Growth has stagnated in Wabash County in north-central Indiana, and might not improve very much for a long time, according to retired Manchester College professor Richard Harshbarger. Quoted in the Wabash Plain Dealer, Harshbarger said an index he created places the county’s economic activity at 117.1 compared to 100 more than two decades earlier, in […]
AT&T Inc. will add 425 jobs at its offices at 220 N. Meridian St. by 2009, the San Antonio, Texas, telecommunications giant announced this morning. The call center jobs, which will average about $40,000 a year with benefits, will provide customer service for the company’s high-speed Internet service. The positions are being brought in-house after […]
In Fort Wayne, more than 100 rental houses in the past two years have been sold at one price and a mortgage taken out at a higher price, a practice that enriches dealmakers but leaves banks and buyers in the lurch, according to an investigation by The Journal Gazette. Typically, sellers were paid a certain […]
One of the largest tracts of land remaining along Interstate 465 has been bought by MacAllister Machinery Co. Inc. to make room for the Caterpillar heavy equipment dealership to expand. The 69 acres, which is immediately north of MacAllister headquarters at 7575 E. 30th St., was sold by SMC Corp. of America for $4 million, […]
The surprise announcement that Larry Glasscock is retiring as CEO of WellPoint Inc. paves the way for his successor, Angela F. Braly, to be the highest-ranking female executive in corporate America. None of the 11 women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies run larger businesses, based on revenue, than WellPoint, which has $58 billion in annual […]
Telecommunications giant AT&T as well as state and local officials have called a news conference tomorrow morning to announce what Indiana Economic Development Corp. spokesman Mitch Frazier has said be hundreds of new jobs in Indianapolis. Indiana competed with several other states for the expansion. The state says the announcement is tied to telecom deregulation, […]
Navistar International Corp. has suspended production of diesel engines at its plant on Indianapolis’ eastside and at another plant in Alabama. The decision stems from a lawsuit filed by Ford Motor Co. claiming Illinois-based Navistar isn’t adequately sharing warranty costs for the engines, which are used in its lucrative Super Duty F-Series pickup trucks. Seven-hundred workers at […]
Evansville-based communications company Q-Comm Corp. has closed its acquisitions of Norlight Telecommunications from Journal Communications of Brookfield, Wis., for $185 million. Both companies handle high-speed telecommunications. Norlight’s territory was adjacent to Q-Comm’s. Journal Communications publishes the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Jeffrey Binder, most recently senior vice president of Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories Inc., has been named CEO of Biomet Inc., the Warsaw orthopedics firm announced this morning. Binder, 43, led Abbott’s global laboratory diagnostics business. He replaces Daniel Hann, who had been interim CEO since company co-founder Dane Miller resigned nearly a year ago. Biomet is […]
Eli Lilly and Co.’s antidepressant drug Cymbalta has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat generalized anxiety disorder. About 6.5 million Americans suffer for the disorder. The drug is currently marketed to treat depression and to manage diabetes-related pain. In 2006, Cymbalta sales were $1.3 billion, up from $679 million the year […]
Larry Glasscock, who built WellPoint Inc. into the nation’s largest health insurer, will retire as CEO and president on June 1, the Indianapolis company announced this morning. Glasscock, 58, will remain as chairman. He will be replaced as president and CEO by WellPoint executive Angela F. Braly, 45. Since 2005, she has served as an […]
Both Arvin Industries Inc. and its headquarters city of Columbus have suffered from the company’s 2000 merger with fellow auto parts supplier Meritor Automotive Inc., of Troy, Mich. Instead of keeping a sharp focus on its niche in exhaust and suspension parts, Arvin under the so-called merger of equals lost not only its way, but […]
For the first time in its history, Ivy Tech Community College has ranked tops in the nation in private donations to community colleges, according to the Council for Aid to Education, a New York not-for-profit that conducts policy research on higher education. Ivy Tech received $15.3 million last year from foundations, corporations and individuals. The […]
A company with operations in Indianapolis plans to announce Tuesday that it will create “hundreds” of additional jobs, according to Mitch Frazier, spokesman for Indiana Economic Development Corp. Frazier declined to identify the company, but said Indiana has won a tussle with several other Midwestern states for the project. Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indianapolis Mayor […]
Conseco Inc. expects to spend $53 million after taxes to shore up capital reserves for its long- term care and core insurance businesses, the company announced today. The Carmel-based insurer said the expense likely will wipe out its fourth-quarter profit, which Conseco now will announce on March 6, a week later than originally planned. During […]
About 300 workers at Citizens Gas & Coke Utility’s coke-making division have been told that they risk be laid off because the plant might be sold, Citizens announced this morning. Citizens, which has been trying to sell the plant at 2950 Prospect St. because it no longer fits its business strategy, said it is “concluding […]
Shares of Hurco Companies Inc. are setting records and soaring well above their nearly worthless status of three years ago. The stock has shot up 28 percent, to $45, since the Indianapolis machine tool maker late last week reported a surge in sales and earnings for its first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31. The $5.4 […]
Eli Lilly and Co. today launched its first insulin injector pen with a digital memory in the hope of regaining market share lost in recent years to generic and inhalable insulin. HumaPen Memoir resembles a writing pen and is designed for patients who take several daily shots of insulin at mealtimes. The Indianapolis drugmaker said […]
Greg Tinsley has been named manager of the Conrad hotel in downtown Indianapolis, replacing Jan Chovanec, who resigned in January to be closer to his family. Tinsley most recently managed the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. Prior to the Beverly Hilton, Tinsley held posts with Sheraton Hotels in several cities.
Businesses that use natural gas rated Vectren Corp. lower than companies across the country generally feel about their gas suppliers, according to this year’s J.D. Power and Associates report on business satisfaction with gas companies. The Evansville company, which serves the Indianapolis area outside Marion County, received a 708 rating on a 1,000 point scale. […]
