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Weber County Fast Food Franchise - Price Reduction 04/23/08
Price reduced to $209,000 with $92,000 in cash flow.
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Retail Cell Phone Store - Price Reduction 04/21/08
$87,832 in Cash flow, Now asking just 100k, super value!
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Commercial Printer - New Listing 04/21/08
Salt Lake City Based, $131,000 in Cash Flow and growing.
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Flower Delivery Business - Updated Listing 04/18/08
Over $67,000 in cash flow, asking just $135,000.
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Davis County Tanning - Price Change 04/18/08
Price Reduced to $74,900 with 12 beds, $60,000 in cash flow, Great Buy!
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Chiropractic Practice - New Posting 04/18/08
Fifteen year established practice.
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Utah Valley Preschool - Price Reduction 04/16/08
Price reduced to 100k with just 60k down.
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Retail Cellular Phone Store - Price Reduction 04/16/08
Just $90,000 down, great cash flow.
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Salt Lake County Full Service Auto Repair - Price Reduction 04/14/08
Cash Flow of $136,699, just 100k Down
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Southern Utah Car Wash - New Posting 04/14/08
$118,952 in Cash Flow, absentee.
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Statewide Floral Gift Franchise - New Posting 04/14/08
$286,000 in existing sales, statewide territory as yet untapped.
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Salt Lake Laundromat - New Posting 04/11/08
$150,000 in Equipment with $51,000 in Cash Flow.
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Western Region RV Dealership - Updated Financials 04/09/08
$730,000.00 in Cash Flows, One of the top companies in the West.
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Restaurant Equipment Distributor - Price Reduction 04/09/08
Well known name, long history, established customers, Good Cash flows. Price Reduced to 200k.
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Southern Utah C-Store and Restaurant - New Posting 04/09/08
8 Pumps, Restaurant, 200k+ in cash flow.
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East Side Day Spa and Salon - New Posting 04/07/08
Asking Just $150,000, great location, lots of inventory.
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Dry Cleaner Chain - New Posting 04/07/08
Several locations including a dry cleaning plant, $446,000 in sales.
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Franchise Restaurant - New Posting 04/04/08
Asking just $140,000, established franchise, good cash flow.
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Hogi Yogi/Terriyaki Stix - Price Reduction 04/04/08
Price reduced to just $80,000.00, great value.
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Southern Utah Drive-in and Restaurant - New Posting 04/02/08
Well known stop, long history, asking $159,000.00
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Specialty Cake Store - New Posting 03/31/08
Specializing in cakes for all occasions, weddings, birthdays, anniversaries
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Wholesale Flower Business - New Posting 03/28/08
$106,000 in cash flow, seller financing available.
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Truck, Trailer and Outdoor Products Distributor - New Listing 03/27/08
$93,000 in cash flow, great market.
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Utah County Auto Lube - Price Reduction 03/27/08
Price reduced to $82,000 with $312,000 in annual sales.
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Weber County Fast Food - New Posting 03/26/08
Multiple Locations, Asking just $250,000
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Salt Lake County Deli - New Posting 03/26/08
$68,000 in cash flow, franchise fast food.
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Southern Utah Luxury Equipment Dealer - New Posting 03/24/08
Asking $145,000, Growing market.
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Specialty Beverage Distributor - New Posting 03/21/08
Established Utah beverage distributor, $54,000 in cash flow
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Retail Lingerie - New Posting 03/20/08
Clean popular store, asking just $120,000.00
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Restaurant Chain - New Posting 03/19/08
Many locations, 3 million in sales.
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Salt Lake County Salon and Day Spa - New Posting 03/18/08
$111,000 in cash flow, fantastic salon!
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Gourmet Italian Restaurant - Updated Financials 03/18/08
Award winning restaurant, 2007 cash flows of 103,000.00.
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Salt Lake County Franchise Pizza - Price Reduction 03/14/08
Price reduced to $102,000, with just $75,000 down.
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Salt Lake Nutrition Center - Updated Financials 03/12/08
Cash Flows $40,347.00, Asking $79,950.00, Super Value.
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Small Business Headline News - Real-time news of interest to the small business owner or others looking to own or operate a small business.
 
Fed lowers rates, hints cuts may be at end
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve lowered a key U.S. interest rate by a modest quarter percentage point on Wednesday and hinted the move could be the last in a series dating to mid-September.
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Growth surprises but consumers stressed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A buildup in inventories kept the U.S. economy afloat in the first quarter despite the weakest consumer spending since 2001 and reduced business investment, a government report on Wednesday showed.
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Short-lived Fed gains fizzle on Wall Street
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks gave up gains on Wednesday following the Federal Reserve's widely anticipated quarter percentage point rate cut.
