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Business Tech: Marriott breach is good example of why you need to ramp up your business' cybersecurity

By David Black Every business, no matter the size, is at risk of having its data exposed. With Marriott International’s recent security breach, over half a billion guests had their data stolen. The unfortunate reality is that this could have — and should have — been…

Salt Lake City businesses pay least in nation to run their office space

You may own or lease your business’ office space, but once you cover that cost, you have to operate the facility. And if your office is in Salt Lake City, you likely pay less to operate it than anywhere else in the country.{mprestriction ids="1,3"} Those are the finding of a new…

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Dec 16

Women in Business Focus

The Women & Business Conference and ATHENA Awards Luncheon is presented annually by the Salt Lake Chamber . This year’s event was held Nov. 16 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. The event features the presentation of prestigious awards to women of merit in our…

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Dec 16

2018 Salt Lake Chamber ATHENA Award Winner

Cindy Crane CEO, Rocky Mountain Power Cindy Crane is chief executive officer of Rocky Mountain Power in Salt Lake City. She is responsible for the company’s transmission and distribution operations, customer service and regulatory and legislative affairs in Idaho, Utah and…

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Dec 16

2018 Salt Lake Chamber Pathfinder Award Winners

Kristen Cox Governor’s Office of Management & Budget Kristen Cox is the executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB). Appointed to the position by Gov. Gary Herbert in 2012, she has worked diligently to integrate operational excellence with…

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Dec 16

Networking: It’s not who you know, but who knows you

By Stacy Johansen When I started my business 19 years ago, I was new to Utah. I was in my early 20s and had no idea what I was doing. I started working on gaining clients the hard way — one at a time through the phone book. After meeting a few business owners, I was guided to…

Editorial Cartoon: Humility?

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Dec 16

Industry Briefs 12-17-18

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. ACCOUNTING • Tanner LLC , Salt Lake City, has admitted Nina M. Quarequio as an audit partner.…

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Dec 16

Trump’s confusing trade talk: NAFTA, the new NAFTA or no NAFTA?

By Veronique de Rugy After spending months complaining about the disparity between the United States and other nations’ duties, along with the unfair treatment of U.S. exporters, Pres. Trump is once again threatening to pull the plug on one of the best tariff-equalizing deals…

For all its faults, the old WASP aristocracy had some fine qualities

By Fareed Zakaria The death of George H.W. Bush has occasioned a fair amount of nostalgia for the old American establishment, of which Bush was undoubtedly a prominent member. It has also provoked a heated debate among commentators about that establishment, whose membership was…

Tribalism isn't new; it started with the cavemen, not Al-Qaeda or ISIS

By Robert Pembroke Not too long ago, a good friend and I were discussing the conflicts in the Middle East. “Dee, we have got to do something about all the killing that is going on in the Middle East.” “Bob, you’re not going to be able to stop the killing because it’s been going…

Newsletter 12-10-18

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, December 10, 2018 Cox calls for more diversity in Utah's technology sector By Brice Wallace Saying Utah's technology sector is "out of balance," Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox last week called for the state to…

Cox calls for more diversity in Utah's technology sector

By Brice Wallace Saying Utah’s technology sector is “out of balance,” Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox last week called for the state to work toward greater diversity in the industry. Speaking at the SSTI Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Cox said the state’s future as an innovation…

Golf & recreation venue bringing 240 new jobs to Vineyard in 2019

Utah County will be the site of a new major golf and entertainment venue with construction beginning in the spring. The Golf Club will be a three story, state-of-the-art facility offering golfing bays, golf instruction, chef-inspired dining as well as concerts and nightlife,…

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Dec 8

Utah population still growing, just not as fast

The Utah Population Committee (UPC) at the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has released its 2018 population estimates for Utah and each of its 29 counties. The committee estimates Utah’s total population at 3,166,647, an increase of approximately 402,000…

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Dec 8

New Age Beverage acquires Morinda Inc.

Denver-based New Age Beverage Corp. has acquired Morinda Holdings Inc. of Provo in an $85 million asset buyout. Morinda was formerly known as Tahitian Noni International and Morinda Bioactives and is known for multilevel marketing of its lead brand, Tahitian Noni Juice, and…

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Dec 8

Tempkin sold to Illinois firm

PPC Flexible Packaging LLC of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, has acquired Temkin International, a packaging products company in Payson. Financial details of the deal were not released. Temkin International was founded in 1980 is a provider of rollstock, stand-up pouches and floral…

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Dec 8

Business leaders present way to address worst-in-nation gender pay gap

By Brice Wallace Calling it both an economic and moral imperative, a pair of business association leaders recently unveiled a guidebook for companies as a way to shrink the wide gender pay gap in Utah. The 10-page “Best Practices Guide for Closing the Gender Wage Gap” was…

UofU engineers study better semiconductor material for high-voltage electronics

Electricity, as a form of energy, is not exactly efficient because much of it is lost as heat. Or, as University of Utah electrical and computer engineering associate professor Mike Scarpulla said, “Heat is the universe’s garbage can for energy.” Inside power systems, converters…

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Dec 8

UofU's American Dream Ideas Challenge names three winners

The University of Utah’s American Dream Ideas Challenge has named its three winners. The winners, that each receive a $30,000 grant, aim to boost Utahns’ income by cutting transportation costs, leveraging unused storage space and revitalizing an economically depressed region of…

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Dec 8

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS - 12-10-18

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 $12.4 million, or 29 cents per share, for the quarter ended Nov. 3. That compares with $9.8…

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Dec 8

"Come together, right now ...” Three ways to ignite the fire at your workplace

By Joe Tate Forty-nine years ago, the Beatles released a new song titled “Come Together,” written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Following the release, John told an interviewer the lyrics were simply “gobbledygook.” This crazy mash-up of odd lyrics is at times incoherent,…