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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Recent Blog Posts
The big day is here
May 6, 2008
Comments(8)Weâ??ve experienced, or maybe endured, one of most intense campaign seasons in memory here in Indiana.
Perhaps you were one of the people who pollsters and news organization kept saying would turn this primary
election, the undecideds.
If you voted in the...
MoreEx-food chief: Crops for fuel is OK
May 5, 2008
Comments(3)In his five years as executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, Jim Morris saw global
hunger from an uncomfortably close vantage point.
So, one might expect him to criticize the idea of turning corn and soybeans into alternative...
MoreStarbucks, piercings and Band-Aids
May 1, 2008
Comments(11)Some local Starbucks workers are looking like they tangle with cats.
Theyâ??ve taken to putting bandages over piercings to meet the letter of Starbucksâ?? dress code, which minimizes
the number of earrings and other piercings visible to customers.
Band-Aids beat the hassle...
MoreBoone incomes edging Hamilton
April 30, 2008
Comments(6)Hamilton County is where the wealth is, followed by Boone County, right?
Not necessarily, anymore.
The average person in Boone County now makes more money than the average person next door in Hamilton County.
In an upcoming column in IBJ, Morton Marcus, who...
MoreRejecting Obama's home state?
April 28, 2008
Comments(8)Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown suggested over the weekend that Barack Obama might fare better with
Indiana voters if Obama werenâ??t from Illinois.
Indiana folks think of Illinois â??as the land of hoods and thugs,â?? Brown said. Illinois people...
MoreThe sum of IU and Purdue
April 25, 2008
Comments(0)It wasnâ??t so long ago that the thought of Indiana and Purdue universitiesâ?? doing anything of consequence
together was a nonstarter.
Then they began working on economic development together, and later life science projects.
But the person who dreamed up Indianaâ??s first...
MoreThe next Fortune 500 companies
April 23, 2008
Comments(3)Conseco has dropped off the Fortune 500, leaving WellPoint, Lilly, Cummins and NiSource as the only Indiana companies remaining. Several Indiana firms are closing in on the elite list, though. One is Steel Dynamics, the Fort Wayne company that recycles scrap metal....
Charging employees to smoke
April 22, 2008
Comments(5)Whirlpool is struggling with its employees in Evansville as it tries to keep a lid on escalating health
care costs.
The company says it has caught a few dozen of them smoking. That wouldnâ??t be a problem had the...
MoreThe merits of earthquake coverage
April 18, 2008
Comments(9)Everyone has a story to tell today about this morningâ??s earthquake, which came from West Salem, Ill., and
measured 5.4 on the Richter scale. People were awakened. Things moved.
This quake was a piker compared to the devastation the...
MoreIs Lechleiter the fall guy?
April 17, 2008
Comment(1)CALPERS, the big pension fund, doesnâ??t want Eli Lilly and Co.â??s new CEO, John Lechleiter, to be voted
onto
the board at Lillyâ??s annual meeting on Monday.
Lechleiter was a high-level player within Lilly in recent years while the...
MoreDebating the toll road lease
April 16, 2008
Comments(6)As expected, Jim Schellinger and Jill Long Thompson are making Gov. Mitch Danielsâ?? lease of the Indiana
Toll
Road an issue in their campaign for the Democratic nomination to face him in November.
Both Democratic candidates have said they oppose his...
MoreWill Delta, NW merger help you?
April 15, 2008
Comments(2)Analysts say the Delta-Northwest merger is good for the companies and the profit-starved industry.
That means ticket prices probably will climb.
Both airlines serve Indianapolis. What do you think the merger will mean for local travelers?...
MoreIs Obama an 'elitist?'
April 14, 2008
Comments(10)Barack Obamaâ??s poll numbers are in freefall in Pennsylvania following his comments about â??bitterâ?? small-town
folks turning to guns and religion to cope with losing manufacturing jobs.
