat will be sent to the the Mexican Water, Aneth,…

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May 26

Outdoor industry seeks Congress' help for recreation infrastructure

Outdoor industry companies like Patagonia, L.L. Bean and The North Face, as well as local outdoor recreation organizations such as Salt Lake Climbers Alliance, have called on Congress to invest in recreation infrastructure to help manage outdoor recreation hotspots amid the…

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May 26

Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation announces Outdoor Recreation Grant recipients

The Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation’s (OOR) sixth grant cycle of the Utah Outdoor Recreation Grant (UORG) has awarded almost $6 million in grant funding to 58 different outdoor recreation infrastructure projects throughout the state. This year marks the highest amount of grant…

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May 26

Listen Technologies acquires ExXothermic Inc.

Bluffdale-based Listen Technologies Corp., a provider of advanced wireless listening solutions founded in 1998, has acquired ExXothermic Inc., a marketer of high-quality, low-latency Wi-Fi audio technology based in Saratoga, California. ExXothermic has several patents for its…

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May 26

Utah Luxury Tours reorganizes

Sandy-based Utah Luxury Tours has announced a reorganization of its leadership. Founder and CEO Brian Murphy will shift his role to act as the president of Luxus Travel Inc., the parent organization for Utah Luxury Tours. Filling the vacancy, Connor Maloney has been promoted to…

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May 26

Succeedng in Your Business: Is it time to throw in the towel?; Part 1 of 2

By Cliff Ennico “My business has been shut down the past couple of months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. My state is just beginning to ease things up a bit, and I may be able to open up again in the next couple of weeks. “But there is no way I can catch up on all my debts. I owe…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 5-25-20

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Varex Varex Imaging Corp., based in Salt Lake City, reported a net loss of $1.9 million, or 5 cents per share, for the fiscal second quarter ended April 3. That compares with net income of $5.8…

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May 26

Editorial Cartoon: Social Distancing

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May 24