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Celadon sees jump in quarterly profit, revenue
January 25, 2012
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based trucking firm Celadon Group Inc. earned $5.4 million in its latest quarter compared with $2.9 million in
the same period in 2010.
MorePet specialty retailer plans 135 jobs in Indiana
January 24, 2012
Pet Supplies Plus said it will add the positions by relocating its warehousing operations from Michigan to Seymour, 60 miles
south of Indianapolis.
MoreIndiana deals ranged upward of $800 million
January 21, 2012
Mergers and acquisitions in 2011 ranged from WellPoint's acquisition of CareMore to a trucking company merger.
MoreIndianapolis-area mergers and acquisitions in 2011
January 21, 2012
A number of acquisitions last year disclosed no sale price. In the Indianapolis area, those deals ranged from MacAllister
Machinery's purchase of a Caterpillar dealership in Michigan to Herff Jones' acquisition of a Memphis, Tenn.-headquartered
maker of cheerleading uniforms.
MoreCargolux adding third weekly European cargo flight
January 13, 2012
Chris O'MalleyInternational flights for Roche Diagnostics from Indianapolis International Airport expand city's export capacity, bolster
airport's cargo ambitions.
MoreIndiana reaches online sales tax deal with Amazon.com
January 9, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressAmazon.com will begin collecting Indiana's 7-percent sales tax from customers in 2014 under an agreement with the state
announced Monday.
MoreGreat-grandson of LDI's founder prepares to take reins
January 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIn a world that likes to see businesses grow by leaps and bounds, LDI Ltd. is a tortoise. The family-owned holding company
typically hangs onto firms in its portfolio for 15 years or more. It might take more than two years to zero in on an acquisition
target. And it’s putting its next CEO, J.A. Lacy, through a year-long apprenticeship.
MoreCity signs off on Celadon tax abatements
January 4, 2012
The abatements will help the company build a $3.4 million, 36,000-square-foot office building at its far-east-side headquarters.
Celadon also plans to add 100 jobs.
MoreCeladon plans expansion, $3.4M office building
December 16, 2011
Scott OlsonCeladon Group Inc. is seeking tax abatements from the city to build a $3.4 million office building at its far-east-side headquarters.
The local trucking firm plans to hire 100 more employees by 2016.
MoreKokomo upshifting with Chrysler investment
December 3, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinCity north of Indianapolis feels the power of $1.3 billion upgrade of equipment in automaker's transmission plants.
MoreBrightpoint ramping up repair services
December 3, 2011
Scott OlsonCell phone distributor views used market as lucrative.
MoreFedEx launches Indianapolis-Mexico route
November 26, 2011
Chris O'MalleyGovernment OKs cargo flights to Guadalajara industrial hub.
MoreLogistics company plans 315 jobs in North Vernon
November 14, 2011
IBJ StaffExegistics, a Wheeling, Ill.-based logistics service provider, said Monday it plans to spend about $9 million to build a rail-sided
distribution facility in North Vernon, creating up to 315 jobs by the end of 2014.
MoreUpstart Indianapolis logistics firm plans to add 73 jobs
November 9, 2011
IBJ StaffTwo-year-old Spot Freight says it expects to reach $30 million in revenue next year.
MoreCeladon snub obscures other purchases
October 29, 2011
Chris O'MalleyCeladon Group has swallowed, whole or in part, nine trucking firms in as many years. But the acquisition momentum lurched
to a halt late this month like a semi stopped by a runaway-truck ramp when it was rebuffed by Arkansas-based USA Truck. Since
then, Celadon hasn’t signaled its next move.
MoreQuarterly profit surges for trucking firm Celadon Group
October 27, 2011
IBJ StaffCeladon Group Inc.’s first-quarter profit grew nearly 23 percent, to $5.4 million, or 24 cents a share, on revenue of
$141.5 million.
MoreRival trucking firm not interested in Celadon merger
October 24, 2011
Cory SchoutenUSA Truck Inc. has turned down a meeting with Indianapolis-based trucking rival and investor Celadon Group Inc. to discuss
a possible merger.
MoreLDI names new president as part of succession plan
October 20, 2011
J.A. Lacy, son of company chairman Andre Lacy, ultimately will ascend to CEO in 2013, when current chief executive David Shane
is set to relinquish the top job.
MoreIndiana senator pushes taxing online sales
October 19, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressSen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, plans to ask his Statehouse colleagues Thursday to help him lobby Congress for the right
to tax online sales.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: LDI chairman Lacy still charging hard
October 5, 2011
Mason King
What's next on Andre Lacy's bucket list after a 9,300-mile round
trip via motorcycle to the Arctic Circle? Why stay active at LDI Ltd. after passing the CEO reins? As a state fair leader,
how does he regard the stage-collapse tragedy? The 72-year-old dynamo has answers.
Brightpoint opens logistics facility in Plainfield
September 28, 2011
The 200,000-square-foot center is Brightpoint's third "reverse logistics" and repair facility. The others are in Puerto Rico
and Fort Worth, Texas.
MoreVera Bradley plans to expand distribution center
September 22, 2011
Associated PressHandbag and luggage maker Vera Bradley Inc. says it plans to invest $22.5 million to nearly double the size of its Roanoke
distribution center in northeastern Indiana, creating up to 124 new jobs by 2015.
MoreLocal distributor HP Products acquires St. Louis company
September 13, 2011
Indianapolis-based HP Products Corp. has acquired Renard Paper Co., a 58-year-old distributor of commercial-cleaning, paper
and food-service products, based in the St. Louis area.
MoreGM site ripe for manufacturing or a judicial center
August 27, 2011
Chris Barnett / Special to IBJThe Urban Land Institute panel’s plan for the General Motors plant site ignores some realities in favor of presenting
a relatively predictable New Urbanism redevelopment plan.
MoreMarsh outsourcing distribution to East Coast firm
August 22, 2011
IBJ StaffMarsh Supermarkets Inc. plans to outsource distribution services for all 97 of its stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc.
Marsh said 250 logistics workers will become employees for C&S.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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