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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Manufacturing Blog Posts
The root of Indiana's myriad problems
November 22, 2010
Comments(37)Longtime economist Morton Marcus says the objective truth is that Indiana is in decline. He also insists the solution is a
change in the culture, not just job creation.
MoreDid Lilly get preferential treatment on a disputable billboard ad?
November 4, 2010
Comments(6)Billboard companies spiked the cancer ad. But Citizens Gas or WellPoint might have gotten a different result.
MoreIndiana bombs in rankings of 'new economy' states
August 25, 2010
Comments(8)State has a dire future if Business Facilities' latest lists are any indication.
MoreDo manufacturers ever get to rest? (No.)
August 23, 2010
Comments(0)Manufacturers continue to wring more from less. But have the gains been worth the human cost?
MoreHyundai hole in Indiana
August 9, 2010
Comments(4)The rising Korean industrial giant is building another plant in the U.S., but not in Indiana.
MoreAn ode to utility workers
July 13, 2010
Comment(1)They're some of the most stable people in the state, a new study shows.
MoreIs alternative energy sustainable in Indiana?
July 7, 2010
Comments(4)An economic development observer questions what will happen after the feds turn off the tap.
MoreRecession poster child bouncing back
June 9, 2010
Comments(2)The Elkhart area—used as a backdrop three times by Barack Obama to talk up his economic policies—is making a comeback.
MoreIndiana's place in a globalized economy
April 20, 2010
Comments(0)How will the state stand up against booming—and highly innovative—emerging nations?
MoreAnother sign of economic spring
April 15, 2010
Comment(1)Temp workers are coming back. But are they respected?
MoreCarbon Motors, the anti carmaker
April 6, 2010
Comments(3)The upstart cop car manufacturer is doing lots of things differently, including the way they track your car.
MoreWhat universities can learn from a steel mill
March 12, 2010
Comments(0)Steel Dynamics is highly competitive partly because employees are compensated on how much money they save. Should Purdue and
other universities take notice?
MoreLight in the gloom
February 12, 2010
Comment(1)More industrial construction is going on in Indiana than in any nearby state.
MoreEducation by statistics
February 10, 2010
Comments(4)Inconceivable as it might sound, will the increasing focus on academic performance in public schools give private schools
a run for their money? It wouldn't be the first time statistics upset an apple cart.
MoreToo much, too soon in Elkhart?
January 6, 2010
Comments(2)Embattled workers might lose motivation to go back to school, thus putting them in an even worse position in the long run.
MoreDon't confuse Toyota for GM
November 25, 2009
Comment(1)Toyota isn't about to grow complacent like GM did in the '60s, an analyst says.
MoreAnalyst: No trucking U-turn till late 2010
November 18, 2009
Comment(1)FTR Associates analyst Jon Starks says truck manufacturers won't feel an improved economy until at least late 2010.
MoreWal-Mart gets into the casket business
November 6, 2009
Comments(3)Batesville Casket Co., the world's largest manufacturer, says it's watching, but isn't worried.
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.
MoreAnother view of Indiana manufacturing
September 29, 2009
Comments(0)A Milken Institute study shows Indiana isn't the only state writhing with angst about the future of manufacturing. The study
frames Indiana in a somewhat positive light.
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.
More than Harley-Davidson
August 20, 2009
Comments(3)Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson isn't the only company scouting for places to plunk new operations, a long-time economic
development expert says.
MoreAlleys of devastation
July 2, 2009
Comment(1)Plenty of stories have been published and aired in recent days about migration...
MoreGM's looming bankruptcy
May 29, 2009
Comments(4)So, three decades of decline has come to this for General Motors: a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition expected
to be filed Monday.
Lots of problems contributed to its downfall, but now the carmaker faces an extremely steep climb.
The bankruptcy...
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...
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.