November 5, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Westfield City Council voted 6-1 Monday night to transfer its water and wastewater assets to Citizens Energy Group for
$91 million.
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November 3, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed placing the city of Martinsville on its Superfund priority list,
citing groundwater contamination traced to several former dry cleaning shops in the heart of town.
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November 3, 2012
Scott OlsonPete Kissinger hopes Phlebotics will follow in the footsteps of another of his creations, Bioanalytical Systems Inc.
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November 2, 2012
Mason King
Restaurateur Larry Hanes stuck to his guns in creating Eggshell Bistro, bending conventions with
eclectic decor, artisanal coffees, and a simple menu with restrained portions.
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October 30, 2012
Associated PressThe Anderson City Council voted 8-1 Monday night to approve a 2013 budget that cuts nine firefighter and three police officer
positions. That's down from the 29 total jobs in those departments that Mayor Kevin Smith initially proposed.
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October 30, 2012
Scott OlsonThe maker of snack foods such as Pop Secret popcorn and Emerald nuts said it will close its Fishers plant, which it purchased
in 2006 from Harmony Foods Corp., on Jan. 31.
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October 27, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Lindberg Road Church of Christ in Anderson has filed for bankruptcy protection because of a failed plan to finance construction
on its properties. The plan involved buying life insurance on elderly members, with the intent to sell the policies later
on the secondary market.
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October 27, 2012
Dan HumanThe state lost an estimated 1,400 manufacturing jobs in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, and a wave
of layoff announcements in recent weeks suggests steeper declines are coming in the year’s final quarter.
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October 27, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinA new reporting requirement on local governments gives taxpayers unprecedented access to debt information, but the data is
also likely to raise many questions.
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October 24, 2012
Associated PressCircuit Judge Dennis Carroll said in a 27-page ruling Tuesday said that Indiana law gives municipalities the right to lay
off employees because of economic conditions.
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October 24, 2012
IBJ StaffRegal Beloit Corp. said it plans to move operations from multiple Midwestern warehouses into a new, 376,000-square-foot warehouse
in Browning Investments' and Duke Realty Corp.'s AllPoints Midwest industrial park.
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October 23, 2012
Associated PressHy-Pro Filtration plans a $10.5 million construction project for its new facility and will move more than 100 employees from
Fishers to Anderson next year.
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October 20, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe Indianapolis Airport Authority’s aggressive effort to stop an Ohio firm from building a parking facility beyond
airport boundaries has neighbors worrying the municipality will unleash its lawyers on virtually any nearby business deemed
a threat to airport revenue.
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October 20, 2012
Dan HumanIndiana college endowments have surged back since the recession, but three-quarters closed the 2011 fiscal year below where
they were when the market crashed.
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October 20, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisNoblesville-based VolunteerYourVoice is setting out to revolutionize phone banks with a Web app that allows advocacy groups
to manage virtual campaigns, getting instant results from calls volunteers make through their home computers.
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October 17, 2012
Cory SchoutenA group of Fishers residents is crying foul over questions on the November ballot that will determine whether Fishers remains
a town, becomes a "reorganized" city with a council and city manager, or a traditional city with an elected mayor.
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October 13, 2012
Dan HumanThe next model of the Honda Civic, due out by year-end, may need hefty changes to silence critics and ensure the company’s
2,000-employee Greensburg factory has strong demand for its signature vehicle for years to come.
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October 13, 2012
IBJ StaffThe Evansville company plans to install more than 200 miles of fiber-optic lines in Franklin.
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October 13, 2012
IBJ StaffTrack and crossing upgrades will allow Hoosier transportation company to reduce wait times for cars.
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October 13, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIndiana Republicans expect to rule the Statehouse again in 2013, and the only question to be answered Nov. 6 is the extent
of their majority.
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October 13, 2012
J.K. WallUniversities are the hubs of the world’s knowledge economy, but they typically aren’t the smartest business operators
in the world. Brad Wheeler, chief information officer at Indiana University in Bloomington, is working to change that.
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October 11, 2012
Japan-based Tsuda Industries Co. Ltd. plans to spend $56.2 million to build a facility at Mount Comfort Air Park East, which
should create 116 jobs by 2016, the company said Thursday.
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October 10, 2012
Bloomberg NewsShares in Cummins Inc. saw their biggest one-day drop in three months Wednesday after the Columbus-based engine maker lowered
its forecasts for revenue and profit and said it expects to cut as many as 1,500 jobs by the end of the year.
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October 10, 2012
Home builders in the Indianapolis area filed 339 permits in September, bringing the total to 3,191 through the first nine
months, an 11-percent increase from the same period last year.
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October 9, 2012
Facility Concepts Inc.'s purchase of Classico Seating in Peru, Ind., gives the manufacturer of restaurant furniture about
100 employees and 250,000 square feet of manufacturing space.
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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.