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Providing perspective and contextual insights on the financial aspects of the Food industry within the state of Utah, from agriculture to food production, as well as retail sales and supplements.

LEGAL BRIEFS: Sentencing in Two Utah Cases Produce Penalties of $2 Million Each: One for the Death of a Salt Lake County Jail Inmate and the Other for a Multiyear Mail Fraud Scheme

LEGAL BRIEFS: Sentencing in Two Utah Cases Produce Penalties of $2 Million Each: One for the Death of a Salt Lake County Jail Inmate and the Other for a Multiyear Mail Fraud Scheme

Salt Lake City, Utah-based Wellcon must pay $2.0 million because one of its medical employees withheld prescription medication from a Salt Lake County Jail inmate. This violation "breached the medical standard of care and caused injury, pain, suffering ..." and the death of the inmate, Jeremy Aus. Separately,

A Huge Thanks to Garrett Clark and Silicon Slopes for Having Me on the Silicon Slopes Show

A Huge Thanks to Garrett Clark and Silicon Slopes for Having Me on the Silicon Slopes Show

"I started Utah Money Watch as the first proof point to say, 'Is there a way that I can help anybody who's in Utah, or is interested in Utah, (to) learn what's really going on from a monetary-financial standpoint and not just a regurgitation of press releases?'"

NEWS BRIEF: Orem, Utah-based Ovation Raises an Additional $2.0 Million in a Continuation and Closure of its "A Round" of Funding

NEWS BRIEF: Orem, Utah-based Ovation Raises an Additional $2.0 Million in a Continuation and Closure of its "A Round" of Funding

In total, Ovation "... has now raised a little bit over $9.0 million in total through all its external financings."

Utah's Top 15 Monetary, Financial and Business News Nuggets from the First Half of June 2024 that You Might have Missed

Utah's Top 15 Monetary, Financial and Business News Nuggets from the First Half of June 2024 that You Might have Missed

In this writeup, you'll find info about 18 Utah-based firms and nine separate Utah-based executives.

Utah's Top 10 Monetary, Financial, and/or Business Stories of May 2024

Utah's Top 10 Monetary, Financial, and/or Business Stories of May 2024

In our opinion, these 10 stories represent Utah's Top 10 Newsmakers in May 2024 across the monetary / financial / business ecosystem.

NEWS BRIEF: A Global Leader in French Pastries and Breads Will Spend $220 Million to Build a New Manufacturing Plant in Brigham City, Utah

NEWS BRIEF: A Global Leader in French Pastries and Breads Will Spend $220 Million to Build a New Manufacturing Plant in Brigham City, Utah

Given the size of its Vineland, New Jersey and Canadian manufacturing facilities, I anticipate that Bridor's Utah plant will clock-in at somewhere between 150,000- to 200,000-square-feet when it opens in early 2026.

Utah Set a New Record of at Least $39.2 Billion in Equity Deals in 2023 vs. the Previous High of $31.2 Billion Set in 2021, the Latest "Deal Flow Report" Says

Utah Set a New Record of at Least $39.2 Billion in Equity Deals in 2023 vs. the Previous High of $31.2 Billion Set in 2021, the Latest "Deal Flow Report" Says

M&A activity in Utah in 2023 represented over 91.3% of ALL known equity transactions that occurred in the state last year.