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Purple Mattress closing 2 Utah manufacturing plants; about 220 to lose jobs

09/03/2024 10:32pm
Utah-based mattress company Purple Innovation is shuttering its two manufacturing plants in Salt Lake City and Grantsville. An estimated 220 employees will lose their jobs.

Strong winds, scattered storms contribute to fire danger in northern Utah

09/03/2024 10:26pm
Salt Lake City — Ksl TV's meteorologist team said a round of scattered thunderstorms were expected across northern and

Krispy Kreme celebrates 65th anniversary of Barbie with new doughnut collection

09/03/2024 8:01pm
Krispy Kreme is making an iconic flavor statement – literally – to celebrate the Barbie brand's 65th anniversary: four new doughnuts featuring designs and flavors inspired by Barbie.

US pharmacy chain Rite Aid to operate as a private company as it emerges from bankruptcy

09/03/2024 1:44pm
Rite Aid will operate as a private company after it successfully completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the U.S. drugstore chain said on Tuesday.

'He was a collector of people; he loved people so much'

09/03/2024 1:18pm
Gary Neeleman, a prolific journalist and grandfather to NFL quarterback Isaac Wilson, died last week at the age of 90.

Utah strikes deal with mineral company in 'major milestone' for Great Salt Lake

09/03/2024 12:01pm
The Great Salt Lake is slated to receive a major boost from one of the key industries that rely on it for business.

AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient

09/03/2024 11:46am
The experience at Alorica — and at other companies, including furniture retailer IKEA — suggests that AI may not prove to be the job killer that many people fear.

Costco's first membership price hike in 7 years just went into effect

09/03/2024 9:43am
Costco customers are now paying more for their annual memberships for the first time since 2017.

US will still pay at least twice as much after negotiating drug prices

09/03/2024 9:27am
The U.S. government's first-ever negotiated prices for prescription drugs are still on average more than double, and in some cases five times, what drugmakers have agreed to in four other high-income countries, a Reuters review has found.

Boeing's next big problem could be a strike by 32K workers

09/03/2024 8:48am
Boeing has experienced all manner of bad news in the last six years and almost nothing but problems. Later this month, it could add a strike by 32,000 workers to its list of woes.

Former Volkswagen boss goes on trial over diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests

09/03/2024 7:24am
Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn has gone on trial on charges of fraud and market manipulation. It comes nine years after U.S. environmental authorities discovered Volkswagen's use of rigged software that caused vehicles to cheat on emissions tests.