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Welcome to the archives for NewsTalk, an IBJ blog published from November 2007 through December 2010.
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Chrysler sticks it to Kokomo
August 21, 2009
Comments(0)Officials in Kokomo and Howard County are in a tough spot. The “new” Chrysler created after its bankruptcy sale to Fiat contends it‘s no longer on the hook for $12.9 million it owes various local taxing bodies this year and $12.3 million it will owe next year.
Community Health hires a maverick
August 21, 2009
Comments(0)Today’s announcement that Community Health Network named Tony Lennen to head its Community Hospital South was a bit of an eye-opener.
More than Harley-Davidson
August 20, 2009
Comments(3)Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson isn't the only company scouting for places to plunk new operations, a long-time economic
development expert says.
MoreNeurosis and dying: Now you know
August 19, 2009
Comments(2)Believe it or not, until Purdue University psychologist Daniel Mroczek tackled the question, no one had delved
into why people who freak out easily die earlier than mellow folks.
Experts have long known that stressed, neurotic folks kick the bucket earlier....
MoreJob loss, in excruciating motion
August 18, 2009
Comments(0)If youâ??re curious how the recession has washed across the nation, itâ??s worth looking at an animated map
posted at Slate.com. The map shows job gains and losses since January 2007 in detail as fine as the county...
MoreBank-branch boom skirts inner city
August 17, 2009
Comments(11)Itâ??s no secret banks are tossing up branches left and right. IBJ reported last month that banks consider
branches as billboards to lure new customers, even while bank transactions move online.
A new Associated Press analysis shows...
MoreMicro thaw hits custom homes
August 13, 2009
Comment(1)The tiniest of warm breezes is beginning to blow through the custom home business, says one of the regionâ??s
preeminent builders.
R.J. Klein, whose Carmel firm specializes in homes costing as much as $6 million, says one of three projects
that...
MoreGrizzled entrepreneur: Pounce now
August 11, 2009
Comments(7)Dave Becker has made a lot of money on ventures including First Internet Bank and a banking software firm
called re:Member Data Services, so his thoughts about the right time to launch a business are not exactly
uninformed.
When is the...
MoreUnited Way turns to the rich
August 10, 2009
Comments(2)The wealthy in the Indianapolis area arenâ??t carrying their weight in supporting United Way of Central Indiana,
according to an analysis by the not-for-profit   comparing places including Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Columbus,
Ohio.
The Indianapolis chapter has 22 â??principalâ?? donors, defined as...
MoreHow â??bout that state fair!
August 7, 2009
Comments(9)Thereâ??s nothing quite like a state capital to blunt a crummy economy. Not only are legions of government
workers paid regardless of how the private sector performs, but capitals also have lots of small gold mines
â?? like state fairs.
In...
MoreQuestions about â??clunkersâ??
August 6, 2009
Comments(11)â??Cash for clunkersâ?? has sent lots of gas-guzzlers to the scrap yard and helped car dealers move the
metal.
But as Congress considers adding $2 billion to the initial $1 billion earmarked for the program, both the
political right and left...
MoreShifting health benefits
July 21, 2009
Comments(12)The end of sweeping cuts in employee health benefits and the beginning of another trend is in sight, says
Mike Miles, vice president and senior benefits consultant at Gregory & Appel Insurance.
Employers have slashed benefits so deeply that the cuts...
MoreThe latest fads in business names
July 17, 2009
Comments(10)Nobody familiar with the intricacies of naming a business thinks the process is easy. Not if the messages
words send to potential customers are grasped.
So itâ??s easy to understand why the Indianapolis area is filling up with companies one way...
MoreMyrland on the chamber, church
July 15, 2009
Comments(3)Thereâ??s nothing like a little time away from a job to refine oneâ??s perspective. Which makes John Myrlandâ??s
distance from the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce all the more interesting.
Myrland, 58, resigned as president of the chamber at the end of 2005...
