Logistics call center plans to hire 40 veterans
Flagship Logistics Group has begun hiring for a customer support center it opened downtown this month, in a historic building at 429 N. Pennsylvania St.
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Calumet acquires New Jersey lubricant maker
Bel-Ray Co. deal brings East Coast ports to Indianapolis-based Calumet.
Residents raise stink over transfer of landfill permit
The state’s environmental office has agreed to transfer a landfill permit to the new owner of a Madison County property at the center of a decades-long dispute.
Local restaurant owners settle case of pizzeria plagiarism
Napolese pizzeria and Crust Pizzeria Napoletana have quietly reached an agreement outside of court. Napolese owner Martha Hoover filed an intellectual property lawsuit against Crust owner Mohey Osman in October.
Symphony reports first budget surplus in 6 years
A big boost in donations and hefty cutbacks pushed the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s annual budget into the black for the first time since 2007.
Colleges go social in quest for young alumni donors
University and foundation leaders throughout the state are trying to find ways to target donors 35 and younger, through online tools that could be critical to future fundraising strategies.
Region registering impressive tech-job gains
Indianapolis’ and Carmel’s work forces were so lacking in high-tech jobs in 2001 that the void led to breakneck-speed hiring over the past 12 years as the cities caught up—faster than almost any other place in the United States.
Green BEAN to grow in Louisville after competitor closes
The Indianapolis-based produce and groceries distributor has acquired a list of hundreds of customers and vendors in the area who are losing their current service.
Software startup lands state incentives, plans growth
AppealTrack, which makes software that manages property tax appeals, expects to double its staff to 14 by 2016.
Apple buyout in ChaCha’s future?
Apple has applied for a patent that sounds pretty familiar to the folks at Carmel-based ChaCha Search Inc. Enough so that ChaCha founder Scott Jones has suggested that his business is well-suited for an acquisition by one of the largest companies in the world.
Spinoff of Allegion nets Carmel a publicly traded giant
Carmel has gained a publicly traded company large enough to knock retail legend J.C. Penney off the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
Avon firm enters competitive video game industry to promote reading
An Indianapolis firm that makes software for libraries has teamed with an elementary schoolteacher to improve kids’ reading skills by using books’ longtime nemesis—video games.
Digital marketer growing Indy headquarters
StrataBlue plans to hire 25 people in early 2014 as the firm adds services.
Indiana-born coat-checking firm gains steam after ‘Shark Tank’ appearance
Derek Pacqué, who started CoatChex in 2010, appeared a year ago on the ABC show in which entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to prominent investors. Billionaire Mark Cuban offered to invest but wanted a large ownership stake. Pacqué said no, and has since grown his company.
But really, he said, the company is doing just fine without the billionaire.
Indiana in natural gas dilemma
‘Fracking’ has made natural gas cheap and abundant, but prices could rise with demand, costing consumers.
Biomass could power 1/3 of Hoosier homes, report says
Despite ongoing research, the energy form is still not economical in many cases.
Veteran-owned business push lags goal
A city program to help veteran-owned businesses fell short of its goal for its first three years, and it looks like the fourth will be the same.
T2 Systems loses tax break over technicality
The software developer moved across town to a new address in 2012, which nullified its agreement with the city—although it's still on track to meet its goals for new investment and hiring.
Interactive Intelligence rebounds with third-quarter profit
The Indianapolis-based company, which develops software for call centers, continued to pick up more big sales as it focused more on cloud-based services.
Well-known executives to women: Keep it ‘authentic’
Media mogul Martha Stewart and advertising tycoon Charlotte Beers shared thoughts with hundreds of women Tuesday afternoon in Indianapolis.