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Reports on the effects of the Utah Indoor Clean Air Act on businesses in Salt Lake City. Sectors affected by the indoor pollution law; Differing influence of the ordinance as perceived in hospitality and corporate/professional settings; Effects of the law on corporate revenues.

Reports that health insurance is the greatest risk if all categories of insurance in Utah, according to state insurance commissioner Merwin Stewart. Concerns with the local insurance industry; Issues currently facing the insurance industry; Overview on some troubling developments related to the state's insurance industry. INSET: IHC Health Plans is state's leader in group accident and....

Discusses the increasing levels of activity and funding reported by a number of Utah-based venture capital firms. Sizable funding round; Fewer and larger deals; Benchmarking policy; Operations of Wasatch Ventures, Utah Ventures and Cornerstone Capital Group.

Reports on Parsons Behle & Latimer partner Dick Clayton's introduction of a model and organization, Technology to Market, in Utah to help speed the movement of high technology ideas and ventures to the marketplace. Organizations affiliated with the network; Range of services offered to prospective technology clients.

Reveals the plan of Star Bridge Systems for a series of major personnel expansions that could dramatically change the information technology industry of Utah in early 2000s. Company's confidence in its strategy; Plan to hire 20 new executives.

Reports on the revenue losses of Salt Lake City, Utah-based Dodo restaurant resulting from parking restrictions during peak business hours. Business hours; Complaints of area residents about the scarcity of parking spaces in front of their homes; Points of contention by restaurant management against the city.

Characterizes the Utah property and casualty insurance industry in 2000. Diversity of services available; Industry areas of greatest activity; Long-term outlook for such segments of the insurance market.

Focuses on the application of Feng Shui design principles to residential spaces and office layout in Utah. Details on Feng Shui; Information on the Feng Shui Shop; Factors attributing to demand for Feng Shui principles; Number of Feng Shui practitioners in the state.

Focuses on key developments in office space architecture in Utah. Use of office space for corporate identity branding; Consideration of architectural interiors as a recruiting and retention tool in employment; Emergence of information technology in architectural projects.

Announces the United States press tour planned by Orem, Utah-based online savings provider 1800DISCOUNTS.com in November 2000. Firm's launching of its redesigned Web site; Offering of three types of savings; Number of unique visitors received by the Web site in August 2000.

Discloses the plan of Utah-based venture capital firm Canopy Group to add six companies to its portfolio. Number of companies expected to be added to the firm's roster by the end of 2000; Leanness of the organization; Value of the company's combined holdings.

Announces the selection of the state of Utah as participant in a national 'Policy Academy' on issues relating to entrepreneurial activity in the United States. Agencies involved in the study; Other nine states chosen for the program; Members of Utah's participating team; Significance of the team's makeup; Challenge facing the state; Goals of the state for its participation.

Reveals plans of government leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah, to revitalize the downtown area. Launch of study analyzing existing retail structures and patterns; Boundaries of revitalization effort; Size allotted for restaurants, retail, parking, office and vacant spaces.

Features the Utah Manufacturers Association. Number of member companies; Political activities; Mission of the association; Major manufacturing issues of concern to the association; Major accomplishments.

Focuses on the ISO 9000 certification of manufacturers in Utah. Certification requirements; Standards models of the certification program; Utah Manufacturing Extension Partnership's involvement in efforts to promote ISO certification.

Reports on NextLink Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp.'s running of trial sales campaigns in the Utah telecommunications market. Investments made in local telecommunication infrastructure and human resources; Plans of the companies in expanding into the residential market; Level of competition in the telecommunication sector.

Reports on the success of the fundraising of the University of Utah's Sesquicentennial Campaign. Estimate amount of money raised by the campaign; Amount of money allotted for various projects and activities; Role of First Security Bank chairman Spencer Eccles in the success of the fundraising; Contributing factors.

Reports on the first Telecom Summit in Utah co-sponsored by the three major competitors NextLink, Qwest and AT&T. Discussion of business commonalities and differences; Keynote speaker; Call for more unified tax policies and regulations; Fair ground rules for market competition.

Reports on a joint venture between Utah-based high technology firm Iomega founder Dave Bailey and former IBM marketing executive Dane Goodfellow to form a telecommunications firm called CeriStar. Launch of an Internet Protocol (IP) platform; Features and functions of the IP platform; Use of the a reconfigurable computing technology from Star Bridge Systems.

Focuses on the plan of Design Engine founder and principal Robin Peng to launch a digital industrial design institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. Name and target date for the center's opening; Factors to affect the earlier opening of the center; Provision of high-end training to quality designers; Background on Peng; Details on the training.

Reports that Utah life insurance and annuities industry has evaded the trend of rising prices and declining availability. Factors attributing to such trend; Possibility that the competition within the life insurance sector will help sustain the lower rates for the next several years. INSETS: Teachers Insurance and Annuity continues to be Utah's leader;Leading provider of ordinary life insurance in Utah is Great....

Characterizes the Utah insurance industry in 2000. Rising prices and lessened available coverage; Softness of the property and casualty insurance market; Trend of mergers and consolidation within the industry.

Features the growth of MyAssociation.com, an electronic business solutions provider in Salt Lake City, Utah. Acquisition of 80th organizational client and 75th employee; Services offered by the company; Company background.

Reports that the State of Utah International Business Development Office is helping prepare Utah companies for prominent trade shows in Germany and the United States. Importance of trade shows for technology firms; Benefits of international trade; Services offered by the International Business Development Office.

Announces that Salt Lake City, Utah-based online intellectual property marketplace Idea Exchange has launched a college campus marketing tour. Number of campuses that will be covered by the tour; Embodiment of the value of the Internet; Principles validated by Idea Exchange's experience.

Focuses on the redevelopment efforts taking place at the Glendale-Poplar area of Salt Lake City, Utah's District Two. Availability of the railroad track corridor for community redevelopment; Expansion of Parkview Elementary School's playground; Unification of the Glendale and Poplar Grove neighborhoods.

Reports that APV Technology co-founder Spencer Tall delivered a speech on venture capital at the luncheon meeting of Utah Information Technology Association (UITA) on August 2000. Trends in venture capital funding explained by Tall; Emphasis on profitability among venture capitalists.

Reports that efforts to revitalize area business districts in the Salt Lake City, Utah have been intensified following the defeat of the Grand Mall proposal in year 2000. Lack of local goods and services available in Salt Lake City District One; Cooperative efforts of the Salt Lake Neighborhood Housing Services and the Northwest Business Association; Message being sold to existing and prospective businesses.

Highlights the visit of Chile's Ambassador to the United States Andres Bianchi in Utah to meet with local business owners in his bid to strengthen his country's business ties with Utah. Bianchi's role in Chile's economic expansion from the mid 1980s to 1998; Increase in Chile's Gross Domestic Product during the same period; Factors behind such growth; Products exported by Utah companies to Chile.