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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Outside Indianapolis Blog Posts
Thoughts on the Tebow ad
February 1, 2010
Comments(13)From the perspective of return on investment, the Super Bowl ad might be considered a failure.
MoreNew Madrid quivers
January 25, 2010
Comments(14)The infamous geologic fault line makes news again.
MoreIndianapolis resentment
January 18, 2010
Comments(2)Jealousy toward Indianapolis in the Statehouse shows no sign of letting up, one legislator says.
MoreOsteopathy and Indiana Wesleyan
January 15, 2010
Comments(8)The Indiana Osteopathic Association passed over a virtually certain $75 million in startup funding from Indiana Wesleyan University
to choose Marian University for its new osteopathic college.
MoreThe other two elite colleges
January 13, 2010
Comments(23)Debating why Earlham and Taylor grads don't take their places alongside peers from DePauw and Wabash.
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.
MoreCensus surprises
January 4, 2010
Comments(3)An Indiana University demographer outlines predictions on Latinos, homeownership and populations of unincorporated areas.
More'Most accurate' forecaster predicts surge
December 28, 2009
Comments(2)A rising stock market will prompt consumers to start spending again, says Barclays economist Dean Maki.
MoreBailing out big spenders
December 17, 2009
Comments(3)Obama is going wobbling on forcing fiscal responsibility on states, and Hoosiers might get stuck with the bill.
MoreGet ready for fake pork
December 3, 2009
Comments(6)Scientists have discovered how to grow pork in a lab. Now, what to do with all that corn?
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.
MoreMesser: Palin could 'win' Indiana
November 20, 2009
Comments(11)Former state representative and lobbyist Luke Messer thinks Sarah Palin could carry Indiana in a presidential primary.
MoreIs China a 'paper dragon'?
November 11, 2009
Comment(1)For various reasons, more experts are doubting China's underlying strength.
MoreHolding steady on Wawasee
November 10, 2009
Comment(1)Lake Wawasee, the popular northern Indiana getaway for some of the wealthiest people in the Indianapolis area, is doing fairly
well despite the real estate bust.
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.
MoreSteak n Shake and the new NEA chief
November 5, 2009
Comments(2)Should Biglari take Landesman's remarks as praise where he can get it, or consider them an insult?
MoreMarketing a former nerve gas site
October 29, 2009
Comments(2)Will it be harder to attract businesses to the Newport Chemical Depot than to sell a house where a grisly murder took place?
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.
MoreA harrowing tale of decline
October 20, 2009
Comments(0)Telling a story about a company and a union that both feared the future, and fought to a bitter draw.
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.
Another 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.
MoreNew denomination headquartered in Indy?
September 24, 2009
Comments(6)If a new denomination results from a vote to allow gay clergy in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Indianapolis
might be at the top of the list for its headquarters.
MoreSecond thoughts on alternative energy
September 23, 2009
Comments(4)A future rich in biofuels, solar and wind energy would consume a lot of land, a study says.
MoreA beachhead in Warsaw
September 16, 2009
Comments(0)The launch of the orthopedics not-for-profit OrthoWorx is quite an accomplishment in Warsaw, where some of the world's
biggest companies fight tooth-and-nail.
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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.