Eli Lilly and Co. has sold its Greenfield Laboratories in Hancock County to Covance Inc. for $50 million. Covance also signed a 10-year agreement with Lilly under which Princeton, N.J.-based Covance will take responsibility for Lilly toxicology testing now conducted at the historic facility. Approximately 260 Lilly employees at the facility will be offered jobs […]
The slow economy is prompting casinos to lay off employees in order to cut costs. Horseshoe Casino, the former Caesar’s Indiana in the southern Indiana town of Elizabeth, has eliminated 14 positions, according to the Courier-Journal of Louisville. None were dealers or other “frontline” positions; one position getting the ax was diversity coordinator. The casino […]
About 50 workers at Arc Bridges in Gary organized a strike Friday to protest labor relations at the not-for-profit social service agency. The organization provides training and support for the handicapped. Arc Bridges’ 200-plus workers claim it has engaged in “union busting” strategies as the American Federation of Professionals attempts to negotiate an initial contract, […]
Two area law firms, Coleman Stevenson LLC and The Montel Law Firm PC, have merged. Coleman Stevenson specializes in corporate law, real estate, governmental services and civil litigation. The Montel Law Firm specializes in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and real estate and land development. The new firm, which has seven attorneys and three support […]
Louisiana-based Cross Road Centers, a third-party logistics provider, plans to spend about $6.7 million to open a distribution center near Indianapolis International Airport and hire 30 workers by 2011. The 600,000-square-foot warehouse will be in an existing Duke Realty Corp. building in the AirWest Industrial Park. Cross Road Centers expects to open the facility by […]
Indiana University announced that it received a record $525.3 million in grants and awards for research and other programs in the 2007-08 fiscal year. The amount was an increase of 21 percent over the prior year. IU said $263.4 million came from federal sources, also a record. It was the first time any school in […]
Only one other area of the country saw its unemployment rate jump faster in June than the Elkhart and Goshen region in northern Indiana, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Elkhart’s rate shot up 2.8 percentage points, to 7 percent, from June last year. That rise tied with identical increases in Cape Coral-Fort […]
Only one local Linens ‘n Things Inc. store will close as a result of the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring, parent Linens Holdings Co. announced yesterday. The store slate for closing is in Avon. Linen ‘n Things also has locations in Castleton, the far south side of Indianapolis and in Noblesville. The Clifton, N.J.-based company […]
Duke Realty Corp. said today it has acquired a warehouse in Savannah, Ga., bringing its leased warehouse space in the port community to 5.3 million square feet. The purchase of the 176,000-square-foot warehouse was disclosed today as Duke announced second-quarter investment activity. The Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust said it logged $232.5 million in new […]
Investors drove down the price of Interactive Intelligence Inc. stock this morning after the Indianapolis software developer reported late yesterday that second-quarter profit plunged to $845,000 from $2.4 million a year earlier. The shares traded at $8.03, down 8.2 percent. Interactive Intelligence also reported revenue hitting a second-quarter record of $30.6 million. The company added […]
The Richmond City Council declined to vote last night on a 1-percent food and beverage tax that would have funded construction of a conference center. Mayor Sally Hutton asked councilors to table the vote in order to give supporters more time to collect and present details to councilors, according to The Palladium-Item of Richmond. Several […]
Ten workers have been fired at Alcoa Inc.’s aluminum smelting and fabrication operation near Evansville and another 20 have been disciplined after the company said they purposely slowed production. Managers claimed the workers were putting in only modest effort, and that data from machinery in the plant showed production slowed from the same time last […]
A discovery of insurance policies abandoned by now-defunct Ertel Manufacturing Co. has led the city of Indianapolis to sue at least 15 insurance companies for costs to clean up the site, the city said yesterday. The city is seeking more than $5 million for removing PCBs, cadmium and solvents from the site northeast of downtown […]
The full-size pickup plant General Motors Corp. operates in Fort Wayne will be shut down an additional week in August due to allow inventories to shrink, Bloomberg reported. Today’s announcement by GM brings to three the number of weeks the plant will be idle. The Detroit automaker also said today that it will eliminate one […]
Shares of Interactive Intelligence Inc. plunged in after-hours trading after the Indianapolis call center software firm reported second-quarter net profit falling to $845,000 from $2.4 million in the same quarter a year earlier. The report was issued after markets closed. The shares plummeted 22.3 percent to $8.75 a piece. However, the company revenue hit a […]
Simon Property Group Inc. reported $427.9 million in funds from operations in the second quarter, a 14.7-percent increase from a year earlier and slightly more than analysts anticipated. The Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust also projected funds from operations for the year of $6.38 to $6.45 per share, nearly identical to the $6.35 to $6.45 […]
Sweeping diversification is necessary for the Elkhart area to snap its reliance on making recreational vehicles and manufactured housing, the Elkhart Truth opined in an editorial yesterday. A string of layoffs and other bad news from the sectors has rocked the area this month, raising questions about a difficult future for workers who know little […]
Kristy McKillip has taken a business development post with Indy Partnership after four years as executive director of Boone County Economic Development Corp. The Boone County group is one of 10 members of Indy Partnership, which markets the region to businesses looking to expand. McKillip’s new position involves building relationships with companies considering expansions in […]
The Madame Walker Theatre Board said it has chosen a preferred developer for a mixed-use development and renovation of the historic venue on Indiana Avenue. Full Spectrum of NY LLC would lead the mixed-use development, which may include retail and restaurants, office space and a boutique hotel. The first phase will involve renovating and expanding […]
The devastated auto market and lender pressure are forcing the closure of the 105-worker DynAmerica Manufacturing LLC auto parts plant in Muncie, according to The Star Press. The Muncie-based company, which makes seat belt parts, was acquired by Chicago private equity firm TMB Industries in 2005. It sought bankruptcy protection on July 18. The Muncie […]
