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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Recent Blog Posts
What to do when a pit bull attacks
March 24, 2010
Comments(133)If the next incident involves you, good luck. But pepper spray for grizzly bears might help.
MoreThe state of the American Dream
March 23, 2010
Comment(1)A well-known pollster finds Americans are losing optimism about improving their lots. Are your odds better if you live in
Indianapolis?
MoreBusiness plans run dry for angel network
March 19, 2010
Comments(2)Halo Capital Group cancels regular meeting for lack of deals to peruse.
MoreWhat's next for guns at work
March 19, 2010
Comments(6)Beginning July 1, employees will be able to bring guns to work. A labor lawyer says employers will need to get creative.
MoreIU: State still poised for growth
March 18, 2010
Comments(0)Indiana University forecasters are sticking with their prediction of sustainable economic growth kicking into gear
this summer.
More'Dirty' coal getting reprieve on Wall Street
March 17, 2010
Comments(3)Despite the flurry of clean-energy advancements, coal stocks are shooting up. That could give Indiana a better shot at keeping
electricity cheap.
MoreWould health reform spark exodus of best, brightest?
March 15, 2010
Comments(9)Guaranteed availability of health insurance might prompt top employees to leave businesses and other organizations.
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?
MoreWhy Indiana stocks are lagging
March 10, 2010
Comments(0)Hoosier companies aren’t faring as badly as a key index suggests.
MoreGonzo BMW riders
March 9, 2010
Comment(1)The biker who nearly ran you into the ditch just might be your friendly investment banker.
MoreThe local impact of gendercide
March 8, 2010
Comments(2)Baby girls are being aborted at higher and higher rates around the world. Does that affect how you do business in countries
where this form of gendercide is prevalent?
MoreAngry at Indiana politicians
March 5, 2010
Comments(13)An observer says Hoosiers are really honked at incumbents. Except for Daniels.
MoreLocal government reform still sputtering
March 4, 2010
Comments(0)The second legislative session since the Kernan-Shepard report on local government reform is about to end. Joe Kernan and
Randall Shepard can still say, “We’ve got to stop governing like this.”
MoreCenter Township revival in the offing?
March 3, 2010
Comments(10)Finally, a perceptible population spurt. One observer thinks the future is bright.
MoreTag readers come to real estate
March 2, 2010
Comments(2)Soon, you’ll be able to point your smart phone at a code in an advertisement or yard sign, and take a virtual tour of
a house.
MoreA Daniels presidential strategy
February 26, 2010
Comments(0)Attorney, lobbyist and long-time Republican fundraiser John Hammond thinks Daniels should go to cognoscenti before early states
and tea parties.
MorePerils of non-family managers
February 25, 2010
Comments(0)A former Toyota exec blasts non-family managers for the company’s problems. Are some Indianapolis-area companies better-
or worse-off after families relinquished control?
MoreNormalcy returning to manufacturing plants
February 24, 2010
Comments(0)Front-line employees who dodged the layoffs and closings are working long weeks again. Is hiring next?
MoreAccident-prone lawyers
February 23, 2010
Comments(6)The people who wreck cars most often are not pizza delivery drivers, but lawyers. Are they racking up billable hours on cell
phones?
MorePondering an Evan Bayh redux
February 22, 2010
Comments(9)Some observers think Bayh will run for governor again to springboard to the presidency. But to stand out to national, and
possibly even Hoosier, voters, he might be forced outside his cautious comfort zone.
MoreGlobal warming = more snow?
February 19, 2010
Comments(24)A meteorologist says we can expect a string of cold, snowy winters, thanks to more moisture in the atmosphere.
MoreCultural Trail pork?
February 18, 2010
Comments(17)The finished trail will be great. But the federal government is on a trajectory toward fiscal oblivion.
MoreContorting bank regulators
February 17, 2010
Comments(0)A long-time bank observer says regulators are twisting into pretzels to avoid taking over Indiana institutions.
MoreGo west (to Hendricks County)
February 16, 2010
Comments(4)The economy is as good or better in Hendricks County than anywhere else in the Indianapolis area.
MorePuzzling over why Evan Bayh waited until the last minute to retire
February 15, 2010
Comments(10)Bayh might have been sly as a fox by waiting to the last minute to announce he's leaving the Senate.
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Sounds like angie's list could have benefitted from some sort of internet based service that rates various providers of services...anybody know of any?
These are the same CEO's who complain about working-class people who unionize and negotiate decent pay and benefits for the people who make businesses run.
Are millions in Angie's List advertising expenses going into CEO Bill Oesterle pocket also? http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/05/ibj-exposes-self-dealing-by-angies-list.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
This is actually worse than is being reported. The properties were gifted to Oesterle with more than $4.6 million dollars in taxpayer money. So not only is he screwing his shareholders with inflated sale prices, but he is double dipping considering Mayor Ballard gifted him all the money to buy the property. Guess being politically connected (Campaign chairman to Mitch Daniels) gives you a license to steal and a get out of jail free pass. http://www.ibj.com/city-will-give-angies-list-46-million-for-real-estate/PARAMS/article/28944
A non-compete clause is expected to keep Buchman from appearing on-air at WTHR for a year from the WISH contract’s expiration.