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Making a diference: Truckers Against Trafficking puts millions of eyes on the lookout for victims of modern-day slavery

By Frances Johnson Truckers across Utah — and the country — might soon be adding a new title to their resumes: hero. The Utah Trucking Association (UTA) has partnered with non-profit organization Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) to join the fight against human trafficking. TAT…

2017 State of Trucking Report: The swinging pendulum that represents our industry

By Eric Myers As I tend to do before writing this article each year, I look at what I wrote last year. I generally don’t make a lot of predictions, but I see that at the end of my article last year I predicted a moderate uptick in trucking metrics. At the time, I had no idea…

Utah fits mold for a good import/export container market

By Michael Stockwell We see them parked at distribution centers and out on the highways. We see them double-stacked on top of each other, making up a mile of train length running through Utah. What are they? They are ocean containers and they either came off of — or are going to…

Utah's transportation system becoming a model for other states

By Abby Osborne This week, the Salt Lake Chamber’s Utah Transportation Coalition will join other leaders around the nation for National Infrastructure Week in recognition of the importance of infrastructure — especially Utah’s state-of-the-art transportation system. Our state…

Infrastructure Week 2017: A time to build

Roads, bridges, rails, ports, airports, pipes, the power grid, broadband — it is all infrastructure. It affects our daily commutes and our summer vacations. Infrastructure determines if we can drink water straight from our taps and flush our toilets. It brings electricity into…

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May 14

IT for the trucking industry in an ELD world

By Bahar Sharifan As the Dec. 18 deadline fast approaches for many carriers and drivers to meet the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, many companies are — or should be — using this time to review internal IT practices. The mandate will result in companies previously…

Data management critical to success in transportation industry

By Harold Friedman Transportation plays in integral part in generating financial information that becomes part of the “cost of goods sold” section of your company’s financial statements. To be in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act rules, companies are required to represent that…

Industry Briefs 5-15-17

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 • Tanner LLC , Salt Lake City, has hired Charley Shumway as a tax director. Shumway…

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May 14

Newsletter - 5-8-17

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, May 8, 2017 EDCUtah seeks to ease way for major projects By Brice WallaceEconomic development officials want companies considering Utah for large expansions or relocations to have more and better…

EDCUtah seeks to ease way for major projects

By Brice Wallace Economic development officials want companies considering Utah for large expansions or relocations to have more and better information about their location options in the state. The Economic Development Corporation of Utah is working on a “megasite”…

Chamber president honored as 'Giant in Our City'

The Salt Lake Chamber has named its annual “Giant in Our City.” And it’s one of its own. Chamber president and CEO Lane Beattie was surprised with the designation during the organization’s 130th anniversary celebration recently. “I didn’t know they were going to do that. It was…

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May 7

Too many buyers, not enough sellers causes for area home sales decline

Tight inventories resulted in falling home sales across the Wasatch Front in the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. In the first quarter, sales of single-family homes along the Wasatch Front…

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May 7

Patent filings result in companies, individuals being named 'Utah Geniuses'

Barry Mower More than 50 Utah companies and individuals were honored recently with Utah Genius Awards. The ninth annual program featured Barry Mower, founder of Lifetime Products in Clearfield, receiving the Utah Genius Lifetime Achievement Award. The awards staff uses data from…

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May 7

Williams to replace Beard as head of People's Utah Bancorp

People’s Utah Bancorp (PUB) has announced that it has hired Len E. Williams as executive vice president with the intent that he will replace Richard T. Beard as president and CEO of the company and as CEO of the company’s wholly owned subsidiary People’s Intermountain Bank (PIB)…

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May 7

Sandy Chamber elects five new members to its board of directors

The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors has elected five new board members. Added to the board are Scott Westra,?senior vice president and chief financial officer at WCF Insurance; Kayvon Motiee, president of Broadway Media; Kadee Duclos,?events director at Utah…

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May 7

Clyde Cos. reorganizes key management

Clyde Companies of Orem have made several organizational changes, including the appointment of Wilford Clyde as chairman and CEO. He will leave his current position as president, a role he has filled since 2001. Clyde Companies is the parent company of W.W. Clyde & Co., Geneva…

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May 7

CBRE MarketView reflects continued, cautious growth in area commercial real estate

The Salt Lake City office of commercial real estate firm CBRE has released its MarketView report for the first quarter of 2017. The report highlights market conditions of the local office, retail and industrial markets: Office According to the report, a notable occurrence during…

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May 7

Redford replaces Williams as CEO at ForeverGreen

ForeverGreen Worldwide Corp. has named Rick Redford the company’s new CEO, replacing Ron Williams, who has resigned but will remain as a member of the board and as a consultant to the leadership of ForeverGreen. Lindon-based ForeverGreen is a direct marketing company in the…

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May 7

Work begins on Grove Tower

St. John Properties has begun construction on the 190,000-square-foot Grove Tower in Pleasant Grove. The company recently completed two other adjacent single-story office buildings within the 60-acre master planned development known as Valley Grove. “We are thrilled with the…

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May 7

Comcast debuts 1G service

Comcast has announced that it is launching a new Internet service that will deliver speeds up to 1 gigabit per second to residential customers throughout the state of Utah. The company will use DOCSIS 3.1 technology to deliver these speeds over the company’s existing network…

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May 7

CORPORATE FINANCIAL REPORTS

The following are recent financial reports as posted by selected Utah corporations: Extra Space Extra Space Storage Inc., based in Salt Lake City, reported funds from operations (FFO) attribute to common stockholders or $137.9 million, or $1.02 per share, for the first quarter…

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May 7

Editorial Cartoon - Atomic Evolution

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May 7