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Study: Taxing services could yield state $6.8B
October 12, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThe non-partisan Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute this morning released a new study exploring the ramifications of expanding
the state's sales tax to include services.
MoreDow AgroSciences ratcheting up biotech efforts
October 10, 2009
Scott OlsonDow AgroSciences' introduction of a promising new product is helping transform the Indianapolis company as it transitions
from a focus on traditional agricultural chemicals to genetically altered seeds. The subsidiary of Michigan-based Dow Chemical
Co. partnered with St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. to develop what could become its biggest blockbuster, a genetically modified
corn variety it calls SmartStax.
MoreWellPoint memos show job cuts starting with mid-level execs
October 10, 2009
J.K. WallWith a national unemployment rate of nearly 10 percent eroding its customer base, WellPoint Inc. is cutting at least 30
middle-management employees and reshuffling its corporate organization, according to internal memos obtained by IBJ.
MoreSecurities firm Stifel Nicolaus balks at fraud charge
October 10, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerTransactions cited in the complaint involved advisers scattered across the firm’s seven Indiana offices, though two-thirds
were clients of Jeff Cohen.
MoreGrocery, housing projects could rejuvenate stretch of 16th Street
October 10, 2009
Cory SchoutenA troubled low-income housing project has a new owner with plans to redevelop the complex to better
connect with the Herron Morton Place neighborhood. Next door, Kroger has revived efforts to acquire
land and plan a new supermarket to replace a cramped, old-format location.
MoreIndiana State Museum chief trying to define brand on tight budget
October 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe museum finally has a brand—it bills itself as a “center for science
and culture”—but don’t expect a splashy campaign.
MoreIndustrial real estate holding up during downturn
October 10, 2009
Industrial real estate in Indianapolis hasn’t escaped a bumpy ride caused by the recession, but it has managed to
withstand turbulence better than the office and retail sectors.
MoreDowntown public art campaign loses funding
October 10, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe organizations that spearheaded the city’s public art campaign are crippled for a lack of funding. While other public
art efforts are under way in Indianapolis, no one organization has the money to commission an exhibit large enough to fill
downtown.
MoreMy Health Care Manager lands $3 million investment
October 10, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerThe company, which guides working adults and their parents through the maze of decisions and agencies involved in care for
seniors, plans to use the money primarily to augment its sales staff and operations.
MoreProposed Fishers medical park faces uncertain demand
October 10, 2009
Scott OlsonThe business park would encompass about 900 acres on the town’s northeast side and require rezoning
of much of the land, from residential and agriculture to commercial.
MoreLucas Oil out to build on Jiffy Lube deal
October 10, 2009
Anthony SchoettleOne year after emblazoning its name on the Indianapolis Colts’ mammoth new home, Lucas Oil Products Inc. has leveraged
that sponsorship into a pact with Jiffy Lube that company founder Forrest Lucas thinks will score huge profits for his company.
MoreFirms line up to find new uses for old airport terminal, other properties
October 10, 2009
Chris O'MalleyThe cash-strapped Indianapolis Airport Authority suddenly can’t look soon enough at developing some of its vast real
estate holdings, including the city’s former passenger terminal. This month, it plans to conduct final contract
negotiations with a firm that would study reuse of the old terminal, adjacent land and other airport holdings.
MoreKroger ads in Star grab attention, raise eyebrows
October 10, 2009
Anthony SchoettleA new eye-grabbing advertising design in The Indianapolis Star has some wondering where ad content stops and news
content begins.
MoreIndiana life sciences leaders discover dozens of tiny outsourcing companies
October 10, 2009
Chris O'MalleyBioCrossroads, an Indianapolis-based not-for-profit, is cataloging Indiana businesses offering contract services to pharmaceutical
and biotechnology companies, and discovering many small firms operating in relative obscurity.
MoreArea home sales stronger, prices still down
October 9, 2009
Scott OlsonHome-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area ticked up in September, due in large part to first-time homebuyers
enticed by large tax breaks.
MoreEconomist: Recovery at hand, but barriers exist
October 9, 2009
Scott Olson
Leading
indicators show that an economic recovery likely will take hold in 2010, although several challenges remain that could delay
a solid rebound from the worst recession in a generation, an economist said Friday morning at IBJ's annual Economic Forecast.
WellPoint shares partially recover after Thursday plunge
October 9, 2009
J.K. WallShares of WellPoint Inc. partially recovered Friday morning after a plunge was touched off Thursday by gathering momentum
behind health care reform and talk of a windfall-profit tax by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
MoreEmmis smacked with quarterly loss of $135M
October 9, 2009
IBJ StaffEmmis Communications Corp. suffered a whopping loss of $135.6 million in its most recent fiscal quarter, the Indianapolis-based
media company reported Friday morning.
MoreDaniels warns of more cuts amid revenue declines
October 8, 2009
Scott OlsonIndiana Gov. Mitch Daniels warned Thursday morning that more state budget cuts could be forthcoming in light of a prolonged
drop in
tax collections. Indiana collected $3.3 billion in total revenue during the fiscal first quarter, 14 percent less than the
same period last year.
MoreAnonymous donor gives $5 million to Marian University
October 8, 2009
IBJ StaffMarian University has received an anonymous $5 million gift to support student scholarships, the Indianapolis-based school
announced Wednesday.
MoreAccuride restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy
October 8, 2009
Evansville-based Accuride Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Thursday as part of a restructuring of debt.
MoreControversial downtown project to get tax abatement
October 7, 2009
Scott OlsonThe Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approved a 10-year tax abatement Wednesday afternoon for a controversial
public-private plan to redevelop a vacant downtown office building.
MoreLilly settles Zyprexa suit with S. Carolina
October 7, 2009
IBJ StaffEli Lilly and Co. has agreed to settle the State of South Carolina's lawsuit that claimed Lilly improperly marketed the antipsychotic
drug Zyprexa, according to Bloomberg News.
MoreFever exec 'confident' about team's future
October 7, 2009
Scott OlsonAs the Indiana Fever try to win their first WNBA championship, an executive with the team's parent organization
is
optimistic the women’s basketball squad will remain in Indianapolis.
MoreSymphony musicians, management take big pay cuts
October 7, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians will take a 12-percent pay cut this year, saving the cash-strapped organization
$4 million. Management-side salary reductions should save another $2 million.
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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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