Noble Roman’s Inc. reported $321,431 in net profit in the first quarter, less than half the $703,003 it earned a year earlier. The Indianapolis restaurant chain said the decline was caused by slowing growth in co-brand franchises. Under an initiative announced in November, Noble Roman’s is screening potential franchisees more carefully, training new franchisees longer, […]
Just Marketing International plans to spend more than $3 million to expand its Zionsville headquarters. The motorsports marketing company said the expansion will create 47 jobs that pay up to $28 an hour. Just Marketing employs 90. The company will receive up to $350,000 in tax credits and training grants, as well as a possible […]
The Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association and the Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission have launched an in-state ad campaign promoting local tourism. The campaign, which will also run in Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis, uses high gas prices to entice residents to be a tourist close to home. The 2008 campaign spots will be shown 10,000 […]
The Speedway Town Council has named Barbara Lawrence the new town manager for Speedway. Most recently, Lawrence served as executive director of the Indianapolis Bond Bank. In her 25 years of public service she has held financial and management positions with the State of Indiana, was director of the Indianapolis Department of Public Works and […]
Eli Lilly and Co. this morning held a dedication ceremony for the last phase of its $1 billion biotechnology complex southwest of downtown Indianapolis. The latest addition is a 475,000-square-foot laboratory building. It will house nearly 500 Lilly scientists and support staff who are moving from an older building used to make propellers during World […]
The art collection in the estate of Columbus industrialist J. Irwin Miller and his wife, Xenia, could bring $80 million next month at a Christie’s auction in Europe, according to The Republic of Columbus. The collection includes works from artists including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Andy Warhol, among others. A painting of water lilies […]
New traffic and sidewalk restrictions are being put in place near the RCA Dome so that demolition work can begin. Closing two lanes of Capitol Avenue in downtown Indianapolis will allow preliminary work, such as removal of the dome’s signs. City police officials do not expect the new lane restrictions to cause significant traffic troubles. […]
U.S. Steel Yard, the baseball stadium Gary officials hoped would draw development into city’s downtown, is experiencing mixed success five years after opening, according to the Post-Tribune of Merrillville. It still isn’t making money and the city’s stadium fund had $8,000 in it at the end of 2007, down from $15,000 when the year began. […]
Shelby County residents who oppose a tax increment financing district near the Indiana Downs racino are expected to show up in large numbers this evening at the last public meeting scheduled before the Shelbyville Redevelopment Commission, according to The Shelbyville News. The Shelbyville plan commission and city council already have approved creating a fourth TIF […]
Indianapolis-based publisher and broadcaster Emmis Communications Corp. said today that its fourth-quarter net profit widened to $15.8 million from $10.7 million a year earlier due to a $21.2 million charge for its broadcast licenses. Revenue in the quarter ended Feb. 29 increased 9 percent, to $85.8 million. And revenue climbed in both segments. Emmis recorded […]
Delta Faucet Co. laid off another 95 workers from its Greensburg plant yesterday, the company’s third round of cuts this year, according to the Greensburg Daily News. The Carmel-based company idled the same number of workers in mid-March. The new cuts will leave about 567 workers employed at the Greensburg facility. The cuts have been […]
ChemGen Corp., a biotechnology company based in Maryland, has bought a long-empty manufacturing plant in Terre Haute, according to the Terre Haute Economic Development Corp. ChemGen makes a natural feed additive that helps chickens, turkeys and pigs digest food. It expects to hire up to 20 people and begin operating in the plant by the […]
A renewable energy company that is building an ethanol plant in Bluffton has agreed to be sold to an Omaha, Neb., ethanol firm. The acquisition of VBV LLC is valued at $383 million, the buyer, Green Plains Renewable Energy Inc., announced late yesterday. VBV is a Delaware company owned by Ireland-based NTR plc and the […]
FinishMaster Inc. posted first-quarter profit of $6.3 million, nearly double the $3.2 million of a year earlier, the Indianapolis company announced late yesterday. FinishMaster attributed the upswing to a settlement from a lawsuit and a one-time prior year charge. Without the two items, profit would have been $3.2 million, down from $4.2 million a year […]
Shares of Plainfield-based Brightpoint Inc. increased 3 percent, to $9.76, this morning after sliding nearly 5 percent earlier in the day. The gyrations came after the cell phone distributor announced late yesterday that it earned $7.3 million, or 9 cents per share, in adjusted net income in the first quarter, less than the 12 cents per […]
MD Logistics added 120,000 square feet to its warehouse in Plainfield and hired 80 workers after expanding a contract it holds with Audiovox Corp. MD will label and repackage Thomson Consumer Electronics products arriving in bulk from Asia, then distribute the repackaged products. Audiovox, headquartered in Hauppauge, N.Y., in October 2006 acquired Thomson’s consumer electronics […]
A key company in Elwood closed abruptly on Friday, pushing 60 to 70 people out of jobs. State Plating, which coated steel with nickel, had been in business in the town north of Fishers since 1962. The company didn’t respond to messages from The Herald Bulletin of Anderson, but the newspaper said the rising cost […]
A call center operator has chosen Anderson for a new operation and plans to hire as many as 400 workers within a year, Mayor Kris Ockomon said this morning. Agape LLC, a startup, picked Anderson for its available work force and access to fiber optics. Agape will set up shop in the Union Building, which […]
Indianapolis-based Arcadia Resources Inc. has acquired a small in-home health care company in North Carolina for an undisclosed price. Carolina Care generated $2.1 million in revenue last year serving Medicaid patients from three locations. Both companies have home health care offices in Winston-Salem, N.C., which Arcadia plans to merge to save money. “Expanding our in-home […]
Marvel Industries Inc. plans to shift refrigerator production from Richmond to its plant in Greenville, Mich., resulting in the loss of 140 jobs in the eastern Indiana city, according to the Palladium-Item. A timetable for the pull-out was not disclosed, the newspaper said. State and local officials offered $2.6 million in incentives to keep the […]
