Businesses reduced inventories at the wholesale level for a record 12th consecutive month in August, although in an encouraging
sign, sales jumped by the largest amount in 14 months.
Early September reports from retailers show sales are still falling for many amid worries about jobs and tight credit, but
many of the results came in better than expected.
The number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since early
January, as layoffs eased a bit amid a fledgling economic recovery.
Demonstrators on Wednesday backed Maine’s insurance superintendent for rejecting a request from the state’s largest private health insurer seeking an 18-percent rate hike for its individual insurance plans.
Caterpillar Inc. plans to lay off about 100 workers from an Indiana engine plant where it has already cut hundreds of jobs.
Auto parts supplier Delphi finally exited bankruptcy protection on Tuesday nearly four years to the day it filed for Chapter
11.
An Indiana judge has delayed until March the trial on securities fraud charges of a former money manager who tried to fake
his own death by jumping from a small plane before it crashed in Florida.
Property owners in Indiana are expected to save more on their tax bills in the next two years than originally predicted
because of caps on property taxes.
The Indiana Department of Transportation is trying to get a better handle on exactly how many billboards sit along the state’s
highways after a federal agency found problems in Indiana and threatened to withhold $90 million.
Most evenings, Gary Mithoefer can be found at the end of a long gravel driveway off a busy highway, tending two garden plots. He’s one of a growing number of Americans digging into the dirt to raise crops on a small scale.
Hundreds of free events to educate consumers on personal finance and money management will occur around Indiana the week of
Oct. 10-17 as part of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s annual Indiana Money Smart Week.
The credibility of the government’s $700 billion financial rescue program was damaged by claims a year ago that all of the
initial banks receiving support were healthy, a new report contends.
Indiana’s efforts to cut the cost of educating prison inmates could increase competition among the state’s colleges, with
Ivy Tech leading the way. The State Student Assistance Commission is considering capping the amount it spends on state prison
inmates at $120 per credit hour, prompting colleges already facing strapped budgets to worry about keeping their contracts
with the Department of Correction.
Stores are turning back the clock, conjuring images of hearth and home as they stock their holiday merchandise. Retailers
hope embracing holiday traditions from cozier times will tempt recession-weary consumers to open their wallets in a season
expected to show flat sales at best.
Indiana University officials say this school year’s record enrollment is leading to nearly $63 million in unexpected revenue
for its campuses across the state.
The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since June 1983, as employers cut far more jobs than expected.
The report is evidence that the worst recession since the 1930s is still inflicting widespread pain.
The state Department of Education has scheduled three public hearings on a contentious proposal to revamp Indiana’s teacher
licensing requirements. State schools Superintendent Tony Bennett wants to eliminate some requirements, saying teachers spend
too much time learning teaching methods and not enough on subject matter.
Frontier Airlines emerged from bankruptcy protection on Thursday, under new ownership but still facing a tough competitive
situation at its Denver base.
A founding partner of an Indianapolis architectural firm this month plans to formally announce his Democratic bid for Indiana
secretary of state.
Having a uniform starting date for schools in late August or early September would save schools money and give families
and kids more prime vacation time, several parents told an interim legislative committee Wednesday.
