By Business Wire

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah today unveiled The Foundry, a program created to foster economic development in Utah through a rigorous entrepreneurial practicum.

By Business Wire

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Economists and researchers at the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah’s Eccles School of Business report that the number of permits issued for new single-family homes in Utah turned positive in July 2009—following 39 consecutive months of decline—and has recorded steady increases for the past 10 months. These findings indicate that Utah’s home-building industry is in the early stages of recovering from the worst contraction in more than 70 years.

A comprehensive research study announced by the Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah illustrates the profound impact of Utah's coal industry on the state's economy-particularly in the rural coal-producing counties: Carbon, Emery and Sevier.

By Business Wire

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New research from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah identifies a psychological bias in which people underestimate the severity of a disaster, such as an earthquake or radioactive contamination, when it originates from a neighboring state but not when it approaches from within their own state.

The Bureau of Economic and Business Research (BEBR) at the David Eccles School of Business reports that the number of single-family home permits issued in Utah for the first-quarter is up 110 percent over the first quarter of 2009.

By PR Newswire

SALT LAKE CITY (May 6, 2010)-The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah today announced that its faculty has achieved high rankings among North American universities-including 12th in Accounting and 38th overall-for research published in major scholarly business publications in 2009, according to the University of Texas at Dallas Top 100 Rankings.

By Business Wire

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two undergraduates from University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business who won the March 30 techTITANS Spring Idea Challenge now are talking with investors who may bankroll their business idea.

The Ivory-Boyer Real Estate Center announced today that Gary R. Herbert, Utah’s Governor, will be the keynote speaker at the 2010 Real Estate Challenge Awards Banquet in Salt Lake City, UT, on April 22, 2010, at Rice-Eccles Stadium.