IU Trustees elect Fort Wayne doctor president
The Indiana University Board of Trustees have elected Fort Wayne surgeon Dr. William Cast to a two-year term as the board’s
president.
IBJ Staff
Articles
Columbia Club hires Cincinnati native as GM
James B. “Jim” Rentschler, former general manager at the University Club of Cincinnati, has been named general
manager of The Columbia Club.
New health center to carry Jane Pauley’s name
Community Health Network and the Metropolitan School District of Warren Township will open a new community health center inside
the Renaissance School, at 30th Street and Post Road in Indianapolis, the two organizations announced today.
Harley-Davidson scouts Shelby County for site
Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. is considering Shelby County as the site for a massive new motorcycle plant.
IT consultant Apparatus buying WFYI building
Locally based information technology consultant Apparatus has agreed to buy the former WFYI building at 1401 N. Meridian St. for a new headquarters.
Lennen, Ledyard named hospital presidents
Community Health Network has chosen Anthony Lennen as president of Community Hospital South and Dr. Robin Ledyard as president
of Community Hospital East, the health care system announced this morning.
Indiana’s jobless rate remains nearly unchanged
Indiana’s unemployment situation appears to be stabilizing as the jobless rate held almost steady for the third month in a
row, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said this morning.
AIT Laboratories leaps up Inc.’s list
The Indianapolis-based forensics, clinical and pharmaceutical testing firm now ranks 598, up from 1,466 a year ago. The list
is based on percentage of revenue growth.
Colts take lead in fighting drunk driving
The National Football League and stadium operators are sending a strong anti-drunk-driving message to fans this year as
part of an effort to expand the league’s 1-year-old Fan Code of Conduct program.
Handmade chocolates shop opens location in Chase Tower
Best Chocolate in Town is expanding beyond its original store on Massachusetts Ave.
Homeless youth ministry wins promo video
The local video production company Bennett Innovations will donate a $25,000 custom video to Outreach
Inc., a Christian organization that ministers to homeless youth.
MillerWhite signs deal with Shelby County Development Corp.
MillerWhite LLC, an Indianapolis-based marketing and communications firm, recently signed a deal to produce
a new logo, tag line and Web site for the Shelby County Development Corp., a Shelbyville-based economic development organization.
Private colleges group launches search for next chief executive
Independent Colleges of Indiana has launched a national search for its next CEO after Hans Giesecke left
to lead a college in Greece.
Two local accounting firms among top 100
Katz Sapper & Miller LLP and Blue & Co. LLC are the only two local accounting
firms to crack Inside Public Accounting’s latest top-100 list.
Indiana workplace deaths rise slightly
The number of Hoosiers who died on the job last year ticked up from the previous year. But the total still represents the
second-fewest workplace fatalities since the federal government began tracking the statistic in 1992, the Indiana Department
of Labor said today.
Site visit lifts county’s hopes for landing Harley
Harley-Davidson Inc. officials were in Shelby County yesterday assessing it as a location for a new motorcycle plant, but
it isn’t yet clear how the county stacks up to other U.S. locales that also are in the running for the economic-development
prize.
PROXY CORNER: Franklin Electric Co. Inc.
Bluffton-based Franklin Electric Co. Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes electric motors, electronic
motor controls and related equipment. For the quarter ended July 4, the company reported net income of
$5.8 million, or 25 cents per diluted share, on $165.3 million in revenue. That compares with net income
of $15.3 million, or 66 cents per diluted share, on $201.7 million in revenue for
the the same period a year ago.
Furniture maker trims losses in second quarter
West Lafayette furniture maker Chromcraft Revington Inc. narrowed its losses in the second quarter by shedding unprofitable
products, closing plants and reducing expenses, the company said yesterday.
Schrenker faces nine more charges in Indiana
An Indiana money manager scheduled to be sentenced today in Florida on charges he deliberately crashed his plane to fake his
death and flee financial ruin now faces more charges in his home state.
Dental startup locating in Noblesville
Therametric Technologies Inc., a developer of dental health technology, said today it will locate its headquarters and manufacturing
operations in Noblesville, and plans to create 40 jobs by 2013.