Utah Business NewsNews and Information on Business in UtahFriday Technology Breakfast Focuses on Technology Transfer- March 24, 2004 Technology Transfer: Bridging Research and Industry is the topic for the next technologybreakfast meeting. It will be held on Friday, March 26th from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. at the Alta Club in Salt Lake City. Utah is a national leader in technology commercialization for economic development. Directors from technology transfer offices at Utah's research universities will explain the role they have in creating high tech jobs and spin-out companies that grow our state's economy. Attendees will...http://lin1.state.ut.us/mt-static/ub/archives/000308.html DWS Publishes Newest Edition of Trendlines- March 22, 2004 The construction of new housing, and its relationship to mortgage interest rates, is the focus of an article in the latest issue TrendLines Magazine, published by the Department of Workforce Services (DWS). DWS Regional Economist, Lecia Langston shows in her article (titled "The Mortgage Rate and Home Building Dance") why construction of new homes in Utah boomed prior to the latest recession, and what factors besides low interest rates were driving it. "Believe it or not, factors other than..http://lin1.state.ut.us/mt-static/ub/archives/000298.html |