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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Autos Blog Posts
The plethora of car dealers
December 3, 2008
Comments(6)Open a local phone book or punch in a Google search on car dealers, and itâ??s immediately apparent Detroit
companies have many, many more dealers than their foreign competitors.
Chevrolet and Ford, for instance, each have more than a dozen dealers...
MoreIndiana-made vehicles unsafe?
November 25, 2008
Comment(1)More than half the cars, vans, pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles assembled in Indiana failed to make
the Insurance Institute for Highway Safetyâ??s latest list of safest vehicles.
Making the list are the Subaru Legacy and Tribeca, assembled in...
MoreBail out Detroit?
November 17, 2008
Comments(3)Two schools of thought are emerging over the proposed bailout of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.
One is that the auto industry is too big to fail. Itâ??s not just because of the manufacturing operations
and all the suppliers...
MoreThe future of Chrysler
October 22, 2008
Comments(3)The latest unnamed source to discuss the future of Chrysler raises the possibility of the company being sold
off in pieces.
This, after it became public that General Motors is interested in Chrysler to snag desperately needed cash.
Nissan...
MoreBailing out Detroit carmakers
September 10, 2008
Comments(4)Executives of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are optimistic about their chances of getting inexpensive federal
loans to help tide them through the credit crunch and sales downturn.
The discussions, which have come to light in recent weeks, have the execs...
MoreGreat mileage, bad wrecks
August 28, 2008
Comments(6)Small, fuel-efficient cars are in and big, thirsty vehicles are out. But as consumers try to save money
on gas, their odds of getting hurt increase, the Insurance Research Council warned today.
The Pennsylvania organization, which researches the property and casualty...
MoreHummer buyers are back
July 29, 2008
Comments(10)Gas prices have been up for quite a while now, so are buyers of the H2 Hummer, the king of sport-utility
vehicles, pulling back?
Not as much as one might think, says Corey Lockhart, Hummer general manager at Lockhart Hummer in...
MoreBeware of buying 'flood' cars
July 18, 2008
Comment(1)More than a month has passed since the June 7 floods inundated much of southern Indiana, plenty of time
for unsuspecting consumers to buy once-soggy vehicles.
The flooding was a drop in the bucket compared to what hit New Orleans and...
MoreMichigan's pain, Indiana's gain
July 2, 2008
Comments(2)Detroit keeps turning out bad news, what with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler losing market share and Volkswagenâ??s
announcement last fall that it would abandon the city and move its U.S. headquarters to Virginia.
Now Volkswagen is days away from unveiling...
MoreExpert: 75 mph might be safe
June 24, 2008
Comments(8)A Purdue University civil engineering professor made news this week by rolling out a study showing the new
70 mph speed limit on rural interstates in Indiana caused virtually no increase in fatalities or injuries.
The study was prompted by the...
MoreEtiquette for high gas prices
June 2, 2008
Comments(10)It seems like more people are driving below the speed limit now that gas has become expensive.
Particularly on interstates, it isnâ??t uncommon to come upon congestion only to realize that somebody, for
no apparent reason, is puttering along and holding...
MoreGas edges past $4 in N. Indiana
May 14, 2008
Comments(2)Gas is over $4 in northwest Indiana, according to http://www.indianagasprices.com/.
In some places, itâ??s up to $4.09.
How long until it hits $4 in the Indianapolis area, and how high will it go?
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...
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...
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...
MoreCheaper Beemers?
March 10, 2008
Comments(4)BMW said today it will expand its plant in Spartanburg, S.C., to make the X3 and X5 sport-utility vehicles.
Another model destined for the plant is the X6 coupe.
The cost of imports has risen as the value of the...
MoreDid court split the baby?
February 29, 2008
Comments(0)If your friend or relative is hurt in a car accident, but you werenâ??t involved in the accident, is an
insurance company obligated to pay you damages for emotional distress?
Until this week, the answer was yes.
The Indiana Supreme Court More
Lucy, footballs and General Motors
February 6, 2008
Comment(1)For a long time, General Motors has told us its newest model would drive back the Germans, Japanese and
more lately the Koreans.
Those who believed, of course, must feel like Charlie Brown after Lucy yanks away the football.
Now GM is getting...
MoreBud Wolf Chevrolet a goner
January 16, 2008
Comments(11)The Wolf family has thrown in the towel on its Chevrolet dealership at 5350 N. Keystone Ave.
One of the owners, Andy Wolf, says the closing was forced because property tax increases shocked customers
into pulling back from spending. Another reason...
MoreToyota's quality problems
January 11, 2008
Comments(2)The luster on Toyotaâ??s reputation for putting out highly reliable vehicles is beginning to tarnish.
The Japanese carmaker is taking it on the chin for a series of quality issues, and the Tundra full-size
pickup truck made near Evansville is causing...
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Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.