Micron Layoffs Bad for Boise, Idaho But NOT for Lehi, Utah

Posted on February 23rd, 2009 by David Politis

Workers at the IM Flash Technologies facilities in Lehi, Utah will apparently keep their jobs in spite of an announcement earlier today by its parent company, Micron Technology, to lay-off up to 2,000 employees.
Citing dropping demands for its 200 millimeter (mm) Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) products, Micron (NYSE: MU) today announced at 3:40 p.m. (MST) that it [...]

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Raser Technologies Named One of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World by Fast Company Magazine

Posted on February 11th, 2009 by David Politis
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Fast Company magazine has selected Raser Technologies (NYSE: RZ) as one of the 50 most innovative companies in the world.
Provo, Utah-based Raser was named as the 50th company on the Fast Company list of notable firms worldwide, a list that includes such corporate heavyweights as

Google (#2),
Apple (4),
Cisco Systems (5),
Intel (6) and
Amazon (9),

just to name a few. (And [...]

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