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Dressbarn closing all 650 stores nationwide, one in Orem

Clothing retailer Dressbarn announced Tuesday that it will close all of its stores nationwide, including one in Orem.The company says that it will commence “a wind down of its retail operations” and would close approximately 650 stores across the country.“For more than 50 years, Dressbarn ...

The good, the bad and the growing: Utah’s Economic Summit

Utah is growing, and Utah County is driving that growth, according to Natalie Gochnour, director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.The state of Utah added over 260,000 people to its population in the last five years. That’s roughly the size of Weber County. Much of the growth came from ...

State: Utah unemployment rate dropped to 2.9 percent in April

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's unemployment rate has dropped, with state officials saying April's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.9 percent was down from 3 percent in March.The Department of Workforce Services monthly report released Friday says Utah's nonfarm payroll employment for April ...

Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists: Aptive Environmental and Weave

<em>Every year, Ernst and Young recognizes innovative business leaders through their Entrepreneur of the Year program. Of the</em> <a href="https://www.ey.com/en_us/entrepreneur-of-the-year/utah/finalists" target="_blank">24 Utah region ...

App uses virtual reality to teach English as a second language

In 2015, David Bradford retired as the CEO of HireVue to build a language learning company based on the doctoral research of his wife, Linda. The idea for the company was turning video game technology and virtual reality into an educational platform.Now, FluentWorlds, the app born of Linda ...