A poll in that state conducted late last week and Sunday� shows him down 20...
MoreMisery all around with gas prices
April 14, 2008
Comment(1)Rising gas prices keeps making news.
Independent truckers complain that expensive diesel fuel could force them out of business.
The Recreational Vehicle Industry Association says gas prices and economic uncertainty are hurting sales. RV
sales were off nearly 10 percent...
MoreThompson's plan for poor counties
April 10, 2008
Comment(1)One piece of Jill Long Thompsonâ??s economic development platform calls for the stateâ??s offering greater
incentives
in counties with lower incomes and other measures of well-being.
Under her tier system, the less affluent the county, the greater the incentives available to...
MoreWill Fresh & Easy make it here?
April 10, 2008
Comments(6)Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market, the grocery chain owned by U.K.-based retailing giant Tesco, has put
the brakes on the U.S. invasion it launched on the West Coast last year, but still claims it has designs
on plastering the U.S....
MoreComparing Chris White, Hilbert
April 8, 2008
Comments(8)Reaction to retail developer Chris Whiteâ??s downfall is sounding a lot like when Steve Hilbert was forced
out of Conseco Inc. eight years ago.
Hilbert made himself the talk of the town by taking tens of millions of dollars in salary...
MoreOdd behavior at Old National
April 8, 2008
Comments(2)Lots of big news is swirling in banking circles these days, including what might become of financially challenged
National City Bank.
But a small piece of unusual news that unfolded yesterday is generating about as much talk locally.
Old National...
MoreIs IDEM trying to do too much?
April 7, 2008
Comments(0)Environmental groups are charging that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management is putting a higher
priority on jobs and economic development than its fundamental mission of protecting human health and the
environment.
The Post-Tribune in Merrillville reported over the weekend that...
MoreTrucks and broken windshields
April 4, 2008
Comments(5)Who among us hasnâ??t followed a truck only to watch a rock zing off our windshield. Then you notice a
sign
on the back of the truck saying the likes of â??Stay back 500 feet. Not responsible for broken windshields.â??
The...
MoreAbout that other airline
April 4, 2008
Comment(1)As postmortems fly on ATAâ??s second, and final, nosedive into bankruptcy, another Indianapolis airline is
doing
a lot better and getting hardly any attention.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. isnâ??t a household name because it quietly flies regional routes on...
MoreWould you miss ATA?
April 3, 2008
Comments(10)Barring a small miracle, ATA Airlines is dead, now that itâ??s lost a major military contract.
The carrier was headquartered in Indianapolis until it moved to the Atlanta area late last year.
How big a blow would ATAâ??s demise be...
MoreWhere are you from?
April 2, 2008
Comments(4)The terms we use to describe local geography are changing.
â??Central Indianaâ?? is cropping up more often for television stations, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
and
other organizations that extend well outside of Indianapolis. The term can sweep in as much as...
MoreJudge this elevator speech
April 1, 2008
Comments(3)Results are in for Purdue Universityâ??s second annual Elevator Pitch Competition, and a transcript of the
winning
pitch for the graduate-level division is below.
Bob Caswell spit this out in less than two minutes, less time than the ride to the...
MoreFull circle on panhandlers
March 31, 2008
Comments(6)Does the political party of Indianapolis mayors influence how they deal with panhandlers, or is it just coincidence?
Steve Goldsmith, a Republican, used the police to crack down on panhandlers, pushing many of them out of
downtown.
In his eight years, Bart...
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See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.
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While I understand the severity of their actions as well as everyones eagerness to hold them responsible for thier lost funds, these gentlemen did know how to make money. Dispite thier poor decisions over the ownership of Fair they had made several wise investments which paid them greatly. This proves they do have the potential to rebuild so they can repay. I do not feel they should live the life of luxuary but given an opportunity could they find ways of repaying the debts? They are doing nothing now but being a burden on tax payers. Just a thought!!!!!
You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.