Aspen Books Outsources Distribution in Restructuring

Aspen Books and Goldleaf Press, the LDS publishers owned by LDS investing guru Wade Cook, will now be distributed by an outside company as part of a major restructuring. Under the changes, books published by the two publishers, will now be distributed by Brigham City, Utah-based Brigham Distributing, owned by a former employee, instead of by in house distributor Origin Book Sales.

Huntsmans Received 2001 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Jon and Karen Huntsman, two of the world's leading philanthropists, have been named this year's recipients of the 2001 National Ernst &Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award for Principle-Centered Leadership, presented by the Franklin Covey Co. A survivor of both mouth and prostate cancer, Jon Huntsman is personally committed to finding a cure for cancer and relieving the suffering it causes. After 25 years at the helm of a global chemical company, Huntsman established the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah with $100 million. Last year, he and his family donated another $125 million to help construct the Clinical Research Hospital adjacent to the institute's research facility. Today, the institute conducts cutting-edge cancer research, houses the largest genetic database in the world, and takes a unique team approach that could yield some of the most important scientific discoveries of our time.

MSI: Six More Companies Join Mormon Stock Index, Hits $200 Billion Market Cap

Another six companies were added to the Mormon Stock Index this week as the index continued to get attention from a Salt Lake Tribune article that mentioned the index. The index now includes 43 companies and represents $200 billion in market capitalization. In addition, the index jumped up 3.25%, beating the Dow Jones Industrials, the NYSE and the S&P, but falling behind the NASDAQ, which rose 4.7%.

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