http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ The latest Salt Lake City and Utah business news, company, and financial news - Deseret News en-us Copyright 2013, Deseret News Publishing Company Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 MDT Fri, 24 May 2013 02:38:33 MDT Newspapers http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630438/Lack-of-aid-from-the-Fed-has-investors-worried.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630438/Lack-of-aid-from-the-Fed-has-investors-worried.html Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the U.S. economy sooner than many... ]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 20:49:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630437/US-new-home-sales-increasing.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630437/US-new-home-sales-increasing.html U.S. sales of new homes rose in April and nearly matched the fastest pace in five years, driving the median price to a record... ]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 20:47:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630436/Big-US-cities-growing.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630436/Big-US-cities-growing.html Urban renewal? New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year,... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580576/Kennecott-lays-off-roughly-100-workers-Thursday.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580576/Kennecott-lays-off-roughly-100-workers-Thursday.html Kennecott Utah Copper laid off an unspecified number of employees Thursday as a result of a massive landslide that crippled... ]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 16:05:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580537/Models-receiving-coveted-H-1B-visas.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865580537/Models-receiving-coveted-H-1B-visas.html Fashion models are included in the H-1B visa category, which is leaving fewer of these visas for the highly educated and... ]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 13:46:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630361/Median-CEO-pay-rises-to-97-million.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630361/Median-CEO-pay-rises-to-97-million.html The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 19:29:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630359/New-TV-show-will-feature-live-firings.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630359/New-TV-show-will-feature-live-firings.html This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 19:27:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630358/Boom-Town-Baby-African-stock-market-sees-sizable-gains.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630358/Boom-Town-Baby-African-stock-market-sees-sizable-gains.html The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu — East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 19:18:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630357/Stocks-fall-as-Fed-weighs-cutting-stimulus.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630357/Stocks-fall-as-Fed-weighs-cutting-stimulus.html The Federal Reserve took financial markets for a ride Wednesday, pushing stock prices up in the morning then sending them... ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 19:17:00 MDT http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630337/Obama-threatens-veto-of-Republican-student-loan-plan.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/765630337/Obama-threatens-veto-of-Republican-student-loan-plan.html President Barack Obama is threatening to veto House Republicans' student loan bill. ]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 14:10:00 MDT