Economy Archive

0January 14, 2010
Red Air Day equals $20 discount at Snowbird

SALT LAKE CITY — If it’s a bad-air red day, Snowbird will drop the price of a lift ticket by...

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0December 11, 2009
Park City hotels feeling holiday stress: Short booking windows causing anxiety, uncertainty

Shorter booking windows have been the trend for over a year now, making it difficult for businesses in the lodging...

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0September 18, 2009
Utah unemployment rate holds steady at 6 percent

SALT LAKE CITY — Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show Utah’s unemployment rate held steady at 6...

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0September 15, 2009
Bernanke says recession ‘very likely over’

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday the worst recession since the 1930s is probably over, although he...

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0July 28, 2009
More Utahns turn to government for financial help

SALT LAKE CITY — The number of Utahns receiving financial help from the government has gone up 30 percent since...

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0July 27, 2009
Utah County homeless population decreasing

PROVO — Utah County officials say homelessness in the county is down this year by about 24 percent. Lloyd Pendleton,...

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0July 27, 2009
Short sales depress Salt Lake County market

SALT LAKE CITY — Real-estate agents say 17 percent of the homes for sale in Salt Lake County are selling...

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0July 27, 2009
Census contractor to hire 1,200 in Utah

SANDY — A government contractor has negotiated a lease on a Sandy office building where it plans to staff a...

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0July 24, 2009
ATK Space Systems to lay off 450 engineers, others

OGDEN — The phase-out of the space shuttle for a new generation of space vehicles means hundreds of layoffs in...

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0July 23, 2009
Report: Utah finishes fiscal year on target

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah Tax Commission report shows the state reached the end of the fiscal year on...

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0July 13, 2009
Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time

WASHINGTON — Nine months into the fiscal year, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time. The...

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0July 10, 2009
World has avoided economic disaster, Obama says

L’AQUILA, Italy — Lasting worldwide recovery “is still a ways off,” President Barack Obama declared Friday, but he also said...

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0July 1, 2009
Utah buyers get housing grants

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — More than 1,650 grants have been issued to homebuyers in the first three months of...

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0July 1, 2009
Construction spending falls more than expected

WASHINGTON — Construction spending fell more than expected in May, a sign the problems facing the nation’s builders are far...

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0June 30, 2009
Utah health centers to get $6.4M in stimulus money

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will receive more than $6.4 million in economic stimulus money for community health centers...

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