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Investment losses leave Conseco searching for $400M in horrible environment to raise capital
March 16, 2009
J.K. WallWithout fresh capital â?? or loosened debt obligations â?? Carmel-based Conseco could find itself in bankruptcy or looking
for a buyer or both.
MoreStimulus bill could prompt physician mergers
March 16, 2009
Now that Medicare is calling for all doctors it deals with to use electronic medical records by 2015, the trend of physicians'
merging with hospitals or larger groups could hasten.
MoreAttorneys with doctorates in high demand
March 16, 2009
Scott OlsonLawyers holding doctorates in biotech, biology, chemistry and computer sciences are in high demand by firms with strong intellectual
property practices.
MorePurdue student venture fund invests in Kylin Therapeutics
March 16, 2009
Purdue University's Student-Managed Venture Fund is betting its bank on West Lafayette-based biotech startup Kylin Therapeutics
Inc.
MoreHealth care IT firms rushing to grab share of stimulus
March 9, 2009
J.K. WallThe stimulus bill has prompted Indiana businesses and not-for-profits that deal in medical records to look for partners to
help them meet the challenge of making those records electronic in five years.
MoreInspired by column
March 9, 2009
Thank you for sharing Dr. Mercy Obeime's story so that others may feel they too can overcome any obstacles and adversities.
MoreWells leaves as Medicaid chief with cost-cutting plan in limbo
March 9, 2009
Dr. Jeff Wells is moving on from the Indiana Medicaid program even as a $40 million cost-savings plan he spearheaded faces
a threat in the Legislature.
MoreLilly relying on technology to spot management talent
March 2, 2009
Scott OlsonAn electronic succession-planning system created by Eli Lilly & Co. about seven years ago is sniffing out top talent.
MoreLet's set record straight on benefits
March 2, 2009
The insurance industry and [Indiana] Chamber of Commerce are providing misleading and untruthful statements to employers and
their insured members about assignment of benefits.
MoreNursing home column was on target
March 2, 2009
I want to commend [Tawn Parent's Feb. 16 column] about overseeing a loved one's care while in a nursing home or rehab facility.
MorePulliam Trust sponsors support for addicts
March 2, 2009
The recovery experts at Fairbanks Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center last year launched a recovery management program, thanks
to a $200,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
MoreAIT Laboratories named 'Small Business of the Year'
March 2, 2009
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has named Indianapolis-based health care research and testing firm AIT Laboratories its 2009
Small Business of the Year.
MoreDow may need to sell Indy's Dow AgroSciences
February 16, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerFinancially strapped Dow Chemical Co. acknowledges it may sell Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC, the ag-chemicals-and-biotech
firm that's one of the biggest jewels in the city's life sciences crown.
MoreAre we victims of 'group think'?
February 16, 2009
John Guy"Group think," a powerful and controlling force, was present as the Capital Improvement Board built Lucas Oil Stadium and
Eli Lilly and Co. developed and marketed Zyprexa.
MoreStartup NICO raises another $1.73M
February 16, 2009
Indianapolis-based medical-device startup NICO Corp. has raised $1.73 million from investors.
MoreCook splits device unit to focus on cancer products
February 9, 2009
Cook Medical has split its interventional devices business into two units, pulling its lesser known cancer products out from
under the shadow of its heart products.
MoreHilbert fears mother-in-law victim of foul play
January 26, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIndianapolis businessman Steve Hilbert fears foul play in the recent
death of his mother-in-law—a suspicion fueled by a new federal
lawsuit alleging a woman by the same name was caught up in a
$15-million life insurance fraud scheme.
Though he
acknowledges having no hard evidence, Hilbert said he has asked law
enforcement authorities to reopen their investigation into the Sept. 28
death of Germaine "Suzy" Tomlinson, 69, mother of his wife, Tomisue.
MoreGrants will shrink, life sciences leader predicts
January 19, 2009
Scott OlsonLast fall, BioCrossroads named Leonard J. Betley—chairman of the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, the Regenstrief Foundation
and the Walther Cancer Foundation—its inaugural Life Sciences Champion of the Year. IBJ
recently caught up with Betley to get his thoughts on the latest life sciences developments and gauge the climate
for fund raising.
MoreTarganta receives rescue line for drug
January 19, 2009
A former Eli Lilly and Co. antibiotic being developed in Indianapolis will live to try again. The company developing the drug,
Massachusetts-based Targanta Therapeutics Inc., has agreed to be acquired by New Jersey-based
The Medicines Co. for $42 million.
MoreCarmel startup lands $12M in venture capital
January 19, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerCarmel startup Waterstone Pharmaceuticals Inc., which hopes to research drug components here and make them in China, has just
raised $12 million in venture
capital—despite the recession and a deep freeze in financial markets.
MoreOBS Medical hopes to capture pharma's heart
January 19, 2009
J.K. WallThe 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.
MoreLilly settles Zyprexa marketing suit for $1.4 billion
January 15, 2009
J.K. WallIndianapolis-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.
MoreLegislation takes aim at Anthem
January 12, 2009
J.K. WallAnthem 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.
MoreState's tech sector looking ahead, but cutting back
January 12, 2009
It's two steps forward, one step back, for Indiana's technology sector, but in a tough economic climate, any advancement is
worth celebrating.
MoreBiotech venture fund in works
January 5, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerBioCrossroads 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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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.