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 28, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinSinger Michael Feinstein will make as much as $400,000 in a single year to serve as artistic director of the Regional Performing
Arts Center that’s still under construction in Carmel, officials confirmed this morning.
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September 26, 2009
Marc D. AllanSpencer Lapidary expands offerings to include stained glass and silver.
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September 26, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe motorcycle manufacturer is considering a Shelby County site at the same time that it's pushing for concessions from the
union in York, Pa.
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September 26, 2009
Anthony SchoettleA meeting between high-level National Hot Rod Association executives—including NHRA President Tom Compton—and
Gov. Mitch Daniels and members of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. has fueled speculation that the drag racing group
might be looking to significantly expand its presence here.
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September 26, 2009
Anthony SchoettleAthletics Director Fred Glass isn’t just calling an audible, he’s changing the advertising
playbook in Bloomington. Glass, along with his new senior assistant athletics director for marketing, Patrick
Kraft, are upping the ante this football season, with a 67-percent boost in television advertising and 20-percent boost in
the total media buy.
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September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffTwo former executives of Carmel-based Performance Marketing Group have launched Rapid Freight Solutions.
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September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffPublishers of the weekly Current in Carmel newspaper launched a publication this month in Noblesville.
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September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffGenesis Plastics Welding plans to double the size of its Fortville facilities to 50,000 square feet and add to its staff
of 49 people
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September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffAn event stretching from Noblesville to Bargersville might be the best opportunity ever to check out wind- and solar-energy
projects in one afternoon.
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September 26, 2009
Brock BenefielBrownsburg company Blood Hound Inc.is adding offices and revenue is booming.
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September 19, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThe new city would count more than 80,000 residents. In terms of population, it would zoom past Fishers and Carmel to rank
sixth or seventh in the state.
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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 16, 2009
Greg AndrewsShares of Irwin Financial Corp. plummeted this morning after the banking company disclosed that regulators have ordered it
to bolster its capital by the end of the month to levels "it has no realistic prospect of achieving."
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September 15, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Westfield City Council passed a smoking ban 7-0 last night that will prohibit smoking in most public places, including
outdoor arenas, stadiums and amphitheaters.
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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 12, 2009
Chris O'MalleyAfter two years of fruitless negotiations, the Crawfordsville steel mill has asked the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
to intervene. More than 700 jobs depend on Nucor and Duke striking a deal.
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September 12, 2009
IBJ StaffThe new market, which will also offer catering services, is in a strip center owned by locally based
Centre Properties and anchored by Beauty Brands and Panera.
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September 11, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis Civic Theatre, one of the city’s oldest and largest cultural organizations, is considering a move to Carmel’s
new performing arts center. Civic informed its current host, Marian University, yesterday of pending negotiations with the
Carmel Performing Arts Foundation.
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September 5, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinHeartland Sweeteners LLC is now a top maker of private-label alternatives to Splenda. The company also
markets its own products directly to consumers.
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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 5, 2009
IBJ StaffDelaware County’s representative on the CIRTA board will be Marta Moody, executive director of
the Delaware-Muncie Plan Commission.
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September 5, 2009
IBJ StaffGerman group invests in Carmel-based company that specializes in financial services for insurance agencies.
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September 5, 2009
IBJ StaffThe developer of The Waverley apartments downtown has filed plans to expand the complex because of high demand for one-bedroom
units.
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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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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.