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Political worries contribute to robust firearms sales
April 7, 2012
Sam StallThe presidential election is still a long way off, but large numbers of Indianapolis-area gun owners seem to think Barack
Obama is a surefire bet for a second term. Uneasiness over his re-election (and fear that he might push for strict gun control
laws) has sparked a run on weapons and ammunition.
MoreYoung Indy-area tech entrepreneurs enjoy deep support
April 7, 2012
Chris O'MalleyMyJibe co-founder Mike Langellier is among a new generation of tech entrepreneurs in the Indianapolis area that benefits from
a host of support their predecessors never enjoyed.
MoreTown, gown and techies team up in Bloomington
April 7, 2012
Mason KingTechnology Partnership aims to boost sector, recruit employers and talent.
MoreHUNCKLER: Old-style bootstrapping is alive and well in tech
April 7, 2012
Matt Hunckler / Special to IBJIndianapolis-area entrepreneurs are finding ways to fund their companies.
MoreZALOUDEK: New normal is all about mixing work and pleasure
April 7, 2012
Jim Zaloudek / Special to IBJThe best talent in the Indianapolis area is flocking to interesting offices ... with kegs.
MoreHendricks County promotes locally owned pizza
April 7, 2012
Amo Pizza Shop beat out Rock Star Pizza in a competition intended to boost sales for 16 homegrown eateries.
MoreChicago university buys Fishers beauty college
April 6, 2012
Illinois-based Tricoci University of Beauty Culture has acquired Honors Beauty College in Fishers and plans to expand into
the Indianapolis area with as many as seven campus locations over the next four years.
MoreHofmeister seeks financing to emerge from bankruptcy
April 6, 2012
Scott OlsonDespite objections from unsecured creditors, a federal bankruptcy judge granted the jeweler's request to hire an outside
consultant to help it seek alternative financing to repay the balance of a PNC Bank loan.
MoreFirstPerson buys FlashPoint HR unit
April 2, 2012
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based benefits brokerage FirstPerson acquired the small-employer human resource division of Indianapolis-based
consulting firm FlashPoint last week in a bid to provide a wider array of services to small businesses.
MoreStartups launch apps to facilitate good deeds
March 31, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinTwo startup firms, Cause.It LLC and Trensy LLC, have created tools that link charitable behavior and consumption. Like the
hit app Foursquare, the newcomers encourage users to “check in” when they show up at events or complete activities
so they can earn rewards offered by local businesses.
MoreEx-grocery exec Danny O'Malia providing service advice to sports franchises
March 31, 2012
Anthony SchoettleDanny O'Malia, longtime leader of his family's Indianapolis-based grocery store business, now offers his customer-service-driven
advice through his own consulting firm.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Foodie rebukes allure of 'Plan B'
March 30, 2012
What
did the founder of Cafe Patachou learn from Butler's Brad Stevens? Why not try franchises? Martha Hoover responds in Part
II of her IBJ interview.
INSIDE DISH: Patachou Inc. has full plate with expansion plans
March 28, 2012
Mason King
Founder Martha Hoover expects to open two new restaurants by the end of the year and as many as six more by 2020, including
eateries outside central Indiana.
New hardware store tries to carve out niche near downtown
March 27, 2012
Scott OlsonIn a city and industry dominated by big-box home-improvement chains, North Meridian Hardware owner Keith Payne hopes his independent
store can build a loyal following among downtown's denizens.
MoreN.K. Hurst's unsexy beans fill bottom shelf, bottom line
March 24, 2012
Sam StallN.K. Hurst Co. Inc. sells roughly 20 million packages of dried beans and bean soup mixes a year, from the West McCarty Street
packaging plant it has operated since 1938. It has only about 50 employees, but its products are ubiquitous in the grocery
industry.
MoreEntrepreneurs see early success with new liqueur
March 24, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisBlue MF is a vodka-and-rum-based liqueur concocted by three Indiana University fraternity brothers turned entrepreneurs. Their
firm, Indianapolis-based More Fun Liqueur, launched its signature drink in October and now is seeking investors to help fund
expansion.
MorePopular barbershop gets makeover from community
March 18, 2012
Associated PressWhiteland residents have rallied around a beloved barber who has been cutting hair in the Johnson County community for more
than four decades by helping him remodel his shop.
MoreMotorsports marketing firm launches strategy division
March 17, 2012
The move by Zionsville-based Just Marketing International reflects growing client demand for measuring return on investment
from motorsports sponsorships.
MoreLocal graphics firm Pratt acquired by Minnesota company
March 13, 2012
Pratt Corp., a 66-year-old Indianapolis-based retail graphics firm that saw ambitious expansion plans come up short during
the recession, has been acquired by Vomela Group of St. Paul, Minn.
MoreAngel investors love health care deals
March 12, 2012
J.K. WallHealth care venture capital has become scarcer in Indiana the past two years, but there are indications that angel investors
are picking up some of the slack.
MoreSBA lenders optimistic about year's loan output
March 10, 2012
Scott OlsonVolume nevertheless is expected to fall short of last year's record numbers
MoreLocal associations emerging to nurture small tech firms
March 3, 2012
Chris O'MalleyHamilton County and Bloomington are among places that are nurturing small technology firms in their own back yard. Local tech-focused
organizations like theirs could stoke competition among Hoosier communities vying for coveted jobs.
MoreLockhart Automotive moves Cadillac dealership to Fishers
March 3, 2012
The car retailer, rebounding from the discontinuation of some of its brands, is repurposing its former Hummer dealership.
MoreLEADING QUESTIONS: Ad exec boils down rules for success
March 2, 2012
Mason King
Bruce Bryant founded Promotus Advertising with little experience as
an entrepreneur. Through mentors, biblical scripture and hard-won experience, he has culled several tenets for staying solvent
and keeping a clear head.
Serial entrepreneur builds more than business
February 25, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisWestfield resident Jenn Kampmeier is a CEO—that’s “chief everything officer” in the get-it-done world
of startups—who prefers an even-loftier title: Mom.
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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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