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Today At Utah Pulse
COVID-19: It's not a question of 'if,' but 'when'
The likelihood that you will know someone who tests positive for the coronavirus is inevitable. As an organization, what can you do to prepare for when a team member tests positive. Join us for a discussion on the resources available, group testing guidance, communication of the positive test and more.The Salt Lake Chamber invites you to the Utah Leads Together: It's Not a Question of 'If' But 'When' webinar on Friday, August 7, 2020 at 12 noon. Register here.
Business Impact Dashboard at EDCUTAH
Wonder about the impact of COVID-19 on Utah businesses? Check out the Business Impact Dashboard at the Economic Development Corporation of Utah.
Utah Business Magazine: Utah tech leaders discuss the innovation coming out of COVID-19
This month, Utah Business partnered with Holland & Hart to host a roundtable event featuring Utah tech executives. Moderated by Sara Jones, cofounder and COO at the Women Tech Council, they discussed the innovation coming out of the COVID-19 crisis. Here are a few highlights from the event. Read more
Facebook is building a data center campus in Eagle Mountain
EDCUtah: Facebook and Eagle Mountain: Five Questions for William Marks of Facebook of FacebookA new EDCUtah investor and a past corporate expansion project, Facebook is building a data center campus in Eagle Mountain, Utah. We caught up with William Marks, Facebook's Community Development Manager in Utah, to ask about project progress, sustainability and solar, and the company's COVID-19 response. Read more.
Salt Lake Chamber honors 2020 Business ChampionsThe Salt Lake Chamber recognized this year's Business Champions at a virtual awards ceremony held in their honor on July 30, 2020.
Introducing the first ever 2020 Weber County Unfair
The Weber County Fair is a fun-filled event the community looks forward to every year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changes had to be made to the regular schedule.
Mountain America Credit Union donates $10,000 to Fighter Country Foundation
With the 2019-2020 NHL regular season coming to a close, Mountain America Credit Union presented Fighter Country Foundation with a $10,000 check as part of the Arizona Coyotes Goal Donation Program.
Local Headlines
- New tool aims to connect out-of-work Utahns to job training from colleges, companies (Deseret News)
- COVID-19 and low interest rates creating bidding wars in Utah housing market (Deseret News)
- Salt Lake County wants to give $35 million to local businesses (Salt Lake Tribune)
- Salt Lake County issuing new round of small business grants to help survive pandemic (Deseret News)
- New state COVID-19 recovery program aims to get customers through the doors of small businesses (Standard-Examiner)
- Ogden, Weber County tout grant programs to aid businesses hit by downturn (Standard-Examiner)
National Headlines
- More Than 1,000 Companies Boycotted Facebook. Did It Work? (New York Times)
- These companies are working from home until 2021 -- or forever (CNN)
- How departure of James laid bare the Murdoch family rifts (Guardian)
- After Big Tech helped earnings look better, here comes Disney and Uber (MarketWatch)
- 'New Normal' Emerges for Companies Navigating Covid-19 Pandemic (Wall Street Journal)
- The stock market could be facing 'multiple decades' of 'deleterious' economic after-effects, analyst warns (MarketWatch)
- Onions shipped to all 50 states linked to Salmonella outbreak (FOX Business)
- U.S. stock futures flat as earnings season, stimulus talks continue (CNBC)
- Can summer survive America's coronavirus spike? (BBC News)
- Debate begins for who's first in line for COVID-19 vaccine (Los Angeles Times)
- Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy as Retail Collapses Pile Up (New York Times)
