Job fair for veterans set in Ogden the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 09:31PM MDT A job fair for veterans and military spouses is planned Tuesday in Ogden. It is one in a series of Hiring Our Heroes fairs, sponsored across the country by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. A number of Utah groups are also sponsors. Interested job seekers can register for free at hoh.greatjob.net. Walk-in job seekers are allowed, although veterans must provide proof of their service. The fair will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Ogden Marriott Hotel, 247 24th St., Ogden. Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Google to take Street View photos of Utah park by Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 09:31PM MDT Thanks to Google, you will be able to hike a trail along Deer Creek State Park in Wasatch County without having to leave your chair. On Monday, the California-based search engine company will photograph a series of 360-degree panoramic pictures of a trail in the Utah park for its Google Maps website, the first time it is filming an off-road stretch of Utah for its virtual map. “They have done parts of the Grand Canyon and a little bit of the Alaskan wilderness, but this will be the first time in... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Business news briefs staff And News Services Published May 9, 2013 05:52PM MDT Report: Microsoft interested in Nook Barnes & Noble shares skyrocketed after a report said Microsoft was offering $1 billion for the digital assets of the bookseller’s e-reader business. Investors cheered signs there might be a deal for the digital arm of Nook Media. The report appeared on the technology blog TechCrunch, which cited internal Microsoft documents. Record profit signals healthier Fannie Mae Fannie Mae said something Thursday that would have been unthinkable a few years ago: I... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

EnergySolutions takes another step toward private status the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 05:50PM MDT EnergySolutions, Inc. expects to see its stock delisted from the New York Stock Exchange on or about May 24, now that the Salt Lake City company’s merger with Energy Capital Partners II LLC has been approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Listed since 2007 as ES, the nuclear waste company already has received shareholder approval for the move to private hands, as well as the blessing of authorities in Utah and the other states where it has operations. The company owns and operates a... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Hackers take $45M in ATM card breach by Colleen Long The Associated Press Published May 9, 2013 05:48PM MDT New York • A gang of cyber-criminals stole $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then fanning out around the globe to drain cash machines, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch called it “a massive 21st-century bank heist” and compared its size to the Lufthansa heist in the late 1970s immortalized in the film “Goodfellas.” Lynch said the thieves had moved with astounding speed to loot financial institut... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Early-retirement plan may limit expected layoffs at Kennecott by Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 10:38AM MDT Unions representing workers at Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine agreed Wednesday on an optional early-retirement package that could cut the number of layoffs expected later this month by up to 275 employees. That’s the number of workers whose ages and years of service qualify them for the package, said Wayne Holland, chairman of the bargaining committee for four unions represented at the mine, where a massive landslide occurred last month. The package is patterned after a pension plan... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Utah Regents, IRS could settle over bond tax errors by Jennifer Napier-pearce The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 09:47AM MDT The State Board of Regents is considering a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service for some student loans bonds issued by the Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority (UHEAA). According to an IRS announcement, the Voluntary Closing Agreement Program allows bond issuers with tax violations such as UHEAA to settle with the IRS. Federal tax rules require that student loan bond issuers can’t have more than a 2 percent spread on bonds to recoup administrative costs. The IRS confirmed that “... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Markets slip below record levels as advance slows by Steve Rothwell The Associated Press Published May 9, 2013 09:12AM MDT NEW YORK • Markets closed lower Thursday as a powerful advance slowed down. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 22 points, to 15,082, a decline of 0.2 percent. The Dow had closed above 15,000 for the first time on Tuesday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost six points, to end at 1,626, a fall of 0.4 percent. It was the first loss for the S&P since May 1. The Nasdaq composite index was off four points, at 3,409, or 0.1 percent. Tesla Motors soared 24 percent after the electric car maker poste... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Retailers report modest gains for April by Anne D’innocenzio The Associated Press Published May 9, 2013 09:01AM MDT NEW YORK • Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they’re encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job market all fueled Americans’ shopping habits even as cold weather tempered their desire to buy spring fashions. Revenue at stores open at least a year — an industry measure of a store’s health because it excludes results from stores recently opened and closed — rose 4.7 percent in April compared wit... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Tesla Model S gets Consumer Reports’ top score by Tom Krisher The Associated Press Published May 9, 2013 08:58AM MDT DETROIT • The Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric car has tied an older Lexus for the highest score ever recorded in Consumer Reports magazine’s automotive testing. The Model S, which starts at $62,400 after a federal tax credit, scored 99 points on a scale of 100 in the magazine’s battery of tests. “It accelerates, handles and brakes like a sports car. It has the ride and quietness of a luxury car and is far more energy-efficient than the best hybrid cars,” Jake Fisher, the magazine’s director o... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Social media contributed to Disney’s ‘Day of the Dead’ trademark fail by Russell Contreras The Associated Press Published May 9, 2013 08:55AM MDT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. • When Lalo Alcaraz saw a tweet this week that Disney was seeking to trademark “Dia de los Muertos,” the name of the traditional “Day of the Dead” celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S., the Los Angeles-based cartoonist immediately pressed “retweet.” The humorist then sent out a series of satirical social media posts warning that Disney was out to trademark dead Latino relatives. He also created a cartoon, which quickly went viral, of a skeletal Godzilla-sized Mickey Mou... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

