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David Politis

David makes the complex understandable, sees previously unseen connections, and delivers valuable data as either bite-sized insights or comprehensive, deep-dive information and analysis.

Utah’s Ultradent Agrees to Be Acquired for $900 Million by Mitsui Chemicals, with a Global Dental Products HQ to be Established in South Jordan, Utah

Utah’s Ultradent Agrees to Be Acquired for $900 Million by Mitsui Chemicals, with a Global Dental Products HQ to be Established in South Jordan, Utah

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Ultradent Products, Inc. (the 50-year-old South Jordan, Utah-based dental-products company), has agreed to be acquired by Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. in a transaction valued at $900 million. ✅ Mitsui Chemicals also registered MC Dental Holdings America, Inc. this week in Utah, the name of the new

In Under 12 Months, Zions Bancorporation Has Raised $1.0 Billion in Senior Notes, with Another $500 Million Expected to Settle Friday

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Salt Lake City-based Zions Bancorporation has priced its third $500 million senior-note offering since August 2025, bringing the combined principal amount of the three transactions to $1.5 billion. ✅ Across all three offerings, Zions identified the repayment or reduction of short-term borrowings as a principal

NEWS BRIEF: Utah "Wins" Best State in America for 4th Year in a Row, a New Record from U.S. News & World Report

NEWS BRIEF: Utah "Wins" Best State in America for 4th Year in a Row, a New Record from U.S. News & World Report

It is one thing to "win" anything, to come in first place, to be named the best. But achieving the same feat four times ... let alone 4x in a row?!?!?! Nah, that rarely, rarely happens, in any field, in any endeavor. But, as just announced by none other

Domo, Chapter 1: Utah’s Domo Agrees to Sell Substantially All of Its Operating Assets to Progress Software for $400 Million

Domo, Chapter 1: Utah’s Domo Agrees to Sell Substantially All of Its Operating Assets to Progress Software for $400 Million

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Utah-based Domo has agreed to sell substantially all of its operating assets and transfer its employees to Progress Software for approximately $400 million in cash. ✅ If the deal is approved and consummated, Domo will survive under a new name and stock ticker, retaining an estimated $246 million

Utah-based AI-FinTech, Databento, has Landed a $97 Million Series B Funding to Build-out its Global Market-data Infrastructure

Utah-based AI-FinTech, Databento, has Landed a $97 Million Series B Funding to Build-out its Global Market-data Infrastructure

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ✅ New Enterprise Associates led the $97 million in Series B financing for Salt Lake City-based Databento, with participation from DRW Venture Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Tribe Capital, and other investors; ✅ The AI-FinTech data company says it reached profitability with only 24 employees, increased revenue to 6.65

NEWS OF NOTE No. 4 — Over $105 Million in Utah-Linked Public-Land Funding, Credit Capacity, Venture Deployment, Share-Exchange Activity and Defense-Tech Contracting, Plus Three Acquisition Stories

NEWS OF NOTE No. 4 — Over $105 Million in Utah-Linked Public-Land Funding, Credit Capacity, Venture Deployment, Share-Exchange Activity and Defense-Tech Contracting, Plus Three Acquisition Stories

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ✅ Salt Lake City, Utah-based PACS Group, Inc. plans to acquire operations tied to 34 skilled nursing facilities from Eduro Healthcare, while Salt Lake City-based Packsize has agreed to acquire the packaging business of Italy-based Panotec; ✅ Utah counties and local governments are slated to receive $53.

What Fervo Energy’s First Results Post-IPO Actually Tell us about Utah's Energy Ecosystem

What Fervo Energy’s First Results Post-IPO Actually Tell us about Utah's Energy Ecosystem

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: ✅ Although Fervo Energy only reported $61,000 of first-quarter revenue, the larger Utah story includes — $2.2 billion of IPO proceeds, — $421.4 million of new project financing, and — Roughly $1.2 billion of expected near-term CapEx tied largely to its Utah-based Cape Station project.