Top 12 Financial and Business News Nuggets from the Second Half of May 2024 that You Might have Missed
{NOTE: This writeup includes news about 12 Utah-based firms and five executives.}
ANALYSIS/OPINION: I Suspect BYU'S Kevin Young is Likely to Become Its Most Transformative Head Coach Ever. Here's Why.
In less than two weeks in April 2024, Kevin Young went from being the most likely next head coach in the NBA to being named the new Head Coach of Men's Basketball at Brigham Young University, as its former HC, Mark Pope, bolted the environs of the Marriott
NEWS BRIEF: With a Combined Construction Budget of Nearly One-Quarter of a Billion Dollars, the UofU has Broken Ground on Two New Buildings
In total, the University of Utah will spend a combined $244 million to bring over 310,000-square-feet of instructional, administrative, and collaborative space on campus with these two new buildings.
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.
Hurricane, Utah-based Utah Prep Lands the No. 1 Boys Basketball Prospect in America
AJ Dybansta, the consensus No. 1 boys basketball player in America, has decided to play his final season at Utah Prep in Hurricane, Utah.
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.
Utah's Top 19 Financial and Business News Nuggets from the First Half of May 2024 that You Might have Missed
NOTE: This writeup includes news about 20 Utah-based firms, 18 separate executives, and the death of one former public official.