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Carmakers report strong June sales after May slowdown
July 3, 2012
Associated PressFrom mini cars to monster pickups, sales of vehicles charged higher in June and eased concerns that Americans would be turned
off by slower hiring and other scary headlines.
MoreGreencastle plant key in Ford's environmental movement
March 3, 2012
Scott OlsonSupplier to begin producing door part made from kenaf, a plant similar to bamboo but related to cotton.
MoreBlack Friday boosts car sales to best rate since ‘Clunkers’
November 30, 2011
Bloomberg NewsU.S. consumers, who set records for retail purchases during Thanksgiving weekend, helped boost U.S. auto sales in November
to what is likely to be their fastest pace in more than two years.
MoreAs Japan shutdowns drag on, auto crisis worsens
March 27, 2011
Associated PressIn the weeks ahead, car buyers will have difficulty finding the model they want in certain colors, thousands of auto plant
workers will likely be told to stay home, and companies such as Toyota, Honda and others will lose billions of dollars in
revenue.
MoreMore job losses coming at doomed manufacturing plant
October 29, 2010
IBJ StaffAutomotive Components Holdings, which makes hydraulic steering systems for Ford Motor Co., notified the state this week that
it plans to permanently lay off 26 employees during the first two weeks of 2011.
MoreFord laying off 249 at doomed east-side steering plant
September 24, 2010
IBJ StaffFord Motor Co. is continuing the process of shutting down a subsidiary’s east-side steering plant, filing a notice with
the state that it intends to lay off 249 employees around Nov. 19.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Burd Ford flies after tragedy
July 29, 2010
Mason King
Richard Burd's suicide led to shrewd cost-cutting at the family
auto dealership. For Christine Burd, returning to profitability is both heartening and heartbreaking.
Visteon judge won't halt benefits termination
March 17, 2010
Associated PressAn attorney for a union representing some 2,100 people who worked at two Visteon plants in Indiana argued Tuesday that many
are facing hardship, and that the order should be stayed pending an appeal to a federal district court judge.
MoreWidow aspires to continue operating Burd Ford
December 12, 2009
Norm HeikensChris Burd still unsure why husband, Rich Burd, owner of Burd Ford, committed suicide. Burd was an auto dealer in Lawrence.
MoreFord delay extends life of east-side steering plant
December 5, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinA Ford Motor Co. subsidiary will start cutting its local work force next year, but won’t close its east-side plant
for good until late 2011.
MoreEx-workers sue Navistar, charge plant closing violated contract
September 5, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerForty-three former employees of Navistar Inc.’s shuttered diesel engine plant have sued the company, claiming it
breached their collective bargaining agreement by moving plant work in recent years to non-union facilities.
MoreBig Three woes leave big void in Indianapolis
January 5, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinAutomakers' Indianapolis manufacturing plants once employed 11,000, but closings and cutbacks zap good jobs, tax base.
MoreBig Three automakers stay alive
December 29, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinThe weakest of the Detroit Three, Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp., said they would run out of cash in 2009, potentially
eliminating tens of thousands of jobs in Indiana alone.
MoreIndiana should brace for auto fallout
December 8, 2008
The Big Three and the United Auto Workers do not appear to be serious about making the concessions and changes that are necessary
to make them a viable entity for the long haul.
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As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.
If Whole Foods went in, I doubt the Nora one would stay open, and with all those customers coming to Broad Ripple traffic would be horrible, and forget about a run to the grocery on weekend nights. I think concern over the number of apartments is misplaced, but the 400 space parking garage has me concerned - someone needs to ask the developer just how much traffic they think this development is going to generate. I am not against more neighborhood residents, but heavy commercial traffic going in and out at that location sounds like a mess.
I thought everyone was innocent until guilt was proven. Seems people have already convicted Reggie in the press. My nephew was a good kid and is a good man, more to this story im sure
Going by the Marion County population only is of little use. 13th largest? No Way! To judge the real size of a metro area, the easy way is to look at the Arbitron rating list. Indianapolis hovers around 40th largest in the nation--sometimes more, sometimes less. Advertisers want to know exactly how large the population is before they buy radio advertising. Arbitron figured it out long ago. Indianapolis is estimated at 1,427,500. The real #13 is Seattle-Tacoma with a metro population of 3,470,400. So, the population of just Marion County is completely irrelevant to anything useful as far as metro area planning.