Yowza — 94 Utah Companies Make the Inc. 5000 List for 2024, with 64 Repeat Honorees
Between them, these 94 Utah-based firms had a 230% median growth rate, while 64 of the 94 firms were repeat honorees.
NEWS BRIEF: Utah's Green Dot Bank is Fined $44.0 Million by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board
Citing "... unfair and deceptive acts and practices in violation of Section 5(a)(1) of the FTC Act..." and "... a faulty consumer compliance risk management program ..." (from 2017 through 2022), the Federal Reserve also issued what appears to be a comprehensive Consent Order against Green Dot
Utah's Top 19 Monetary, Financial and/or Business News Nuggets from the First Half of July 2024 that You Might have Missed
{AUTHOR'S NOTE: Clearly, not every news announcement deserves to be the top story of the day. Nevertheless, many news items are significant and should be acknowledged as such. So in this writeup, you'll find info about 27 Utah-based organizations and 14 separate executives that we feel
BREAKING NEWS: Salt Lake County and the "Wasatch Back" Will Receive a Combined Total of Over $34.3 Million In Federal Grant Monies to Replace Older Diesel Buses with Electric Buses
The U.S. Department of Transportation is granting a total of over $34.3 million to replace older diesel buses with new electric buses in both Salt Lake County and portions of Summit County, Utah (known locally as the "Wasatch Back.")
Specifically, the Federal Transit Administration of the
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,
ICYMI: L3Harris Technologies has Landed a Five-Year $999 Million Contract and Half of the Work will be Completed in Utah
Sometimes, an announcement doesn't hit our regular sources of information in a timely fashion. This is one of those times.
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