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Buy Box Experts of Lindon acquires Egility

Lindon-based Amazon marketing agency Buy Box Experts has acquired fellow Amazon marketplace company Egility of Pleasant Grove. Both companies are involved in helping brands increase their visibility and sales through e-commerce giant Amazon. Joseph Hansen, CEO of Buy Box…

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May 18

Lindsey named Banjo CEO

Banjo, a Park City-based technology company that develops and markets software services that help first responders receive information they need to deploy public safety resources as quickly as possible, has announced that Justin R. Lindsey has been named the company’s new CEO.…

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May 18

Middle market jolted by sweeping effects of COVID-19; Now is time to look forward

By Drew Yergensen Communities around the world have been socially and economically distressed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the business and public gathering shutdowns enacted to slow its spread. Middle market business owners and executives are not immune to its far-reaching…

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 5-18-20

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 $171.3 million, or $1.24 per…

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May 18

Utah County Update: Things are happening in Pleasant Grove

By Mayor Guy Fugal The city has seen major growth over the past few years in both government projects and economic development. Pleasant Grove Economic Development DoTERRA was one of the first companies to plant its roots in Pleasant Grove. It helped spark further development in…

Succeeding in Your Business: A pandemic survival lesson from ancient Rome

By Cliff Ennico As a lifelong student of history and philosophy (my two college majors), I always look for the bigger picture when following events in the news. While many history-minded commentators are comparing the COVID-19 pandemic to previous epidemiological disasters, such…

Editorial Cartoon: Anderson And Family

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May 17

Industry Briefs 5-18-20

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 • Bank of St. George , currently being organized, has added Fred Lampropoulos to its…

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May 17

Plenty to go around as coronavirus blame game continues to spread

By Veronique de Rugy The coronavirus did apparently originate in China. Now Pres. Donald Trump wants to punish that country for its role in letting the virus spread to the United States. This is just another poor excuse to push the same protectionist policies he has always…

Why are we seeing so many viruses jump from animals to humans?

By Fareed Zakaria The Trump administration and many in Congress are trying to whip the country into an anti-Chinese frenzy because the coronavirus might have been accidentally transmitted from a laboratory rather than a wet market. But surely the larger question we should be…

Overzealous lawyers champing at the bit to file coronavirus-related lawsuits

By Marc A. Thiessen As we restart the economy, U.S. businesses that survive the novel coronavirus pandemic could now face a lawsuit pandemic. That is why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, is insisting that any further COVID-19 relief legislation include…

Newsletter 5-11-20

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, May 11, 2020 Economists' consensus: April the worst for virus shutdown By Brice Wallace The worst is over.Maybe.That was the view of a pair of economists during a recent webinar related to the business…

Economists' consensus: April the worst for virus shutdown

By Brice Wallace The worst is over. Maybe. That was the view of a pair of economists during a recent webinar related to the business impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. “If there is good news, I think April will be the apex of the shock. This will be the very worst of it,” Mark…

Back in business: Utah Open set as scheduled, sans gallery

Competition-starved golf fans will finally have tournaments to watch in June and the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank will be one of the first broadcast on national television. The Utah Championship, now scheduled to be played at Oakridge Country Club in Farmington on…

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May 10

COVID-19 Updates 5-11-20

Cancellations and postponements The following are events that have been included in The Enterprise Calendar listings and subsequently have been postponed or canceled, or have been removed from the organizers’ website calendars. This is not a complete list of postponements or…

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May 10

DWS: If you're offered your job back, you must return to work

With many Utahns receiving adequate income through unemployment insurance benefits from the state and federal programs, some employees may be tempted to not return to work when their jobs open back up. “Don’t do it,” says the Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS). “As…

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May 10

Utah nonprofits report financial woes, inability to deliver services

Nonprofits in Utah report layoffs, lost revenue, cancelled events and curtailed services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reduced revenue from events, combined with decreases in donations and the need for social distancing, have led 24 percent of nonprofits surveyed by the…

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May 10

Utah company begins offering virus antibody test to public

A Utah company has begun offering coronavirus antibody testing to the general public. Olympus Health and and Performance is first private company in the state offering the test that shows if a patient has developed antibodies for the virus through exposure. Results are available…

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May 10

Co-Diagnostics COVID-19 test shown to be effictive & accurate

Recent testing and evaluation have shown that Utah company Co-Diagnostics’ COVID-19 test is doing just what it was designed to do, according to a release from the company. The company has published data that shows the test has 100 percent sensitivity and 100 percent specificity,…

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May 10

State parks issue new temporary guidelines to deal with big crowds

Following the announcement by Gov. Gary R. Herbert, most of Utah’s 44 state parks were opened to all visitors. After a couple of very busy weekends at some Utah state parks — especially those in the St. George area — the Utah Division of Parks and Recreation has now implemented…

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May 10

SBA makes EIDL available to ag businesses impacted by virus

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs. SBA’s EIDL portal reopened last week as a result of funding authorized by Congress through the…

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May 10

Cedar Hills man ordered to stop selling silver products as coronavirus cure

A federal judge has ordered a Utah man to stop selling silver-based products as a cure for COVID-19. U.S. District Judge David Barlow issued a temporary restraining order against Gordon Pedersen of Cedar Hills and his companies, My Doctor Suggests LLC and GP Silver LLC. The…

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May 10