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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Government Blog Posts
Bicyclists and traffic laws
October 27, 2009
Comments(16)As more bicyclists take to the streets in Indianapolis, is safety a greater concern?
MoreShould Indiana take Gates' money?
October 26, 2009
Comments(6)Indiana wants to apply for controversial funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to seek federal education grants.
MoreCutting corners on the I-69 extension
October 23, 2009
Comments(4)Gov. Mitch Daniels is raising eyebrows in the Evansville area for ramrodding a section of the Interstate 69 extension ahead
of schedule by a whopping three years.
MoreDrugs in our water
October 21, 2009
Comments(7)Researchers are finding a host of pharmaceutical residues in tributaries to the White River, from which Indianapolis and other
cities draw drinking water.
MoreAfraid to die
October 19, 2009
Comments(3)Fear of death may be causing Americans to expect too much from our medical system when it comes to prolonging the lives of
the old and infirm.
MoreAssessing the stimulus in Indiana
October 15, 2009
Comment(1)The preliminary numbers are out on the effect of the $787 billion federal stimulus on Indiana.
MoreFederal workers dodging layoffs
October 9, 2009
Comments(0)One of the best places to have waited out this recession was in federal government. Federal workers have pretty much gotten
a bye on pink slips at a time private sector employees have taken it on the chin.
MoreWhy Indy seems slow to ban smoking
October 6, 2009
Comments(25)If Indianapolis is considered a model on fronts ranging from downtown revitalization to fiscal responsibility, why is it so
late to ban smoking? George Geib, who has been observing Indianapolis as a Butler University historian for 45 years, thinks
the reluctance can be traced to immigration patterns.
MoreRolls-Royce and health care reform
October 5, 2009
Comments(2)Rolls-Royce, the British jet engine maker, isn't taking a position on health care reform, but let's drag them into it, anyway,
because Rolls-Royce's business model might interest the crowd advocating for reform via market forces.
MoreNoblesville sacks economic development director
October 2, 2009
Comments(2)Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear has fired the city's economic development director, Kevin Kelly, after Kelly had been on the job for about two years.
Assessing downtown cleanliness
September 9, 2009
Comments(4)Indianapolis' downtown has its strengths. But what are those smells?
MoreChrysler sticks it to Kokomo
August 21, 2009
Comments(0)Officials in Kokomo and Howard County are in a tough spot. The “new” Chrysler created after its bankruptcy sale to Fiat contends it‘s no longer on the hook for $12.9 million it owes various local taxing bodies this year and $12.3 million it will owe next year.
How â??bout that state fair!
August 7, 2009
Comments(9)Thereâ??s nothing quite like a state capital to blunt a crummy economy. Not only are legions of government
workers paid regardless of how the private sector performs, but capitals also have lots of small gold mines
â?? like state fairs.
In...
MoreQuestions about â??clunkersâ??
August 6, 2009
Comments(11)â??Cash for clunkersâ?? has sent lots of gas-guzzlers to the scrap yard and helped car dealers move the
metal.
But as Congress considers adding $2 billion to the initial $1 billion earmarked for the program, both the
political right and left...
MoreWishard's $754M request
July 13, 2009
Comments(50)The folks at Wishard Memorial Hospital have tough jobs. They care for the indigent, patch up more than their
share of gunshot wounds, and pay for most of it by billing government insurance programs, which arenâ??t
known
for lucrative reimbursements.
Ancient,...
MoreHigh court sides with business
June 29, 2009
Comments(3)Business has won two important cases in the U.S. Supreme Court in recent days.
Today, the court ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who claimed they had been unfairly
denied promotions due to their race....
MoreElementary smarts
June 24, 2009
Comments(4)Tony Bennett, the stateâ??s new education chief, has said children who canâ??t read or write before reaching
middle school years are all but doomed to struggle through the rest of their academic careers.
So, IBJ reporter J.K. Wall notes...
MoreGoldsmithâ??s latest venture
June 4, 2009
Comments(5)Former Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith, never one to let grass grow under his feet, has started a not-for-profit
with one-time presidential candidate Howard Dean to promote Goldsmithâ??s pet cause of public-private partnerships.
The Council of Project Finance Advisors aims...
MoreBargaining away the reserve
June 2, 2009
Comments(7)In his five-minute address last night, Mitch Daniels referred to other statesâ?? fiscal woes no fewer than
four times.
Daniels, who is so fiscally conservative that one wonders whether he darns his own socks, is rightfully proud
that his state hasnâ??t...
MoreDownsides to city sponsorships
May 29, 2009
Comments(4)As the city of Indianapolis continues to explore selling sponsorships to help bridge a yawning budget gap,
some interesting ideas are turning up.
As IBJ writer Riya V. Anandwala reports, proposals include sponsoring abandoned lots, underwriting the salting
of city...
MoreHealth care, Mayo Clinic style
May 18, 2009
Comment(1)Mention Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and Clarian Health in the same breath, and you have a front-page story,
which is just what reporter J.K. Wall wrote in this weekâ??s IBJ.
Clarian is moving ahead with plans to mimic the...
MoreReport: Life sciences rocks
May 13, 2009
Comments(0)Indiana University handed the stateâ??s life sciences industry a nice love letter today in the form of a
study.
Pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and health care supplies were responsible for nearly a fourth of all jobs
created in the state...
MoreRace in the corner office
May 8, 2009
Comments(3)Just when one hopes racial stereotypes are in retreat, along comes another study suggesting otherwise.
Now weâ??re told that black CEOs with â??baby facesâ?? fare better than black CEOs with more "mature"-looking
faces
when it comes to results at...
MoreFodder for special session
May 1, 2009
Comments(2)Charitably speaking, not much got done in the legislative session that ended Wednesday. Now Gov. Daniels plans
to call a special session to force passage of a budget, the only bodyâ??s only legal requirement.
Should anything else be put on the...
MoreThe â??fleeting expletivesâ?? decision
April 28, 2009
Comments(3)This morning, the Supreme Court said in another of its 5-4 decisions that the federal government has authority
to regulate occasional instances of profanity on broadcast television and radio, called â??fleeting expletives.â??
But the high court also ordered a...
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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.