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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Work force Blog Posts
Starbucks, 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...
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...
MoreClinton and Obama on NAFTA
March 21, 2008
Comments(3)Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama suggested to voters before the Ohio primary election early this month that
the North American Free Trade Agreement should be renegotiated because Rust Belt workers are getting a raw
deal.
The extent to which Clinton and...
MoreHysteria or playing it safe?
March 17, 2008
Comments(2)Lots of people laughed last week at the Fort Wayne law firm that called police about a suspicious gift
bag it received. The suspicious package had come from a man who was being sued by a client of the...
MoreImporting workers to Indianapolis
March 13, 2008
Comments(5)Hereâ??s something that might surprise you, considering that Indiana is sometimes viewed by people outside
the
state as insular and unwelcoming to strangers.
Indianapolis has a higher percentage of income earners at least age 15 who were born in another state...
MoreNewcomers to suburban counties
March 13, 2008
Comments(3)Lots of people are flocking to the eight suburban counties that surround Indianapolis, a new report from
the Indianapolis Private Industry Council says.
More than 16,000 showed up in 2005 alone, said the report, which tracks the work force.
But the council...
MoreAdding to the life science corridor
February 1, 2008
Comments(2)For years, dreamers have envisioned a life sciences crescent stretching from West Lafayette down Interstate
65 to Indianapolis, then along State Road 37 to Bloomington.
The thinking was, this corridor would take advantage of Indiana and Purdue universities and IUPUI as...
MoreImmigration bill to become law?
January 30, 2008
Comments(37)The Indiana Senate made its sentiment clear yesterday by approving the immigration bill by the gaping margin
of 37-11 and firing it on to the House.
This is the bill that would make businesses liable for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.
With this...
MoreAre unions making a comeback?
January 29, 2008
Comments(0)Weâ??re accustomed to hearing that unions represent a smaller and smaller proportion of the American work
force.
Yet, government figures released last week show the first increase in union membership in 24 years, with
about 12.1 percent of workers in unions....
MoreBlame Daniels for the economy?
January 23, 2008
Comments(6)At this point four years ago, now-Gov. Mitch Daniels had started outlining a platform based on revitalizing
the economy.
The economy had been headed south since the â??70s and had taken another beating early in the decade. Voters
were only too...
MoreChecking for illegal immigrants
January 3, 2008
Comments(48)The clash over illegal immigration under way in other states may well show up in the General Assembly this
year.
State chamber lobbyist George Raymond expects at least one bill to materialize, and he thinks the chances
of passage are pretty...
MoreShould city embrace hotel union?
December 14, 2007
Comments(11)Just when you thought plans for a new downtown convention hotel were set to go forward, four City-County
Council members want the full council to essentially force the new hotel to employ union workers after it
opens.
The City-County Council, which...
MoreAnother Pacers dust up
December 10, 2007
Comment(1)Jamaal Tinsley is back in the news, and not for helping the Indiana Pacers win games.
Early Sunday morning, someone with an assault rifle followed Tinsley and his friends from a nightclub near
Lafayette Square Mall to the Conrad Hotel downtown...
More'Creative class' debunked?
November 28, 2007
Comments(6)The Wall Street Journal carried an interesting op-ed piece yesterday by a researcher who claimed cities are
putting their eggs in the wrong basket by trying to attract young single professionals with a â??brew-latte-and-they-will-come-approach.â??
Joel Kotkin, presidential fellow at Chapman University,...
MoreUnions gaining, losing ground
November 20, 2007
Comment(1)Unions are experiencing mixed results.
The United Auto Workers lost clout during negotiations with Detroit car companies this year.
Yet, the Service Employees International Union is forcing janitorial firms to the table in Indianapolis, Cincinnati
and other cities. And workers at Casino...
MoreDoes WellPoint's Braly show trend?
November 19, 2007
Comment(1)Angela Braly, WellPointâ??s CEO, has not only made The Wall Street Journal â??s list of â??50 Women to
Watchâ??
but she hit the top spot.
Not so long ago Braly was largely unknown right here in WellPointâ??s headquarters city.
Does Bralyâ??s rise...
MoreIs Lilly friendly to minorities?
November 15, 2007
Comments(3)The National Urban League gave Eli Lilly and Co. its highest corporate honor today for helping with a health
outreach program to African-Americans.
Just two weeks ago another venerable civil rights group, the NAACP, backed a lawsuit filed for current and...
MoreJanitors, charges and Islamic law
November 14, 2007
Comments(3)Itâ??s been a busy day for the movement in Indianapolis to organize janitors under the Service Employees
International
Union.
The union announced that it plans to begin negotiating with several janitorial firms operating in the Indianapolis
areaâ??a huge victory for the...
MoreWill ATA leave Indy entirely?
November 9, 2007
Comments(3)IBJ reporter Chris Oâ??Malley reported last weekend that ATA Airlinesâ?? parent company has quietly moved its
headquarters to Peachtree City, Ga. Global Aero Logistics no longer flies out of Indianapolis International
Airport, but it has other operations here that employ...
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.