IBJ Staff

Businesses have seized on environmental responsibility as a marketing mantra. But many have made their products, processes and facilities greener. Some are motivated by philosophical reasons, and others by rising energy bills and out of anticipation of federal regulations on carbon dioxide. Six experts in green issues shared their outlook during IBJ‘s Power Breakfast Feb. […]

We’re generally supportive of a plan to merge the state’s two largest public pensions in an effort to save money, but it’s hard to know exactly what to think considering the lack of detailed information available about the performance of the funds. The need to save money is apparent. The $11.2 billion Indiana Public Employees’ […]

Businesses have seized on environmental responsibility as a marketing mantra. But many have made their products, processes and facilities greener. Some are motivated by philosophical reasons, and others by rising energy bills and out of anticipation of federal regulations on carbon dioxide. Six experts in green issues shared their outlook during IBJ’s Power Breakfast Feb. […]

Emmis Communications Corp. cut 91 full-time and 14 part-time jobs on Thursday because of “ongoing challenges of a struggling media sector.” The reductions represent 7.5 percent of the company’s work force. Those losing jobs included Dave “The King” Wilson, the afternoon drive-time host on WIBC since 1995. Taking over the shift will be Steve Simpson. […]

Scott [email protected] talks that started months ago between St. Francis Hospital’s parent company and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield are becoming more contentious – a situation that could lead to a breakup. Anthem, a unit of Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., this week notified some of its business clients that its relationship with Mishawaka-based Sisters of […]

The Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament tips off at Conseco Fieldhouse today. Wisconsin and Northwestern universities were scheduled to play the first game at noon. Indiana University takes on Michigan afterward. The winner of that match will advance to play Purdue.

Two people are in the hospital after an early morning fight on the west side in the 800 block of South Belleview Place. Dispatchers say the female victim and her boyfriend fought with her ex-boyfriend and his father. The woman was beaten, pistol-whipped and stabbed. She was taken to Wishard Hospital with a punctured lung. […]

Indiana’s first Miss America is back in the Hoosier State. Katie Stam and Gov. Mitch Daniels met with a sixth grade class from KIPP Academy this morning and talked with students about health, and participated in several fitness activities at the National Institute of Fitness and Sport, 250 University Boulevard. At 3:30, Stam will speak […]

An Anderson man is behind bars, accused in what police are calling one of the most heinous cases of sexual abuse they’ve ever investigated. Randy Horton, 26, was arrested Monday on suspicion of molesting a 7-year-old girl. Horton is being held on $100,000 bond.

Brad Davis, the former CEO of Davis Homes LLC, has launched an Indianapolis-based residential construction business. Davis Building Group will build custom, on-your-lot homes for clients, and purchase vacant homes and remodel them for sale, it said. The company also will offer remodeling services. Davis Homes was one of the area’s leading home builders for […]

Clarian Health Partners and Bloomington Hospital entered into an agreement this morning to begin planning for a potential affiliation between the two health care providers. The 18-month planning process will include input from a 25-member community task force and be spearheaded by Kaufman Hall and Associates, a Skokie, Ill.-based health care consultancy hired by Bloomington […]

Brad Davis, the former CEO of Davis Homes LLC, has launched an Indianapolis-based residential construction business. Davis Building Group will build custom, on-your-lot homes for clients, and purchase vacant homes and remodel them for sale, it said. The company also will offer remodeling services. Davis Homes was one of the area’s leading home builders for […]

Despite the recession, local e-mail marketing firm ExactTarget Inc. is still growing fast. This morning the company announced it added more than 1,000 clients last year, including Advance Auto Parts, Priceline.com and Trip Advisor, boosting its revenue more than 50 percent. ExactTarget now has more than 7,000 customers. Revenue now has increased for 32 consecutive […]

Clarian Health Partners and Bloomington Hospital entered into an agreement this morning to begin planning for a potential affiliation between the two health care providers. The 18-month planning process will include input from a 25-member community task force and be spearheaded by Kaufman Hall and Associates, a Skokie, Ill.-based health care consultancy hired by Bloomington […]

Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has put its pharmacy benefits-management business up for sale, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The London-based business newspaper, citing sources familiar with the matter, said the business could be worth more than $1 billion and as much as $5 billion. A WellPoint spokeswoman told the newspaper that the company […]