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Sandy-based Cityworks bought by Cal. firm

Azteca Systems LLC, which does business as Cityworks in Sandy, has been acquired by Trimble, a global positioning and robotic optical surveying instrument company based in Sunnyvale, California. Cityworks is a provider of enterprise asset management (EAM) software for utilities…

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Oct 14

D.C. hospital is first to use Utah- developed AR surgical system

Springville-based image processing company Novarad and George Washington University Hospital, based in Washington, D.C., have partnered to implement the country’s first augmented reality (AR) medical process in a surgical setting. OpenSight Augmented Reality System, powered by…

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Oct 14

Hansen named CEO of Draper's Code Corp.

Code Corp., a Draper-based developer and marketer of data-capture software and hardware, has named Kent L. Hansen as CEO. Hansen comes to Code from CA Engineering, where he was a partner and president. Prior to CA Engineering, he was a senior director at 3Com Corp. Hansen will…

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Oct 14

Former FAA head: Unmanned aircraft industry faces changing regulation

The regulatory effort by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to deal with the rapidly expanding unmanned aircraft industry is a work in progress, according to the agency’s former administrator. Michael Huerta, the head of the FAA until last year and the keynote speaker for…

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Oct 14

Succeeding in Your Business: Teaching lawyers about cybersecurity

By Cliff Ennico Let’s face it. When it comes to professionals with technological savvy, lawyers are way, way down the list. I know lawyers who are still using Windows 98, if that gives you an idea (hey, it was a pretty good program). So it was with great trepidation that I…

Editorial Cartoon: Medicare-For-All

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Oct 14

Industry Briefs 10-14-19

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 • Zions Bank has named Yrene Luque as the new director of its Business Resource Center…

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Oct 14

Hush, little voter, don’t say a word (about tariffs and rebate checks)

By Veronique de Rugy There are many bad ideas flying around right now in Congress. The recent proposal by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, to give some taxpayers a rebate check funded with the tariff loot is one of those ideas. It’s not only bad economics, but it comes across as…

Red memory: Some Chinese seem to want to 'Make China Great Again'

By Fareed Zakaria Donald Trump finally got to see the kind of military parade he longed for. Unfortunately for him, it was in Beijing, not Washington. You will recall that in 2018, Trump directed the Pentagon to put on a lavish show of arms to demonstrate America’s might. When…

Newsletter - 10-7-19

http://slenterprise.com 801-533-0556 --> This week in The Enterprise Monday, October 7, 2019 Miller: Utah not exempt from business blaming By Brice Wallace The leader of Utah's largest business association last week decried a widespread theme of business being the source of…

Miller: Utah not exempt from business blaming

By Brice Wallace The leader of Utah’s largest business association last week decried a widespread theme of business being the source of societal problems rather than a driver of solutions. Derek Miller, president and CEO of the Salt Lake Chamber and the Downtown Alliance, said…

Herbert leads Utah trade mission delegation on trip to China, Japan

A delegation representing 22 Utah-based businesses and organizations recently returned from a trade mission to Japan where the representatives participated in more than 60 meetings with business and government leaders. Led by Gov. Gary Herbert, the trip was sponsored by World…

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Oct 7

Health insurance rates keep rising, survey reveals

The average Utah premium for healthcare insurance for a single employee has risen 16 percent since 2016 to $567 per month, according to a new survey conducted by the Employers Council. The employee-only premium is an average of all types of plans, including health maintenance…

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Oct 7

MWCN releases Utah 100 list of fastest-growing companies in the state

MountainWest Capital Network (MWCN) has released its 2019 Utah 100, its annual list of the fastest-growing companies in Utah. MWCN is a business networking organization devoted to supporting entrepreneurial success and dedicated to the flow of financial, entrepreneurial and…

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Oct 7

Utahns want lower sales tax but favor tax on services not now subject to tax

Half of Utah voters support a lower sales tax rate and a strong majority favor taxing services currently not subject to a sales tax, according to a new survey undertaken by AARP. The survey of Utah registered voters 18 and older indicates that 50 percent support a sales tax of…

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Oct 7

Report: Employees spend just 43 percent of work week on the jobs they were hired to do

Average employees spend only about 43 percent of their work week doing the jobs they were hired to do, according to a new report release last week by Lehi-based Workfront. Workfront develops and markets work management applications for enterprise. Workfront’s sixth annual global…

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Oct 7

NYC firm buys VitalSmarts

Leeds Equity Partners LLC, a New York-based private equity firm has acquired VitalSmarts LC from investment firm TwentyEighty Inc. Founded in 1989 in Provo, VitalSmarts is a provider of communication, execution and leadership development training. Terms of the transaction were…

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Oct 7

SLC-based Simply Mac bought by Cool Holdings

Salt Lake City-based Simply Mac Inc. has been acquired by Cool Holdings Inc. of Miami. Simply Mac operates 41 retail stores in 18 states as an authorized reseller of Apple products and accessories. Cool Holdings previously owned 16 OneClick stores that offer Apple products and…

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Oct 7

Outdoor recreation accounts for 3.3 percent of Utah GDP

People taking advantage of Utah’s great outdoors contribute a huge chunk to the state’s economy, according to a new report released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The agency found outdoor recreation in Utah accounted for a full 3.3 percent of Utah’s total economic…

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Oct 7

Sportsman's buys eight Field & Stream stores

Sportsman’s Warehouse Hold-ings Inc. of Sandy has agreed to buy eight Field & Stream stores from Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. The acquired stores will be operated as Sportsman’s Warehouse stores and are located in Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina and Michigan. The total…

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Oct 7

Succeeding in Your Business: What to do when a business you're buying has two sets of books

By Cliff Ennico “My spouse and I have been looking to buy a business for some time. We’ve found a good local business with a great location and lots of existing customers. The seller wants us to pay one and one-half times his gross sales last year, which our accountant says is a…

BIG CHANGES COMING?

By Cory Talbot The Utah Work Group on Regulatory Reform has released its recommendations to the Utah Supreme Court - and that could mean changes like client solicitation and nonlawyer ownership are on the way In late 2018, the Utah Supreme Court organized the Utah Work Group on…