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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
Recent Blog Posts
Gun sales are booming
September 29, 2008
Comments(7)The ongoing crime wave in Indianapolis has resulted in a surge in gun sales, WXIN-TV Channel 59 reports.
With each big crime comes another spurt in purchases.
Indianapolis police say applications for first-time permits in July were up 15 percent...
MoreStability versus boom-and-bust
September 25, 2008
Comments(5)Itâ??s a rare person who enjoys the asset bubbles and boom-and-bust cycles that afflict the U.S. economy,
most
recently the subprime mortgage crisis and implosions on Wall Street.
But Purdue University economist David Hummels contends that the United States deals with...
MoreBurial in a 'green' cemetery
September 24, 2008
Comments(7)A funeral director is planning a â??greenâ?? cemetery west of Bloomington, where plots will be identified
by
small field stones tied to global-positioning coordinates rather than by traditional headstones.
Nathan Butlerâ??s Evergreen Forest Cemetery will look more like a natural landscape...
MoreUnion tensions loom in Congress
September 22, 2008
Comments(3)If the Employee Free Choice Act sounds unfamiliar, you arenâ??t alone. The proposed legislation is getting
little
coverage this election cycle.
But the measure could emerge as a flashpoint in the next Congress as business and labor groups battle for
power.
Business...
MoreAre WellPoint execs greedy?
September 19, 2008
Comments(11)Three activist groups dropped off a wallet and handbag crammed with play money at WellPointâ??s front door
this week to protest what the groups say are outrageous salaries pulled down by company executives.
The groups â?? Health Care for America Now,...
MoreFollowing the heart to a 'real job'
September 17, 2008
Comments(2)Just what is a 'real job?'
Most college students define the term in light of Adam Smithâ??s capitalism â?? high pay, having an office
and
so on, says Purdue University communications professor Robin Patric Clair.
Clair, who recently wrote a book called...
MoreSigns and the First Amendment
September 17, 2008
Comments(8)The American Civil Liberties Union has taken up the case of a Plainfield man who says a city zoning ordinance
tramples his First Amendment right to free speech.
Plainfield officials told the man, Nick Crews, to take down a...
MoreIs Bloomington best Hoosier city?
September 15, 2008
Comments(7)Bloomington keeps racking up the accolades.
Over the weekend, a Wall Street Journal article focused on the city as a vibrant, low-cost alternative to
Sun Belt locations for retirees. Congestion is low, there are two hospitals, and plenty of natural...
MoreTurning heads at the MotoGP
September 12, 2008
Comments(2)Thousands of bikers are expected to descend on the area over the weekend for the inaugural MotoGP at Indianapolis
Motor Speedway.
The series is about as upscale as motorcycle racing gets, sort of like a two-wheeled version of Formula
1.
So, if...
MoreScandal singes MBA entry exam
September 11, 2008
Comments(2)Not everyone who takes the Graduate Management Admission Test, which is required to get into business graduate
programs, is honest.
The organization that publishes the test, the Graduate Management Admission Council, disclosed yesterday that
it has tossed scores of 84...
MoreBailing out Detroit carmakers
September 10, 2008
Comments(4)Executives of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are optimistic about their chances of getting inexpensive federal
loans to help tide them through the credit crunch and sales downturn.
The discussions, which have come to light in recent weeks, have the execs...
MoreGetting Hoosiers through college
September 9, 2008
Comments(5)The Indiana Commission on Higher Education rolled out an ambitious goal yesterday â?? to increase the number
of graduates from state-supported colleges and universities by a third within four years.
Indiana isnâ??t plagued by too few high school grads...
MoreIndy a diamond in the rough
September 8, 2008
Comments(4)Just about every young, college-educated Midwesterner has given up hope and moved to the South or West, right?
A story that appeared in IBJ over the weekend suggests otherwise.
The Indianapolis area leads nearly all other large Midwestern cities...
MoreWhat ails Jill?
September 5, 2008
Comments(13)If any governor were vulnerable to a strong challenge in a re-election campaign, it should have been Mitch
Daniels, who has made a lot of Hoosiers mad by pushing daylight saving time, leasing the Indiana Toll Road
and in general...
MoreSarah Palin's influence on Indiana
September 4, 2008
Comments(36)Sarah Palin won rave reviews for her speech last night at the Republican National Convention, as did Barack
Obama when he closed the Democratic convention last week.
This morning, the Associated Press quoted Democratic Party leaders in Indiana as saying Palin...
MoreLess zing in Daniels' second term?
September 2, 2008
Comments(2)Mitch Daniels ran for governor four years ago promising to shake things up, and it would be hard to argue
that he hasnâ??t followed through.
Daylight saving time passed. Cigarette taxes were raised to fund health insurance. Property taxes were reformed.
What...
MoreGreat mileage, bad wrecks
August 28, 2008
Comments(6)Small, fuel-efficient cars are in and big, thirsty vehicles are out. But as consumers try to save money
on gas, their odds of getting hurt increase, the Insurance Research Council warned today.
The Pennsylvania organization, which researches the property and casualty...
MoreHabitat builds through tough times
August 27, 2008
Comments(0)The down economy hasnâ??t exactly been a gift to not-for-profits, but at least one is actually doing better.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Indianapolis plans to build 22 houses this year, a couple of units more
than last year.
With dollar donations...
MoreSAT scores stuck below average
August 26, 2008
Comments(3)This yearâ??s SAT scores are out, and there isnâ??t much to cheer about. Indiana saw math scores improve
slightly,
but reading and writing scores dropped a few points. All three remain below national averages.
Educators say the tests are...
MoreBusted for copying software
August 25, 2008
Comments(2)Author Solutions, the Bloomington company that helps people publish their own books, has admitted to using
copies of software from Adobe, Microsoft and Symantec.
The penalty? $50,000.
Author Solutions says the violations began under prior ownership and that it cooperated...
MoreVaunted program hits turbulence
August 20, 2008
Comments(0)Ball State Universityâ??s entrepreneurship program has long been considered one of the stateâ??s crown jewels
in
business academics.
Former funeral director Don Kuratko started the program before entrepreneurship was cool and pushed it to
national prominence. Real-world business types like the...
MoreSusan Bayh as a political liability
August 19, 2008
Comments(10)Barack Obama is expected to announce his vice presidential running mate any day now, and Evan Bayhâ??s name
is still thought to be on the short list.
The Indiana senator is viewed as a moderate who would counter Obamaâ??s liberal voting...
MoreAppraisers' role in the meltdown
August 18, 2008
Comments(7)Some of the people most familiar with the mortgage foreclosure explosion in the Indianapolis area in recent
years have privately pointed fingers at appraisers.
Appraisers too often were in cahoots with lenders to illegally inflate prices of houses, the insiders complained,...
MoreIs college for everyone?
August 15, 2008
Comments(8)Parents and teachers for more than a generation have steered students toward college and white-collar work,
and few states need the graduates more than Indiana, which has one of the lowest levels of college attainment
in the country.
Lost in the...
MoreLucas Oil Stadium and Mail Pouch
August 14, 2008
Comments(19)Lucas Oil Stadium has nabbed lots of favorable reviews for its retro look, sliding widows looking onto downtown
and retractable roof.
Now a question.
What do you think about the Lucas Oil Stadium name painted in white on the black roof? Does...
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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.