50-year employee leaves IMS
Bill York, who has worked in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway press room since 1958, is no longer with the Brickyard.
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What computer problems? Customers still laud Anthem
Despite a year when it made doctors around the state boil with frustration, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield still outscored most of its peers in a customer satisfaction rating.
Green Ideas and Network Event will promote the environment
The Green Ideas and Network Event April 22 will focus on green/sustainable projects and offer advice to business people, students
and the public about how to make the world more environmentally friendly.
Local Conrad hotel honored
Conrad Indianapolis has been recognized as the No. 1 U.S. hotel by Expedia Insiders’ Select List 2009.
Anthem gift will sponsor resource guide for seniors
Thanks to a $45,390 grant from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield,
the Central Indiana Council on Aging will offer seniors more information and support via its Web site.
Dry cleaners offer free service in exchange for resumes
On April 14 and 15, locally based Fabric Care Center will clean and press one business
interview suit for any job seeker free of charge, as long as the customer brings a current resume when dropping off clothing.
Feature filmmakers ready for local shoot
A feature film—written, produced and financed by a locally based production company—is gearing up to roll cameras at numerous locations downtown.
EDITORIAL: Doctors should adapt to ratings-WEB ONLY
Practicing medicine has never been easy, but the profession is becoming particularly trying. Insurance companies are pounding down costs to the point that good factory managers make more money than some family doctors. Insurers also second-guess diagnoses and treatments, forcing some physicians to prescribe remedies they feel are inadequate. As if doctors needed another Excedrin […]
Local office vacancy rates on the rise-WEB ONLY
The office vacancy rate for the Indianapolis area rose to 18.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009, up from 16.9 percent a year ago, according to figures released today by Colliers Turley Martin Tucker. The rate in the downtown market rose from 14.4 percent to 15.5 percent, and the suburban market rate jumped from […]
New program could decrease foreclosures-WEB ONLY
A new federal program will try to address the high number of foreclosed homes by giving prospective homebuyers millions of dollars in incentives. Under the new 18-month program, Indiana will use federal money to fund no-interest loans for people considering buying foreclosed properties. Qualified home buyers could get up to $15,000 from a market-stabilization fund, […]
Grandmother dies in sword attack-WEB ONLY
Police say a grandmother died after a sword attack at a home on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Dispatchers say she was trying to stop a sword fight between an elderly relative and a younger relative when she was stabbed. The elderly man and the young man needed medical attention. Fox 59 will have more […]
SWAT team responds to home invasion-WEB ONLY
A Special Weapons and Tactics team came up empty following an overnight home invasion on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Investigators say a woman in the 4200 block of Norwaldo Avenue told dispatchers that four armed, masked men forced their way into her home demanding money. The SWAT team did not find any suspects after […]
Lilly sells Actos sales rights to Takeda-WEB ONLY
Eli Lilly and Co. has sold the rights to sell the diabetes drug Actos in seven countries to Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Asia’s biggest drugmaker, Bloomberg News reported this morning. Takeda will sell Actos in Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Turkey, a company spokesman told Bloomberg yesterday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Takeda […]
Contest results-WEB ONLY
Last week, I offered a family four-pack of tickets to see the national tour of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” parking here April 28-May 3. For more information on the production, click here. The winner, chosen at random, was Vicki Williamson. I also asked you to name your favorite extraordinary car, besides CCBB. I’ll break your […]