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Partnering with Local and State Agencies Works Well for Utah Business

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah – March 17, 2010 – City of Taylorsville’s economic development office announced Jeffery Nelson, CEO of Nelson Laboratories, will be the keynote speaker at the Economic Development Corporation of Utah (EDCUtah) Quarterly Investor Update Meeting on Thursday.

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Churning Out Startups: Utah Universities Excel in Technology Commercialization

It is no surprise that research universities have become unparalleled engines of economic development -- they crank out technology and commercialize it -- creating business and investment opportunities as well as jobs in the process.

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Proactive Recruitment Effort Generates Interest in Utah

EDCUtah's pipeline of projects is as full as it has ever been and the organization's economic developers have high expectations it will stay that way, thanks in part to the proactive recruitment program that was launched in October 2009.

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Pushbutton Summit 2010: Positioning Utah as the Center of the Digital Media Industry

Utah's booming digital media industry will take center stage in Salt Lake City March 9 and 10 during the "Pushbutton Summit 2010," an event designed to bring together world-class industry and technology leaders, entrepreneurs, students, higher education, and community executives to discuss the latest in what's pushing the creation and use of digital media.

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Transportation Update: Forbes Ranks Salt Lake City Best for Commuters

Last week Forbes ranked Salt Lake City the best city in the country for commuters.

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Introducing Greg Winegardner, Utah Regional President for Wells Fargo

On a typical business day you might find Greg Winegardner poring over earnings reports, analyzing risk-based capital ratios, or reviewing economic forecasts.

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President Matthew Holland Describes UVU's Business Engagement Strategy

Once upon a time, Utah Valley Community College might have been considered a little sister to BYU and the University of Utah. Now, as Utah Valley University, the school's enrollment rivals that of the state's largest institutions of higher education and it is setting its own standards of excellence.

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Conductive Composites Company to Expand Manufacturing, Employment in Emery County

When George Hansen was in the second grade, his parents gave him a book about plate tectonics during a visit to Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho.

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City Creek Center Update: Worker Activity Reaches Its Peak at 1,700

The revitalization of Salt Lake City's downtown business district is progressing on a grand scale, global recession notwithstanding.

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Changing of the Guard

When Governor Gary Herbert assumed the helm as Utah's chief executive, his opinion regarding economic development was relatively unknown. Would it be as high a priority for him as it was for former Governor and now Ambassador Jon Huntsman?

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