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No further action on non-competes - for now

By BRICE WALLACE A controversial bill from the 2016 legislative general session won’t get a sequel, at least for now. HB251, passed last year, limited non-compete agreements — whereby an agreement is reached between a company and a worker prohibiting the worker, upon leaving the…

Utah consumers' fiscal outlook remains strong

Utah consumers had a slightly less positive outlook on the economy in February, but still think things are going pretty well. The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index (CAI) declined a statistically marginal 2.9 points to 114.7 in February. The overall CAI currently sits 8.9…

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Mar 4

VR project at BYU funded by grant from Lockheed Martin

Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has awarded a research grant to Brigham Young University to apply gaming technology to develop aspects of a virtual reality (VR) training and design review system. The collaboration will develop a system allowing users to interact with, record and…

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Mar 4

Sen. Lee: Help 'forgotten Amercians' with two-step federal tax reform

Rather than having American goods and services finding their way to foreign markets, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee thinks he has a better way for globalization to help what he calls “the forgotten Americans.” Speaking recently at a World Trade Center Utah forum, the Utah Republican…

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Mar 4

Four Foods buys Soda Shop

American Fork-based Four Foods Group, a restaurant development, investment and management company, has acquired The Soda Shop, an early-stage entrant in the growing specialty soda marketplace. The all-cash acquisition closed on Jan. 31 and terms were not disclosed. Soda Shop…

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Mar 4

CCI Mechanical bought by EMCOR Group

EMCOR Group Inc., a Norwalk, Connecticut-based Fortune 500 construction and construction services conglomerate, has acquired CCI Mechanical of Salt Lake City. CCI is a mechanical services and design-build contractor for the commercial, industrial and data center markets. Terms…

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Mar 4

Swire Coca-Cola completes Washington state acquisitions

Draper-based Swire Coca-Cola USA has continued its move into new territories in Washington state with the acquisition of nine sales and distribution facilities and one production plant. The company has also completed its refranchising from The Coca-Cola Co. for territories in…

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Mar 4

IHC buys two URA clinics

Intermountain Healthcare (IHC) has purchased outpatient imaging center Utah Valley Imaging and Utah Valley Pain Management, a multidisciplinary pain management clinic, from Utah Radiology Associates (URA). Following the sale of these two centers to IHC, URA will continue to…

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Mar 4

Americold breaks ground on 6.5 million cu. ft. expansion in Clearfield

If your business has food stored in a temperature-controlled environment in Utah, chances are it is being handled by Americold. That will especially be true when the Atlanta-based company completes its current project to add 6.5 million cubic feet of warehouse cold storage in…

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Mar 4

Three keys to developing high-performing teams

By Richard Tyson Successful leaders recognize that people are their most important asset. The challenge, of course, is to maximize the productivity of this essential resource. Maximizing human productivity is an incredibly important leadership imperative and one of the toughest…

We can't afford to have cronyism thwart innovations like telemedicine

By Veronique de Rugy The goal of healthcare reform is to provide better healthcare to everyone at a lower cost, year after year. The solution is not to provide a better third-party-payer system — e.g., health insurance or government-provided health insurance — but instead to…

If we encourage the destruction of core institutions, the West might unravel

By Fareed Zakaria If we encourage the destruction of core institutions, the West might unravel By now it is settled wisdom that we are witnessing the rise of radical forces on the left and right around the globe. Populists of both varieties, who share a disdain for…

Will you have enough money to make ends meet when you retire?

By Mark Lund Will you have enough money to make ends meet when you retire? You may have heard that people spend less once they are retired. Statistically, that is true. The question is whether a retiree has enough income to meet his or her expenses. Ideally, retirees should be…

Editorial Cartoon: Protester Trash

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Mar 4

Industry Briefs 3-16-17

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. ASSOCIATIONS • Parker A. Allred has been nominated to the American Heart Association Utah…

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Mar 4

Newsletter - 2-27-17

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 This week in The Enterprise Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Neither side willing to give in OR spat BRICE WALLACEOutdoor Retailer is putting an emphasis on “out.”Show organizers recently announced that the twice-annual trade show soon will be out…

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Feb 28

Neither side willing to give in OR spat

BRICE WALLACE Outdoor Retailer is putting an emphasis on “out.” Show organizers recently announced that the twice-annual trade show soon will be out of Salt Lake City, and that Salt Lake City will be out of the bidding to host the show again — the latter stance running counter…

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Feb 28

Solar Foundation: Utah among nation's leaders in solar jobs

Utah’s top-15 ranking for states with the most sunny days has created a bright spot for the state’s employment numbers. The number of Utahns in the solar industry totaled 4,408 last year, ranking the state 14th in solar industry employment and seventh in solar jobs per capita.…

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Feb 28

Spending by tourists in Utah tops $8 billion

Tourism has emerged as one of the key drivers in Utah’s diverse economy, with travelers spending $8.17 billion in 2015 and contributing $1.15 billion in total state and local taxes, according to a recent announcement from the Utah Office of Tourism. “State sales tax revenue…

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Feb 28

UofU program addresses pharm-tech shortage

Career Step, an online provider of career-focused education and professional training headquartered in Lehi, has partnered with the University of Utah to address a shortage of qualified pharmacy technicians within the university’s healthcare system, the school has announced. The…

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Feb 28

Japanese firm buys Woodside

Osaka, Japan-based Sekisui House Ltd. has acquired Woodside Homes, a homebuilder with headquarters in Salt Lake City and additional operations in Arizona, California and Nevada. Sekisui House, Japan’s largest homebuilder and a leading diversified developer, will complete the…

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Feb 28

Vancouver co. buys Utah project

Power Metals Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia, has acquired the Coyote Project, a petro-lithium brine mining property located in the Lisbon Valley area in the Paradox Basin, 40 miles southeast of Kanab. Seller MGX Minerals Inc. will receive 3.5 million shares of Power Metals…

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Feb 28