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EDITORIAL: Biglari putting Steak n Shake's future at stake
January 9, 2010
IBJ StaffThe company’s return to profitability under CEO Sardar Biglari can’t be overlooked. But neither can strong signals
that Steak n Shake’s CEO is using the venerable restaurant chain as a cash machine to finance his
bigger goals.
MoreEDITORIAL: City should phase in new fees
January 2, 2010
IBJ StaffMayor Greg Ballard is on the right track with his plan to ask the City-Council to raise fees on businesses in order to
improve code enforcement. But the push-back he’s receiving from
the business community is understandable.
MoreEDITORIAL: IndyTalks gives the public a civil way to speak up
December 26, 2009
IBJ StaffThere’s no shortage of opinions about what our city and state need to do to prosper in the 21st century. But much
of what comes across is screamed in blogs or in stinging press releases issued by political parties whose only purpose is
to paint the opposition as out of touch.
MoreEDITORIAL: Bold moves show results
December 19, 2009
IBJ StaffThere’s something refreshing and inspiring about individuals who set ambitious goals and throw themselves into
meeting them.
MoreEDITORIAL: Loss of tennis tournament an ominous sign for city
December 12, 2009
IBJ StaffIt’s hard to fathom how Indianapolis lost the Indianapolis Tennis Championships—an event with 90 years of history—without
anyone in the city sounding an alarm.
MoreEDITORIAL: Dodson, Durham take different approach to doing business
December 5, 2009
IBJ StaffThis week’s issue features stories about two local businessmen. Both are native Hoosiers in their late 40s who showed
entrepreneurial instincts at a young age. But the similarities end there.
MoreEDITORIAL: Airport vendors deserve a break
November 28, 2009
IBJ StaffConcessionaires at Indianapolis International Airport are asking the Airport Authority for relief from a policy that requires
them to price their goods at a level
consistent with what consumers pay at non-airport retailers. We agree the airport shops need a break.
MoreEDITORIAL: Hardball tactics put City Market tenants in a bind
November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffMayor Greg Ballard can’t have it both ways with City Market.
MoreEDITORIAL: Wise decision on federal rail funds
November 14, 2009
Local advocates of high-speed rail are understandably disappointed that the Indiana Department of Transportation has dropped
the Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati corridor from its application for federal rail funds, but the logic
behind doing so seems sound.
MoreEDITORIAL: Tough love from taxpayers fed up with school spending
November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffAcross Indiana, in more than a dozen different school districts over the past year, taxpayers have sent a message to administrators:
We are no longer giving you a blank check.
MoreEDITORIAL: Take the lead on smoking ban, Mayor Ballard
October 31, 2009
IBJ StaffMaddening? Disappointing? Choose your adjective. The failure of the latest proposal to prohibit smoking in almost all Indianapolis
workplaces was clearly a setback for public health and a city that markets itself as a medical and life sciences hub.
MoreEDITORIAL: State can't rely on gambling revenue
October 24, 2009
IBJ StaffState and, to some extent, local government
has come to rely on gambling revenue. And now that neighboring states are launching a competitive
assault on Indiana casinos, it’s time to get back to the original intent before the revenue shrivels and leaves necessary
government services high and dry.
MoreEDITORIAL: City water utility in over its head
October 17, 2009
As missteps by the city’s water utility threaten to drown local ratepayers with dramatically higher bills, Mayor
Greg Ballard’s administration is exploring a complete overhaul of the system. The mayor’s initiative can’t
produce results soon enough.
MoreEDITORIAL: Indiana Fever deserves support
October 10, 2009
IBJ StaffRunning a professional sports franchise isn’t just a dollars-and-cents proposition.
It also requires heart. And that’s what the Fever have in abundance, from ownership to management to the players on
the floor.
MoreEDITORIAL: Another blow to a deadly habit?
October 10, 2009
IBJ StaffAn ordinance that would ban smoking in enclosed spaces where it’s still allowed—primarily bars and bowling alleys—is
once again being considered by the City-County Council. And again we urge councilors to adopt the measure.
MoreEDITORIAL: Program gives people a financial leg up
October 3, 2009
IBJ StaffNearly 80,000 people in the city are “unbanked” and therefore lack this basic building block
to financial health. A new program called Bank on Indy aims to change that.
MoreEDITORIAL: Go with care on energy projects
September 26, 2009
IBJ StaffOne of the great conundrums of our time is how to maintain the most comfortable and convenient lifestyle in the history
of the human race without destroying the environment.
MoreEDITORIAL: Melvin Simon's legacy goes beyond real estate
September 19, 2009
IBJ StaffMelvin Simon was a businessman and philanthropist of national prominence, but the vast real estate empire he helped build
is not his legacy here.
MoreEDITORIAL: Myles Brand took on tough tasks
September 19, 2009
IBJ StaffAt the NCAA, Myles Brand took
on the monumental task of striking an appropriate middle ground between academic integrity in college sports and the giant
commercial operation that athletics has become.
MoreEDITORIAL: Indiana's Sunday booze ban should be tossed
September 12, 2009
IBJ StaffSunday is the second-busiest grocery-shopping day of the week in Indiana, but there’s one product Hoosiers aren’t
allowed to put in their shopping carts that day even though it’s perfectly legal the rest of the week. That’s
because an archaic blue law prohibits carryout liquor sales on Sundays.
MoreEDITORIAL: City government in financial bind
September 5, 2009
IBJ StaffThe solution to the property tax fiasco that swept Republican Mayor Greg Ballard into office in 2007 is making his job harder,
and
it could lead to his undoing.
MoreEDITORIAL: Teacher certification proposal deserves OK
August 29, 2009
IBJ StaffIndiana’s top education official, Tony Bennett, ruffled feathers last month when he proposed increasing teacher expertise
in math, science and other subjects, and stripping red tape from teacher certification and hiring of administrators.
MoreEDITORIAL: Next ISO conductor should live here
August 24, 2009
Venzago was essentially an absentee conductor. He didn’t
live here and never seemed fully engaged with the city.
MoreEDITORIAL: Partisan games plague council
August 17, 2009
The City-County Council wisely averted disaster for the Capital Improvement Board Aug. 10 by voting to raise the city’s
hotel tax from 9 percent to 10 percent, but the razor-thin vote was another disappointing case of elected officials making
decisions based on partisanship rather than good judgment.
MoreEDITORIAL: An economic silver lining
August 17, 2009
The local eateries are suffering along with everyone else, but those that have
the wherewithal are taking a chance by expanding into bargain-priced locations.
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Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.