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Business Tech: Three network security questions you should ask your IT guy right now

By Mike Herrington There’s a lot to think about as a business owner or executive. If network security isn’t on your mind, it should be. The first half of 2017 saw a 223 percent increase in cyber-attacks over 2016, according to a recent report from F Secure Labs. Business leaders…

It’s plain logic: Spending caps are low-hanging fruit in fighting debt

By Veronique de Rugy Another debt ceiling fight is just around the corner. The government’s borrowing limit will need to be raised yet again by the end of September to avoid default. Indications suggest that there will be enough support between Democrats and moderate Republicans…

It's not North Korea's nukes that are new; it's the Trump administration rhetoric

By Fareed Zakaria How did we get here? Why does it appear that we’re on the brink of a war in Asia, one that could involve nuclear weapons? North Korea has had nuclear-weapons capacity for at least 10 years now. Have its recent advances been so dramatic and significant to force…

If you don’t have a conscience, invest in Big Hospital systems

By Robert Pembroke The king of investors, Warren Buffett, decreed that if you want to make a fortune, buy companies that have a competitive moat. A competitive moat, in the investment world, is a company surrounded by barriers to stop the enemy from entering its market. Big…

Editorial Cartoon: Delegating

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Aug 19

Industry Briefs 8-21-17

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 • Grant Thornton LLP has admitted 39 new partners and principals and promoted 28…

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Aug 19

Newsletter - 8-14-17

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, August 14, 2017 Financial services firm Earnest bringing up to 500 new jobs A private financial services company has selected Utah for an expansion project, bringing up to 500 jobs to the state over the…

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Aug 13

Financial services firm Earnest bringing up to 500 new jobs

A private financial services company has selected Utah for an expansion project, bringing up to 500 jobs to the state over the next five years. Earnest, based in San Francisco, announced the project last week after being approved for a tax credit incentive of up to $2.8 million…

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Aug 13

Envision Utah report cautions on Point of the Mountain's future

By Brice Wallace Without proper planning, the Point of the Mountain area is on a course that could prompt economic trouble for the state. That’s a conclusion of a recent report compiled by Envision Utah and released by the Point of the Mountain Development Commission that…

People's Bancorp buys seven Utah Banner locations

People’s Utah Bancorp (PUB) is growing, having recently announced plans to acquire seven Banner Bank branch locations in Utah. PUB announced that its banking subsidiary, People’s Intermountain Bank (PIB) has signed a purchase and assumption agreement to acquire roughly $260…

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Aug 13

Newmark Grubb ACRES releases market report on commercial real estate

The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm Newmark Grubb ACRES has released it mid-year report on the state of commercial real estate in the Salt Lake City area. In the “Market Report on the Utah and Mountain West,” Newmark professionals studied survey information…

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Aug 13

PG home to new major office, retail center

Construction is continuing on a master-planned development called Valley Grove, and developers expect the Pleasant Grove site to someday host more than 7,000 workers. St. John Properties recently had the official groundbreaking on the $250 million Valley Grove project, which…

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Aug 13

Robocall numbers surging

Do you feel like you’re getting more and more of those annoying robocalls — those telephone solicitations with a recorded voice that always seem to come at dinnertime? Don’t think you’re alone. Consumers took 2.59 billion of the calls in July, a 2.7 percent increase over June…

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Aug 13

Small-business optimism at 10-year high

Small-business optimism continues to climb in the third quarter as business owners said they are the most optimistic in more than a decade, according to findings from the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, conducted July 10–14 and released last week. In the quarterly…

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Aug 13

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS - 8-14-17

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 $146.1 million, or $1.08 per…

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Aug 13

On the rebound: With a little help, manufacturing jobs can come back to Utah

By Bart Raeymaekers Utah’s manufacturing industry consists of approximately 3,500 companies that provide 125,000 jobs throughout the state. The output of the manufacturing industry represents more than 14 percent of the gross state product, whereas it accounts for only 9 percent…

Modern industry has a bright future... just a few things to tweak first

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

Utah Manufacturers Association counting ‘Make Manufacturing Your Future’ as a huge success

Utah’s manufacturing community is committed to developing a skilled manufacturing workforce. As part of that commitment, Utah Manufacturers Association (UMA) employers have led efforts this past year to create, track and evaluate a targeted education and messaging campaign for…

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Aug 13

University of Utah MEP and PTAC to help Utah companies meet federal cybersecurity requirements

The University of Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center are partnering to host two cybersecurity workshops on Aug. 29 at Salt Lake Community College Miller Campus and at Weber State University Davis Campus. As of Dec. 31,…

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Aug 13

Editorial Cartoon: Foreign Policy

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Aug 13

Oops. Republicans did it again: Maybe it's not the party of fiscal constraint

By Veronique de Rugy Despite a mountain of historical evidence that the Republican Party doesn’t seriously stand for smaller government and individual liberty, I maintained some hope that this time would be different. With the GOP’s retaking control of Congress and the White…

Democrats missing the boat on a few issues – immigration tops among them

By Fareed Zakaria In 1992, the Democratic Party faced a challenge on the issue of abortion. Pennsylvania’s Gov. Robert Casey, a Democrat dedicated to the working class, asked to speak at the national convention in New York City. He wanted to propose a pro-life plank for the…