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THIS IS LARRY MANKIN FROM THE SALT LAKE CHAMBER WITH YOUR METRO BUSINESS REPORT.
The Hilton Salt Lake City Center is holding a Grand Re-Opening Event next week on Tuesday, January 22nd with lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call today to RSVP at 238-4812.
The Utah Microenterprise Loan Fund is holding an orientation on how small business entrepreneurs, especially those who are socially or economically disadvantaged, can obtain small business loans of up to $10,000. The orientation is Wednesday, January 16th, at 3 p.m. Call 269-8408 to register.
According to Spencer Eccles at the Wells Fargo Economic Forecast for 2002, the Real Gross Domestic Product in 2002 is expected to increase 1/4 to 1 percent. Implied in this modest annual-average gain are second-half quarterly increases reaching 3 to 4 percent.
Here’s an Olympic business fact: The Olympic Caldron is 117 feet long and weighs 40,000 pounds. The Caldron will burn Questar natural gas at up to 8,000,000 BTU per hour with a 24-foot flame.
The next Business After Hours is at Shula’s Steak House this Thursday, January 17th from 5 to 7 p.m. Angus Beef is also a sponsor of the evening and has brought Chuck Cooper, an expert ice carver, to entertain you while you network. Watch as Chuck uses a chainsaw, sander—even an iron, to sculpt a life-sized skier from several 300 pound blocks of ice. To register, call 328-5050 or see us on the web at saltlakechamber.org.
THIS IS LARRY MANKIN FOR KSL NEWSRADIO 1160.
