December 15, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Star, the state's largest daily newspaper, has scaled back its roster
of critics in recent years a reduction in coverage that put the onus on local arts promoters to get the word out through
other channels, such as blogs.
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December 15, 2008
J.K. WallIn order to comply with stricter rules from the Internal Revenue Service, schools and other not-for-profits are making changes
and consolidations to retirement plans, creating growth opportunities for companies like Indianapolis-based American United
Life Insurance Co.
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December 15, 2008
Sam StallIndianapolis-based Midwest Model Makers has found big success by making very small objects specifically, detailed architectural
models of everything from buildings to golf courses to weapons systems.
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December 15, 2008
Cory SchoutenKite Realty Group Trust has joined local peers Duke Realty Corp. and Lauth Group Inc. in laying off employees as it copes
with dried-up credit and a soft retail market.
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December 15, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinIUPUI's Herron School of Art and Design is raising money to expand its classrooms especially for those artists engaged
in sculpture and public projects.
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December 15, 2008
Anthony SchoettleFueled by a $740,000 regional advertising campaign, local tourism spending went sky high even as the economy was in a free
fall.
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December 15, 2008
Chris O'MalleySt. Francis Hospital-Mooresville is seeing higher-than-projected use of a newly added emergency department that has firmed
up its status as a full-service hospital.
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December 15, 2008
Scott OlsonIndianapolis merchants are banking on customer loyalty to achieve sales they hope will surpass the gloomy expectations forecast
for the holiday shopping season.
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December 8, 2008
J.K. WallEli Lilly & Co. has filed lawsuits against seven generic drug companies in federal court in Indianapolis, asking a judge to
declare its Cymbalta patent valid and to tell the generic companies to back off.
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December 8, 2008
Chris O'MalleyIf "Aerophare" gets off the ground, downtown visitors will literally be riding up and down in a balloon, within
a 20-story, helical tower in White River State Park.
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December 8, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerMore than one in four Marion County commercial and industrial property owners has appealed its property tax assessments this
year, and the challenges often are paying off in a big way.
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December 8, 2008
Scott OlsonIndianapolis is finally jumping in a big way into the merger mania that's sweeping the legal profession.
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December 8, 2008
Anthony SchoettleMarian College wants to take over operation of the Major Taylor Velodrome from Indy Parks and make the facility a hub for
alternative transportation and Midwestern cycling.
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December 8, 2008
J.K. WallThe state's Dec. 1 takeover of Medical Savings Insurance Co. marks the formal crumbling of J. Patrick Rooney's network of
health care reform efforts.
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December 8, 2008
Chip CutterSome of the city's most prominent commercial real estate brokers have resigned from locally owned Meridian Real Estate to
launch an Indianapolis affiliate of Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle.
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December 8, 2008
Anthony SchoettleWhile many central Indiana manufacturers are feeling the pinch of the downturned economy, locally based Sign Craft Industries
Inc. is posting record growth this year and projecting another robust year in 2009.
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December 8, 2008
Scott OlsonHampered much of the year by high fuel prices, trucking companies still may be in for a long haul before they're back on the
road to recovery.
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December 8, 2008
Scott OlsonManufacturing Extension Partnership, an initiative formerly managed by the state, is thriving under Purdue University's leadership.
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December 8, 2008
Cynthia SequinDr. Judith Monroe, Dr. Virginia Caine and G. Marie Swanson are three local women who have risen to leadership positions
in the health care community.
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December 1, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's operating loss of $293,000 during the most recent fiscal year is not nearly as troubling
in the long term as the symphony's shrinking endowment.
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December 1, 2008
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis developer Kosene & Kosene is battling buyers over a $500 million condo project near Fort Myers.
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December 1, 2008
J.K. WallThe unprecedented plunge on Wall Street the last three months has spurred a couple of dozen executives and directors at Indiana
public companies to scoop up shares in their own companies.
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December 1, 2008
Kathleen McLaughlinShepherd Community Inc., a Christian-based organization serving the near-east side, is pulling other charities into its fold
at a pace not often seen in the local not-for-profit sector.
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December 1, 2008
Peter SchnitzlerIndiana bankruptcies are rising toward levels not seen since Congress tightened filing rules three years ago, and experts
say stretched consumers and businesses probably won't reap benefits of an improved economy for at least a year.
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December 1, 2008
Brian SpegeleHoping to increase sales in China's rapidly growing pharmaceutical market, Eli Lilly and Co. is charging ahead
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plans to invest $100 million in venture capital in the region over the next several years.
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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.