Palladium draws staff from Indy arts organizations, venues
Indianapolis Symphony, Clowes Hall are among those that have experienced defections.
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Ad Age: Steak n Shake seeking new agency
Two years and at least two advertising agencies after ending a long-term advertising deal, Steak n Shake is reviewing pitches from agencies interested in its business, according to a report from industry publication Advertising Age.
State’s unemployment rate drops below 10 percent
Indiana’s unemployment rate in October dipped to 9.9 percent, marking the first time the rate has been below double digits since March.
Scale Computing scores $17M in venture capital
The latest round of funding brings the total raised by the local data-storage upstart to $31 million and follows a $9 million investment it received in March.
Rolls-Royce lands $20M maintenance contract
Rolls-Royce Corp.’s local operation won a $20.3 million contract extension to provide maintenance services for the helicopter engines it makes for the U.S. military, the Department of Defense said Monday.
Indianapolis air traffic rises
Double-digit growth by low-cost carriers helped overall boardings at Indianapolis International Airport increase in October.
High-speed rail advocates meet to consider Chicago-to-Indianapolis route
Indiana was rejected earlier this year for federal funding for its part of a Chicago-to-Cleveland route.
Dow AgroSciences moves into new research facility
The division of Dow Chemical has a 15-year lease with Indianapolis-based developer Browning Investments on the two-story building near West 96th Street.
Wealthy Americans cut back on giving in 2009
Wealthy philanthropists drew the purse strings tightest on health organizations, where the average gift dropped 63.7 percent.
Promotus Advertising wins state tobacco cessation account
The Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation account is worth $1.6 million to the minority owned agency.
EDITORIAL: A call to stop the debt spiral
President Obama’s fiscal commission is doing its job by recommending tough taxing and expense-slashing measures meant to attack our nation’s debt crisis. Indiana’s congressional delegation should keep the momentum going.
NFP of NOTE: Habitat for Humanity of Hamilton County
Habitat for Humanity of Hamilton County is a non-profit, ecumenical Christian organization that is dedicated to working in partnership with families in Hamilton County under the conviction that every person should have a simple, decent, affordable place to live in safety and dignity.
Printpack closing 230-worker Greensburg plant
More than 200 workers will lose their jobs when packaging materials maker Printpack Inc. will close its Greensburg plant early next year, the company said in a notice filed this week with the state Department of Workforce Development.
Medical device maker expanding in Fort Wayne
L.H. Medical Corp. said it plans to create up to 65 jobs by 2013 and invest $5.4 million to more than triple the size of its manufacturing operations.
Inventor files suit against local printing business
Lawsuit alleges Harding Poorman Group shorted former Discom Technologies owner a percentage of sales after it acquired his company.
Landmark Theatres purchases Showplace Glendale 12
The theater at Glendale Mall will be called Landmark’s Glendale 12. Landmark Theatres is co-owned by Mark Cuban, an Indiana University graduate and owner of the Dallas Mavericks.
City approves Beckman Coulter tax abatement
The tax abatement is tied to an expansion in which the company plans to invest $18 million in its Indianapolis operations and add as many as 95 jobs in the next three years.