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November 14, 2012 Don’t Let Tough Times Hinder Your Holiday Giving Times continue to be tough and budgets remain tight for many small businesses. But even if it feels like your business’s budget is stretched to its limits, there are ways you can give back to the community this holiday season. full story Successful Salespeople Are Always Prepared The Motto of the Boy Scouts of America is “Be Prepared.” It would be well for all salespeople to embrace the Boy Scout motto and prepare themselves in all ways and in every situation that may occur during the sales process. full story Allconnect Summit Provides Insights into Utility Company Trends and Innovations Optimizing utility customer interactions through technology, data analytics and employee training was the focus of the annual Allconnect Summit, featuring more than 75 U.S. energy company leaders and industry experts who discussed strategies and solutions in the evolving utility market. full story Envision Utah Recognizes Harmons and the Junior League of Salt Lake with 2012 'Common Good Awards' EDCUtah was pleased to join about 400 other participants in Envision Utah's Common Good Awards celebration last Wednesday at the Little America Hotel. We extend our congratulations to the 2012 Common Good Award recipients: Harmons Grocery and the Junior League of Salt Lake. full story Jakob Marketing Partners Named One of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Country For the second year in a row, Jakob Marketing Partners has beat out hundreds of competing companies across the country to be named one of the 101 National Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the National Association for Business Resources. full story USTAR SBIR/STTR Assistance Center - Matching Innovation With Investment Smart people are thinking up innovative technology-based concepts every day. That’s the easy part. Securing funding to develop an idea is where it gets hard. full story
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Local Headlines Tech company Workday and Royal Bank of Scotland announce Utah expansions (Deseret News) Evans & Sutherland sees lower sales, smaller loss for third quarter (Salt Lake Tribune) Extra Space Storage completes stock offering (Salt Lake Tribune) New West Haven business aims to help people recycle,
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extend the life of landfills (Standard-Examiner)
Utah’s IT Industry Cluster Grows Again - Qualtrics Expands in Utah County Finding a research company in Provo, Utah just got even easier than before. Together with the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), Qualtrics, a research and online survey company, announced that it will expand its existing operations in Provo. full story Utah’s IT and Software Development Industry Continues Strong Growth - Workday to Add 250 Jobs in Utah Utah’s Information Technology and Software Development industry cluster is at full speed for job growth. Yet another company Workday, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for human resources and finance, has decided to expand in Utah. full story Utah’s Financial Industry Goes Back to British Roots - The Royal Bank of Scotland Expands in Salt Lake County The state’s financial industry grows again. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), along with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), announced today that it will expand for the second time in Utah. full story Cramer’s Corner: Elections, Tourists and More Election day has come and gone and I would like to congratulate the winners of the various local, state and federal elections (as well as all candidates who engaged in the grueling electoral process!). full story
The Outlets getting ready to welcome customers Friday (Deseret News) Proposed new Utah liquor license may attract national chains (Deseret News) Ex-FranklinCovey execs form alliance with training guru (Salt Lake Tribune)
National Headlines HK Shares End Down; Analysts See Value Emerging On Cyclical Stocks (Wall Street Journal) Gilead May Top Rivals With Hepatitis C Therapy Results (Bloomberg) Money-market pioneer Bruce Bent cleared (Washington Post) Small Business Optimism Index in U.S. Rises to a FiveMonth High (Bloomberg) Inflation's 'nasty surprise' threatens household squeeze (Telegraph) UniCredit Swings to Quarterly Profit After Year-Ago Writedowns (Bloomberg) Write-Down Pushes Vodafone Into Red (Wall Street Journal) Consumers Closing Wallets in Japan Add to Noda’s Woes: Economy (Bloomberg) Build Profits From Home Depot: Hurricane Sandy And Housing Market Make Stock A Buy (Forbes) Fiscal cliff isn’t America’s worst money problem (MarketWatch) Obama to meet labor leaders for 'fiscal cliff' talks (USA Today)
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