MoreThe housing bust has come to this
July 14, 2009
Comments(3)For a peek into just how hard the housing bust has hit the Indianapolis area, look no further than a new
study by the Indiana Business Research Center, an arm of Indiana Universityâ??s Kelley School of Business.
The region,...
MoreWishard's $754M request
July 13, 2009
Comments(50)The folks at Wishard Memorial Hospital have tough jobs. They care for the indigent, patch up more than their
share of gunshot wounds, and pay for most of it by billing government insurance programs, which arenâ??t
known
for lucrative reimbursements.
Ancient,...
MoreHoosier state as a laboratory
July 9, 2009
Comment(1)You know California is in bad shape when The Economist compares it with Texas and wonders which is best.
An opinion piece in its upcoming issue verges on placing them on a virtually even plane.
California still has the best...
MoreIndiana recession losing oomph
July 7, 2009
Comments(5)The recession is winding down in Indiana, but the state will lag a few months behind the nation when the
economy starts to pick up steam.
Thatâ??s how an Economy.com specialist who tracks Indiana sees it.
Sean Maher, who also focuses on...
MoreWhacked $1.9M for downloads
July 7, 2009
Comments(6)Unbelievable as it sounds, a federal jury in Minnesota ordered a woman to pay $1.92 million for violating
copyrights on 24 songs she illegally shared. Thatâ??s $80,000 per song.
Jammie Thomas-Rasset today asked a judge to knock the penalty...
MoreAlleys of devastation
July 2, 2009
Comment(1)Plenty of stories have been published and aired in recent days about migration...
MoreAre Indiana Dems brain-dead?
July 1, 2009
Comments(18)Now that another General Assembly is mercifully behind us, itâ??s a good time to raise a festering question
about the lopsided nature of ideas bantered about the Statehouse in recent years.
Gov. Mitch Daniels has driven a wide-ranging agenda characterized by...
MoreHigh court sides with business
June 29, 2009
Comments(3)Business has won two important cases in the U.S. Supreme Court in recent days.
Today, the court ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who claimed they had been unfairly
denied promotions due to their race....
MoreSuing your insurance company
June 29, 2009
Comments(0)Another unfortunate outgrowth of our litigious society is the increasing tendency of insurers and policyholders
to settle claims in court.
Cummins is tussling with several insurance companies to try to recover damages from a flood a year ago that
inundated some...
MoreWeâ??re saving money again
June 26, 2009
Comments(2)Americans have suddenly gotten serious again about saving money.
In April last year, we saved absolutely nothing; by May this year the rate had shot to nearly 7 percent,
the highest in more than a decade, and some economists...
MoreIs Lilly under-appreciated?
June 25, 2009
Comments(5)Indianapolis has always had Eli Lilly and Co., it seems, and Lilly always seems to care for Indianapolis
like a rich uncle.
People employed directly by Lilly and by companies doing business with Lilly account for about one of every
30...
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We loved lakehouse and think the Arbor Village would be a great location. It is less than 2 miles from over 1000 rooftops in the 225,000 to over 1 million range. Many people could use the great fishers trail system to bike or walk there. Just an idea Scotty -- but maybe something closer to 3 Wiseman would good. The only microbrew in area is Ram (boring)
True, it's an ESPN production, but ESPN is just another name for ABC Sports, or what used to be ABC Sports since ABC Sports no longer exists as a name. ESPN=ABC Sports= ESPN. ESPN is, according to Forbes "the world's most valuable media property" worth $40 billion. Despite that, they fired 400 people this week.
The Prestige was a great flick.
Larry - even though the race is on ABC, ESPN does all of the work, so that is why ESPN is mentioned. Most sports on ABC are called something like "ESPN on ABC."
My oldest daughter graduated from IU with a Secondary Education degree. She graduated with honors and spent 3 years trying to find a teaching job in Indiana. Many of her fellow education degree graduates still don't have teaching jobs. As schools downsize and cut budgets, less teaching jobs are available. I'm not sure I see why we feel the need to bring more teachers to Indiana.