The federal tax on tobacco increases tomorrow, sending the price of cigarettes to an all-time high. The federal tax on cigarettes will go up nearly 62 cents per pack – meaning Hoosiers will pay approximately $5 per pack. While many smokers are opposed, health advocates approve of the hike because the money will go toward […]
A new state program will take advantage of federal stimulus funds to help get teenagers into jobs. A recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics claims the teenage unemployment rate has risen above 21 percent, even with the summer job season approaching. Gov. Mitch Daniels announced the program this morning. Fox 59 News […]
Major stock markets indexes dropped dramatically today after President Obama refused further long-term federal bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler, saying more concessions would be needed from unions, creditors and others before more funding could be approved. Uncertainty about the industry’s fate sent the Dow Jones industrial average falling more than 4 percent before a […]
Police are looking for two suspects in connection with a shooting yesterday afternoon on the near-north side of Indianapolis. Two unidentified men were shot numerous times near 17th Street and College Avenue. They are in stable condition. Investigators say the incident may have started as an argument over a drug deal.
After a week on the run, shooting suspect Marco Robinson surrendered to police early this morning. Investigators say Robinson shot his ex-girlfriend, Quanita Wray, and fatally shot her sister, Tiffany Wray, on March 21. Quanita Wray is recovering in the hospital. Funeral services for Tiffany Wray are scheduled today.
Police say a burning body was discovered early this morning in the parking lot of Deer Run Elementary School on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Pike Township firefighters found the body of a man believed to be in his 40s in the driver’s seat of a red 1998 Acura that was on fire. Fire officials […]
Indiana lawmakers are stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place when it comes to fixing the state’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund.
Among defendants named in a Missouri lawsuit against investment firm Stifel Nicolaus and Co. is Stifel Managing Director Jeffrey
Cohen, who is based in the company’s Indianapolis
office.
Dress for Success Indianapolis is once again asking professional women to comb their closets for a spare suit.
Fabric Care Center, a 49-year-old dry cleaning business at West Washing ton and Morris streets, is touting the benefits of galvanized steel hangers.
The Athenaeum is seeking better name recognition in the community, with the help of a grant from the Indianapolis Foundation.
New York-based Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. will roll out its Izod/Indy race-inspired clothing collection in Macy’s stores nationwide in April.
Locally based Hat World Inc. has acquired a custom screen printing and embroidery operation based in Madison, Wis.
Indiana Railroad Co. has coupled onto its “largest single new business opportunity ever” with plans to serve Peabody Energy’s new Bear Run Mine in Sullivan County, said IRR President and CEO Thomas G. Hoback.
This week, one of the Midwest’s most unusual music contests swings into high gear with the start of the final round of the American Pianists Association’s 2009 Classical Fellowship Awards. Staged every three years by the Indianapolis-based APA, the Classical Fellowship Awards are structured to minimize the tension of head-tohead combat by stretching the competition […]
What Blue-Lock does is complicated:It provides what is known as “virtual cloud computing.” So when Vice President Brian Wolff explains the concept, he simplifies it-by using Legos. He puts down one block to represent a computer server. “In the old world,” he says, “you’d put a physical server in place and then you would load […]
