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Interactive Intelligence fourth-quarter profit up 74 percent
Record product orders spur sales at Indianapolis-based software maker Interactive Intelligence, propelling profits to $2.5 million.
EDITORIAL: Lawmakers should save tobacco agency and ban smoking
If the General Assembly
wants to create some good news in this budget-conscious short session, it will continue our wise investment in Hoosier health,
and go one better by passing a statewide smoking ban.
Bicycle-components manufacturer adding 105 jobs
Zipp Speed Weaponry said it will create 105 jobs by 2013 and invest $12.4 million in a new manufacturing plant in Indianapolis
to make its high-end bicycle components.
These young achievers are going places
From hundreds of candidates, IBJ has identified 40 budding superstars from the central Indiana business community.
This year’s Forty Under 40 class is a high-flying group of achievers with careers ranging from
entrepreneur to corporate executive, attorney to not-for-profit leader, banker to Division I college basketball
coach.
Express Scripts to add 182 pharmacy jobs by 2012
Drug distribution firm that acquired former WellPoint subsidiary plans to consolidate specialty pharmacy work at local
airport facility.
Two companies set to make major local expansions
Express Scripts Inc. on the west side of Indianapolis and Zipp Speed Weaponry in Speedway are scheduled Wednesday afternoon
to announce the
creation of hundreds of new jobs.
City to use $22.9M in stimulus for street, bridge repairs
Indianapolis will spend $22.9 million in federal stimulus money to make street and bridge repairs starting in the spring.
Ivy Tech names new business school dean
Ivy Tech Community College’s new dean of the School of Business for its East Central Region will oversee all business programs
at its Anderson, Marion and Muncie campuses.
Celadon reports lower profit, higher revenue
Indianapolis trucking firm Celadon Group Inc. saw revenue rise to $127.2 million in its fiscal second quarter, although profit
fell to $1 million.
Lilly Endowment gives another $6 million to ISU institute
Philanthropic giant has gifted $29 million since 2003 to fund research and education in financial services.
Purdue tops Indiana colleges in MBA-school rankings
Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management MBA program ranked 54th worldwide and ninth among U.S. public institutions. The program at Indiana
University’s Kelley School of Business ranked 57th and 10th, respectively.
Report says Indiana home sales, prices on rise
Home sales statewide rose 4.1 percent in December compared with the same month in 2008, although Marion and Hamilton counties
reported sizable slides.
Magazine ranks Old National Bank among nation’s strongest performers
Forbes magazine has named Evansville-based Old National Bank the nation’s 18th-best-performing bank.
EDITORIAL: Legislators should stick to the basics and go home
We like the Indiana General Assembly’s no-nonsense approach to this year’s short legislative session—at
least it looks good on the surface.
PROXY CORNER: Celadon Group Inc.
Celadon Group Inc. is a trucking company that provides service between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Indianapolis Conrad hotel nabs top honor
Conrad Indianapolis and West Baden Springs Hotel have been named to Condé Nast Traveler’s
Gold List 2010.
TechPoint accepting nominations for Mira technology awards
The awards are meant to showcase Indiana’s high-tech success stories and raise the profile of the tech community.