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Five Years After Opening a $286 Million Plant in Eagle Mountain, Utah, Tyson Foods is Shutting it Down and Eliminating 723 Utah Jobs in the Process

Five Years After Opening a $286 Million Plant in Eagle Mountain, Utah, Tyson Foods is Shutting it Down and Eliminating 723 Utah Jobs in the Process

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Five years after beginning production at an over $285 million meat-packaging plant in Eagle Mountain, Tyson Foods will permanently close the facility, eliminating 723 Utah jobs. ✅ Tyson opened the 600,000-square-foot facility in August 2021 as a highly automated “case-ready” meat plant, one Food

Ogden, Utah-Based Highland Partners Makes Its Largest Acquisition Yet with $119 Million Purchase of a Chicago Apartment Tower

Ogden, Utah-Based Highland Partners Makes Its Largest Acquisition Yet with $119 Million Purchase of a Chicago Apartment Tower

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ✅ Ogden, Utah-based Highland Partners has acquired the 298-unit Exhibit on Superior apartment tower in downtown Chicago for $119 million, marking the largest acquisition in the firm’s history. ✅ The purchase price equates to approximately $399,000 per apartment and gives Highland a 34-story luxury residential

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

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.