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GM posts $3 billion loss
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp posted a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss on Wednesday as sales gains in Asia and Latin America overshadowed a slump in the U.S. market, sending its shares up 13 percent.
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SEC brings civil charges against ex-Monster execs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators filed civil charges against two former executives at employment listings website Monster Worldwide Inc on Wednesday for allegedly engaging in fraudulent stock options backdating, according to court documents.
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Stocks rise ahead of Fed rate decision
Posted: 8:04 AM- NEW YORK - The stock market rose Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates and its assessment of the economy.
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Economy grows by only 0.6 percent in first quarter
Posted: 7:52 AM- WASHINGTON - The bruised economy limped through the first quarter, growing by only 0.6 percent as housing and credit problems forced people and businesses alike to hunker down.
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Interest rates may hit bottom
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is widely expected today to call a halt to its eight-month series of interest rate cuts after announcing a final trim, likely a quarter-point.
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Health plan would aid small business
The Salt Lake Chamber, which has singled out health care reform as its top public policy priority, is rolling out its first health plan for small-business members who are skipping insurance for their employees because they can't afford it.
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Aloha cargo division shuts down
HONOLULU - Aloha Airlines has shut down its cargo division because its primary lender decided not to provide further financing.     Aloha carries 85 percent of the state's interisland air cargo, including all mail to and from Maui and the Big Island.
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With eye on inflation, Fed lowers rates again
The Federal Reserve has cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point, a smaller move than the aggressive easing it undertook earlier this year.
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Stocks give up gains, turn mixed, after Fed cut
Wall Street gave up sharp gains Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point but left investors in the dark about the central bank?s next move.
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Economy grew by 0.6 percent in first quarter
The bruised economy limped through the first quarter, growing at just a 0.6 percent pace as housing and credit problems forced people and businesses alike to hunker down.
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Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday slammed
A gas tax holiday proposed by U.S. presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton is viewed as a bad idea by many economists.
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GM lost $3.3 billion in the first quarter
General Motors Corp. struggled to a $3.3 billion first-quarter loss, due in part to a weak U.S. market, a strike at a major supplier and plummeting sales of sport utility vehicles and pickups.
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10 Tips: Avoid time-share nightmares
Time-share purchases are becoming increasingly popular ? sales of these vacation deals t0pped $10 billion last year. These tips can help you avoid getting trapped in a time-share nightmare.
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Oil prices fall after Fed cuts key interest rate
Oil prices fell Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and a government report said U.S. fuel supplies unexpectedly fell last week.
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Swiss bank UBS to cut 8,000 jobs: report (AFP)
AFP - Swiss banking giant UBS on Monday declined comment on a report which claimed that the group, currently the worst-hit financial institution by the subprime home loan crisis, would cut 8,000 jobs.
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Fed cuts rates again, hints at pause
The Federal Reserve has cut its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, but the central bank's statement signaled it may be the last rate cut for at least a while, CNNMoney.com reports. It is the seventh cut since September, and it comes as the Fed is trying to balance between fears of recession and inflation.
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What a Fed rate cut could mean to you
The Federal Reserve will decide today whether to continue cutting interest rates. Here's how it will (or won't) affect your wallet.
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Facing reality at GM
Truly determined optimists purported to divine good news amidst the wreckage of General Motors' $3.25 billion first-quarter loss. To be sure, the financial results were better than some had expected, GM made money everywhere except in North America, and the automaker is doing better controlling its costs.
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Stocks surge after Fed rate cut
Stocks rallied Wednesday afternoon, with the Dow briefly crossing 13,000 after the Federal Reserve cut a key short-term interest rate by a quarter-percentage point, as expected, and signaled it may soon pause its rate-cutting campaign.
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Read the Fed's statement
This statement was posted on the Federal Reserve Web site on April 30, 2008.
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Recession question misses the point
The lesson from Wednesday's economic numbers is that even a mild slowdown can inflict plenty of damage on workers.
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Arm yourself to win
In this economic dip, the lessons found in Jim Champy's new book, Outsmart! ($22.99), should prove particularly apt for any business owner looking to grow. The management consultant who co-authored the bestselling Reengineering the Corporation, Champy introduces us to entrepreneurs who thrive amid chaos by outsmarting and outpacing their competitors. Here are a few of their stories.
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Oil falls $2 after Fed announcement
Oil fell sharply Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it would lower interest rates by 1/4 of a percentage point. Earlier in the day, oil prices eased following a report that showed supplies of crude increased more than expected last week.
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Economy: It could have been a lot worse
It looks like we'll have to wait another few months to see if the economy is actually going to decline or just continue to muddle along with practically no growth.
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