May 31, 2010
Mason King
Despite setbacks including a devastating lightning strike, Tony Huelster of Bonge's Tavern
has turned the middle-of-nowhere eatery into a dining hotspot.
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May 25, 2010
IBJ StaffThe Anderson plant, which opened in 2006 and makes aircraft parts, has about 40 employees.
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April 24, 2010
Chris O'MalleyAn Anderson firm that provides a “one number” service that rings all of a client’s phones has filed suit
against Web giant Google, alleging Google Voice infringes on two of its patents.
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February 18, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressA developer who has been trying for 31 years to build a central Indiana landfill says he's ready to start construction after
receiving a state permit.
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January 30, 2010
Chris O'MalleyAnderson entrepreneur Pete Bitar has been slowed by litigation but still plans to spearhead a team in the competition to
put a rover on the moon.
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January 23, 2010
Peter SchnitzlerBusinesses say the money they must pay to provide customers the convenience to use plastic adds up. For example, Ricker Oil
Co. paid a whopping $3.9 million in 2009, according President Jay Ricker.
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January 13, 2010
Associated PressThe district's school board voted 6-1 Tuesday night for a plan using the Anderson High School building for grades 10-12 starting
next fall. The Highland High School building will house grades 7-9.
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October 29, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIndianapolis-based Centaur LLC, owner of Anderson's Hoosier Park horse track and casino, missed a $13.4 million interest payment
due Tuesday on its more than $400 million in outstanding debt, putting the company in default with its lenders.
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October 24, 2009
Chris O'MalleyThe Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority, IndyGo and other Indianapolis-area transit groups are the subject of
a study that could result in them being reorganized.
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October 7, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIvy Tech Community College will build a $20 million campus along Interstate 69 in Anderson, school and city officials
announced Tuesday.
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September 30, 2009
IBJ StaffSix hospital systems, including three in Indiana, have agreed to pay the federal government $8.3 million to settle a whistleblower
lawsuit alleging the hospitals deliberately overcharged Medicare for routine back surgeries.
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September 26, 2009
Marc D. AllanSpencer Lapidary expands offerings to include stained glass and silver.
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September 17, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinEngineer Refaat "Ray" Kammel's Anderson engineering firm has received a $2-million grant from the Indiana
Department of Economic Development to start manufacturing a patented device that will help old trucks meet
new federal emission standards.
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September 15, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressTwo Anderson siblings are buying the city's Mounds Mall from the Florida-based company that has owned it for the past six
years.
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September 5, 2009
Chris O'MalleyBright Automotive and EnerDel are well known for their development of components for hybrid cars, but the region has several
other players poised to be big players in the sector. In fact, few realize that North America’s largest producer
of electric motors for hybrid vehicles is based northeast of Indianapolis, in Pendleton.
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September 4, 2009
Chris O'MalleyA company founded by a Westfield chiropractor is in talks to license to automakers software that’s designed to produce
a less-fatiguing ride. Comfort Motion Technologies also wants to make aftermarket versions of the software as add-on modules
that could be used in most any car with a power seat.
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August 29, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Anderson-based Flagship Enterprise Center is on a roll. In the last two months, the small-business incubator
and growth-stage accelerator signed up two new clients: software developers Soveryn Inc. and Coeus Technology.
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August 24, 2009
Scott OlsonIndiana’s share of tax money generated by the state’s 13 casinos is expected to remain relatively flat for at
least the next few years, a state fiscal analyst told Gaming Study Committee members this morning.
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July 27, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinEconomic development officials like the stability of the food business, though wages typically are mediocre.
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July 6, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerIndiana's struggling gambling industry didn't get the relief it sought during the special session of the Indiana General Assembly.
But embedded within the budget bill approved June 30 is a provision creating a gambling summer study committee. Its recommendations,
due by Dec. 1, may make or break several of Indiana's casinos.
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June 15, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe city of Anderson soon will tap a new well to help accommodate demand from Nestle USA, which opened a Madison County plant
in May 2008 producing bottled, flavored Nesquik and liquid Coffee-mate, a water-based creamer. The
company already has launched an expansion slated for completion in 2011.
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April 24, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Indianapolis Colts are staying at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology for training camp. The team has conducted its camp
at the Terre Haute school since 1999.
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September 1, 2008
Chris O'MalleyEven for those with
a vested interest in the battle over a proposed landfill near Anderson, it's hard to get too worked up over the latest twist
before the courts or government agencies. After all, the Mallard Lake Landfill battle is in its 29th year.
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June 2, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerThe next few weeks will be critical for the state's two new racinos, which need to open with a splash to meet their ambitious
projections of drawing more than 3 million visitors apiece annually. Hoosier Park in Anderson will open June 2, and Indiana
Downs in Shelbyville will follow a week later.
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May 14, 2007
Peter SchnitzlerDuring their first half-decade in operation, the state's casino slots machines grew their total sales to $22 billion,
according to Indiana Gaming Commission records. But in the last five years, slot sales grew just 18 percent, reaching $25.9
billion in 2006. That's what business textbooks call a maturing market.
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If a television station wants to improve viewership, get rid of the local blackout. I was born by the brickyard, and have attended 15 or more races. I have children now, I won't attend unless circumstances are perfect. As those with growing families know, they never are. I'm always impressed that upwards of 250,000 people attend the 500. However, as a growing, or, more apt, sprawling city, Indianapolis and its immediate suburbs count almost 2.2 million. Show the race live, let the venue get a kick-back on revenues, and open-wheel racing might have a fighting chance to be relevant again. Just in time for those tax-payer lights to make sense.
John Moore, I too have had the same issue recently. A property next to my house was on the Land Bank and I was interested in purchasing. When I tried to contact Reggie, I got back emails that had nothing to do with what I asked about. Actually my latest response from him was on this past Friday. I had asked about how to buy the property and if it was still available. His response to me was to contact the mayor's office to get the schedule of his appearances. (???) Hopefully the city is able to do something to fix what this guy has done, it would be nice if they would take the properties back and sell them properly so land owners like me and you mother would have a fair chance.
I too work in the industry, with over 25 years of experience and your political spin has probably nothing to do with any rebranding. "Let's dress it up" would have nothing to do with the government "telling us how and what to eat." Give it a political rest. And being a producer for a radio show doesn't mean you've been involved in advertising and branding for 30 years.
Ms. Morris did not understand the ways of the business world, otherwise, like the IMS, she could have petitioned the State Legislature for a handout of State Funds for her charity work. Ms. Morris should consider becoming a state lobbyist for Lemonade Stand Operators.
David Copperfield!