LDS Church sells Provo River tract to private equity fund by Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 07:39AM MDT A scenic tract of land on the upper Provo River owned by the LDS Church has been bought by a private equity fund that plans to turn the property into a high-end trout fishery and then sell it to another buyer. Sporting Ranch Capital Management bought the 204-acre property in Summit and Wasatch counties east of Park City in December from Property Reserve Inc., which manages real estate owned by the Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Terms of the deal ... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Redesign aims to ease work search on Utah’s jobs site by Scott Sherman The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 07:39AM MDT A decade ago, Utahns looking for work would file in to a Department of Workforce Services office and cluster around a cork board, scanning index cards advertising open positions. Today, that would mean 510,000 people swarming those boards in April alone. But thanks to jobs.utah.gov, the state’s online employment site, more people can view more job openings from anywhere — and now they can do so more efficiently, as well. Workforce Services has completed the first phase in a major overhaul of the... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Utah’s Fusion-io alters executive ranks by Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 8, 2013 10:12PM MDT Fusion-io, the Utah tech company that’s made a name for itself by developing products for a host of high-profile businesses but whose stock has not sustained much traction since its debut two years ago, is shaking up its executive landscape. Co-founders David Flynn and Rick White are stepping down as CEO and chief marketing director, respectively, but will both remain on the board of directors and advise the Cottonwood Heights-based company over the next year. Replacing Flynn as CEO will be high... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

State incentive helps Salt Lake City company add 73 jobs the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 8, 2013 09:28PM MDT Blu., Salt Lake City-based company that builds and operates natural gas fueling stations, said it will add 73 jobs in Utah as it expands production. Engineers, environmental control staff, safety technicians and contracting agents are among those the company will hire, company officials said.. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development board of directors approved a $463,536 incentive for Blu. to assist in its expansion, according to a press release. The incentive is the form of an Economic De... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Business news briefs staff And News Services Published May 8, 2013 06:48PM MDT Toyota profits bounce back A leaner Toyota Motor roared back to health in its fourth quarter as a weaker yen and brisk sales in North America tripled its net income from a year earlier. The results, Toyota’s strongest in five years, offered the latest evidence the automaker is shaking off the effects of some of the biggest crises of its 75-year history. Freddie Mac posts big 1Q profit Mortgage giant Freddie Mac earned $4.6 billion from January through March, helped by a stronger housing mar... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

From skeptic to oracle, 4 views on where stocks are headed next the Associated Press Published May 8, 2013 06:18PM MDT New York • The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time Tuesday and finished up nearly another 50 points on Wednesday. An improving outlook for the economy and record corporate earnings are persuading investors to buy stocks. Federal Reserve stimulus is also a big influence. The Dow has gained 15 percent this year. It has more than doubled since hitting a bottom at 6,547 on March 9, 2009 during the Great Recession. Broader indexes have gained, as well, here and abroad.... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Enron’s Skilling could see sentence cut 10 years by Juan A. Lozano The Associated Press Published May 8, 2013 06:14PM MDT Houston • Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the once mighty energy giant’s collapse could be reduced by as many as 10 years if a federal judge approves an agreement reached Wednesday between prosecutors and defense attorneys. Under the agreement, which Justice Department officials say includes a previous court-ordered reduction of as much as nine years, Skilling’s original sentence will be reduced to somewhere between 14 and 17.5 y... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Obama in a pinch to do more on jobs by Jim Kuhnhenn The Associated Press Published May 8, 2013 06:12PM MDT Washington • The nation’s slowly improving jobs picture hides problems such as stagnant wages and fewer working hours that strike directly at President Barack Obama’s base of support — young people, racial minorities and the less affluent. As the president launches a renewed focus on jobs, his traditional allies contend Obama has put too much of an emphasis on a deficit-cutting grand bargain with Republicans at the expense of creating jobs. New college graduates face a downbeat labor market. Th... Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Target tests Facebook-driven deals by Arias Case Likely Far From Over Even After Verdict Reuters Published May 8, 2013 02:04PM MDT Target is rolling out Cartwheel, a service that combines social networking and discounts, the latest attempt by a U.S. retailer to lure shoppers into its physical stores rather that seeing them buy from online rivals. Target said its new program relies on shoppers using their Facebook accounts. However, shoppers can only redeem the offers they choose in Target’s U.S. stores, not online. With Cartwheel, shoppers select the deals they want online and then bring a barcode - either on paper or on a ... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.