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Newsletter 8-13-18

https://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, August 13, 2018 GOED partners with UCFS to boost local financial industry By Brice Wallace Utah state government and a research center have announced a partnership to expand and strengthen the…

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Aug 11

GOED partners with UCFS to boost local financial industry

By Brice Wallace Utah state government and a research center have announced a partnership to expand and strengthen the financial services industry in the state. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and the Utah Center for Financial Services (UCFS) said the…

Starks tabbed to keynote Utah opex conference

Steve Starks, president of Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment and president of the Utah Jazz, will be the keynote speaker at the State of Utah and Goldratt Consulting’s Operational Excellence Conference Sept. 27-28 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Starks will…

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Aug 11

Rosy job outlook drives a better consumer attitude

Utahns are expecting business conditions, the availability of jobs and household income to improve and that drove the Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) up 1.7 points to 113.6 in July. By comparison, the national Consumer Confidence Index increased 0.3 points to 127.4…

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Aug 11

UofU receives NSF funding to establish federal research data center on campus

The University of Utah has received funding from the National Science Foundation to create a Federal Statistical Research Data Center on its campus. The center will be designed to provide researchers throughout the Intermountain West with access to a wide range of extensive…

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Aug 11

Broadvoice buys YipTel

Sandy cloud communications service provider YipTel has been purchased by Broadvoice, a provider of hosted voice, unified and SIP trunking services for businesses, based in Billerica, Massachusetts. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition of YipTel will…

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Aug 11

Mathis leaves Downtown Alliance for similar post in Florida

The Downtown Alliance is looking for a new executive director following the resignation of Jason Mathis. Mathis, who also has served as executive vice president of the Salt Lake Chamber since 2008, recently announced he will become chief executive officer of the Downtown…

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Aug 11

J&J Consumer buys Zarbee's Naturals

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. has acquired Draper-based Zarbee’s Naturals from the Growth Fund of investment firm L Catterton and other minority partners, including Sorenson Capital. Zarbee’s is an over-the-counter health and wellness brand founded by Dr. Zak Zarbock in 2008.…

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Aug 11

Record industrial construction leads still-hot commercial real estate

The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm CBRE has released its MarketView report for the second quarter (Q2) of 2018. The report highlights the industrial construction sector, which has reached its highest point in recent years, as leading the way in a continued…

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Aug 11

Wells Fargo survey: Small-business optimism hits record high as economy continues to strengthen

Small-business optimism is at an all-time high, according to the latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, released last week. The survey was conducted July 11-18. The index, which measures small-business optimism, had an overall index score of 118 —12 percentage…

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Aug 11

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS 8-13-18

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: SkyWest SkyWest Inc., based in St. George, reported net income of $76 million, or $1.43 per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. That compares with $50 million, or 95 cents per share, for…

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Aug 11

Four critical elements for increasing employee engagement

By Richard Tyson Perhaps the most daunting leadership challenge facing businesses today is that of disengaged employees. According to Gallup, a staggering 87 percent of employees worldwide are not engaged. The difference in financial outcomes achieved by highly engaged…

Business Tech: How secure is your information on the Internet of Things?

By David Black “The Internet of Things” (IoT) is not a term that has been around very long. In fact, it was first coined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton and has become a hot topic in the technology industry ever since — and predominantly so in 2018. According to reports from We Are…

Export-Import Bank too big to tackle? How about starting with the EBRD

By Veronique de Rugy I’ve spent years arguing that the Export-Import Bank, the official United States export credit agency, is a wasteful and corrupt bureaucracy. It exists to subsidize big companies, especially Boeing and other politically connected firms. Not only is this…

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Aug 11

European Commission action is latest example of the Trump two-step

By Fareed Zakaria Listen closely. That sound you heard at the recent joint press conference between the presidents of the European Commission and the United States was Donald Trump backtracking once again. This has become a familiar routine. It goes something like this: Begin by…

Congratulations, Utah has nation's highest employer health plan participation

By Robert Pembroke According to a Salt Lake Tribune article “Surging Health Insurance Cost Wields Double Impact,” Utah has the highest percentage in the nation (61 percent) of employer-sponsored health plan participation. What this indicates to me is that Utah has the most…

Industry Briefs - 8-13-18

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. AGRICULTURE • The ninth season of the Tuesday Farmers Market has opened and will continue…

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Aug 11

Newsletter 7-30-18

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, July 30, 2018 GOED mulling ways to improve RFT business aid grant program By Brice Wallace State economic development officials are considering making changes to a program aimed at helping businesses in…

Trade Wars – and other challenges for the little guy

Small manufacturers must be smart to survive in a world of tariffs and counter-tariffs as well as a number of other concerns The recent clamor over tariffs and counter-tariffs on raw materials, manufactured goods and agricultural products has been splashed across every newspaper…

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Jul 29

Advanced manufacturing = tremendous promise

Today’s modern manufacturer is an incredible entity — innovative, advanced, creative and the ultimate entrepreneur. Manufacturers are the ones to make things from raw materials, creating value and new wealth by creating a quality of life for consumers. Being “makers” is inherent…

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Jul 29

Goodbye, sales and use taxes

Legislature removes three-year life component of levies on inputs to manufacturing production It’s been a long, hard road. It’s been more than 30 years since the Utah Legislature initially exempted sales and use tax on inputs on production for manufacturers and more than 20…

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Jul 29