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Mass Ave redevelopment reaches a roadblockRestricted Content

January 19, 2009
Cory Schouten
Indianapolis Public Schools is looking for a new redevelopment strategy for its 11-acre facility on Massachusetts Avenue after an ambitious proposal for the historic former Coca-Cola bottling plant fizzled.
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OBS Medical hopes to capture pharma's heartRestricted Content

January 19, 2009
J.K. Wall
The latest product to come out of Carmel-based OBS Medical may be just what the doctors ordered. The doctors working for major pharmaceutical companies, that is.
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IT not what it was at time of landmark reportRestricted Content

January 19, 2009
Chris O'Malley
A 2000 study has proven to be "remarkably prescient" in identifying information technology as a mainstay of the local economy that would "affect all industries and all jobs," said Michael J. Hicks, the top economist at Ball State University.
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Town of Fishers considers new form of governmentRestricted Content

January 19, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
Sitting in gridlocked traffic along Interstate 69, Fishers residents might already think of their town as a city. This sprawling suburb of 65,000 people certainly looks nothing like the burg of less than 1,000 it was three decades ago. But down at the municipal government complex, Fishers is still a town, just as it was incorporated in 1891.
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Lilly settles Zyprexa marketing suit for $1.4 billion

January 15, 2009
J.K. Wall
Indianapolis-based Lilly pleaded guilty to one violation of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act on Thursday and agreed to pay $1.42 billion to settle both that criminal charge as well as civil lawsuits in which it did not admit wrongdoing.
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Legislation takes aim at AnthemRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
J.K. Wall
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's growing market dominance in Indiana is sparking a backlash from doctors who plan to push a bill this year in the Indiana General Assembly that would allow physicians to reject patients covered by massive health insurer.
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MacVittie reviving Caldwell VanRiper agencyRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
Anthony Schoettle
One of Indianapolis' most storied advertising agency names is coming back to the local market. Longtime local ad exec Paula MacVittie came out of retirement late last year to acquire Marc USA Indianapolis from its Pittsburgh-based parent company, renaming the firm Caldwell VanRiper.
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Movie about first Indy 500 ready for green flagRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
Anthony Schoettle
A local group headlined by the creator of the movies "Hoosiers" and "Rudy" is spearheading an effort to bring the story of the very first Indianapolis 500 to the silver screen.
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Penrod suspect had past brushes with the lawRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
As an accounting student at Ball State University, Brandon J. Benker had a thirst for high-stakes gambling. But that didn't keep Benker from landing a job with an Indianapolis accounting firm, or serving as treasurer of The Penrod Society, a local not-for-profit that now alleges he took every penny of the $380,000 in its account.
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Green bills sprout at StatehouseRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Legislation filed in the Indiana General Assembly this year seeks renewable energy mandates, stricter building codes throughout Indiana.
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Local chiropractor bounces into fitness businessRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
Whitney Lee
Fishers chiropractor Steven Roberts had been teaching fitness classes using inflatable exercise balls for about seven years when he had a brainstorm—his adult clients might get even more out of them if the balls had handles.
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Portrait and Pasquinelli Homes winding down in IndianapolisRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
Cory Schouten
One of central Indiana's largest condominium builders may have to exit the market because of slowing demand and problems with financing. At peak, Chicago-based Portrait and Pasquinelli Homes was building 250 units per year in Indianapolis
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Ball State hopes for gold as students follow profs into new media venturesRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
J.K. Wall
Students, commerce and emerging media have moved to the forefront of Ball State's mission under President Jo Ann Gora, attracting corporate dollars to the university.
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Craving for convenience fuels Ivy Tech's online boomRestricted Content

January 12, 2009
Scott Olson
Students are flocking to online classes at Ivy Tech Community College faster than the burgeoning college is racking up overall growth—mirroring a national trend toward computers over classrooms.
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UPDATE: Macy's closing wounds ailing mall

January 8, 2009
Scott Olson
Macy's decision to close its store at Lafayette Square could deal a devastating blow to a mall already reeling from the loss of other major tenants.
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IMA cuts will delay Art & Nature Park

January 6, 2009
Lou Harry
The Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced a series of cutbacks designed to trim $1.7 million from its budget due to revenue shortfalls and "significant losses" to its endowment.
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IUPUI startup eyes yeast as fuel for ethanolRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
Chris O'Malley
A firm hatched out of the Indiana University School of Medicine has raised $150,000 toward bringing to market yeasts that could be a cure for one of the biggest bioengineering challenges of the day.
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Biotech venture fund in worksRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
BioCrossroads is setting the stage to create Indiana Future Fund II, an effort that would raise tens of millions of dollars for speculation on promising Hoosier life science companies.
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Sellout streak lifts Colts into NFL eliteRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
Anthony Schoettle
A statewide marketing plan and an enduring on-field winning record engineered by all-pro quarterback Peyton Manning have put the Indianapolis Colts and their fans among the National Football League's elite in terms of consecutive home sellouts.
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Duke Energy lawyers accused of deceitRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
Chris O'Malley
U.S. District Court Judge Larry J. McKinney is threatening to suspend counsel for Duke Energy, including its local attorneys, from practicing in federal court after finding they misled Indianapolis jurors last May in a trial over air-pollution violations.
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Indiana artisans craft national nicheRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
Gabrielle Poshadlo
Local artists Theresa Goodwin and Chris Foster are promoting their businesses via the Internet and by connecting with boutiques and other buyers through trade shows—a strategy that's boosting many niche firms.
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Big Three woes leave big void in IndianapolisRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
Automakers' Indianapolis manufacturing plants once employed 11,000, but closings and cutbacks zap good jobs, tax base.
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Phase 10 inventor's lawsuit sets up high-stakes fight

January 5, 2009
Cory Schouten
The man who created Phase 10 is suing to yank Plainfield-based Fundex Games' rights to make and market the popular card game.
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Obama's call ignites local health care debatesRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
J.K. Wall
When President-elect Barack Obama called for community discussions of health care reform, about 250 people in Indianapolis answered. Their answer rang loud with individual complaints, a surprising number of calls for national health insurance and some doubt that their comments would actually shape Obama's policymaking.
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Companies selling indulgences find ways to get byRestricted Content

January 5, 2009
Sam Stall
Many Indianapolis-area folks who sell products and services that can't, by even the most tortuous logic, be described as "needs"are weathering the recession quite well. At least for now.
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