AUGUST 15-21, 2011
This week, find out how Habitat for Humanity is responding to the housing-market crash and read about a local adventurer whose exploits reach 95 million American households. Greg Andrews' Behind the News column explores the market turmoil's possible effect on initial public offerings. And in A&E, Lou Harry shares his game finds from the annual GenCon convention.
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Developer plans $27M project in Lockerbie
The Whitsett Group wants to build 190 affordable and market-rate apartments, 44,000 square feet of retail and office space, and more than 300 mostly underground parking spaces on a prime Lockerbie parcel.
Read MoreFederal cuts in training funds hit at awkward time
Funding for the state’s work-force-development agencies to help Hoosiers develop job skills has fallen sharply, even as unemployment remains high and the economy is still shaky.
Read MoreArt advocates will take advantage of Super Bowl spotlight
An exhibition inside the unused former city hall is one of several art happenings planned around Super Bowl XLVI. The host committee, through its arts and culture subcommittee, is trying to integrate the arts to a degree not seen in other host cities.
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Habitat for Humanity tries hand at fixer-uppers
Habitat for Humanity affiliates are getting into the business of rehabbing homes, capitalizing on the availability of foreclosed homes.
Read MoreWeak market could derail Allison’s planned IPO
Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission in March said it planned to raise $750 million through a public stock sale, but the economic outlook has darkened since then.
Read MoreLocally produced adventure show reaches 95 million homes
Eddie Brochin, a lifelong outdoorsman who began leading hunting and fishing expeditions in the late 1990s, now chronicles his adventures in his own TV show, “Ultimate Outdoors with Eddie Brochin.”
Read MoreFirm makes splash retrieving golf balls
Mark Schmitt, president of Rawhide Golf Ball Co., runs a business that recovers dimpled pills from golf course water hazards, buffs them up, and resells them. (With photo gallery)
Read MoreTV broadcasters push to get side channels into homes
Digital technology ushered in over the last five years allows television stations to squeeze four signals into the broadcast spectrum a single analog signal occupied.
Read MoreInventor on quest to bring medical device to market
Licensed practical nurse Nic Davis invented a device to kill and prevent the introduction of microorganisms that collect at catheter ports.
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Local lawyers specialize in representing lawyers
Kevin McGoff and Don Lundberg are go-to guys for Indiana attorneys needing counsel.
Read MoreFundraising starts slowly for Indiana student loan program
The slow economy is hurting progress on an endowment that would help pro bono lawyers repay debt.
Read More1,300 Hoosiers eligible for United Financial restitution
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller said more than 1,300 Hoosiers are eligible for restitution from United Financial Systems Corp. in the wake of a court ruling against the Indianapolis-based company. The company also faces at least two class-action lawsuits.
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EDITORIAL: Economy is weak, but this is no 2008
When the stock market plummeted on Aug. 8 and did so again two days later, many of us found ourselves having flashbacks to 2008, when every bleak day in the market seemed to be followed by another and then another.
Read MoreMORRIS: D.C. crowd making economic matters worse
I’m struggling with moving on from recent events, after losing about 15 percent of value in my equity investments in 11 business days. I’m angry. I’m really angry.
Read MoreKENNEDY: Google is making islands of all of us
What did I learn on my summer vacation? One thing that immediately struck me was how homogenized citizens from Western industrialized countries have become—how much we all look and dress alike.
Read MoreKANNING: Improved productivity isn’t good enough
The latest prolonged recession intensified the push for U.S. productivity gains.
Read MoreALTOM: Most phone hacking is a low-tech, fast-talking scam
Given the events of the past couple of months with News of the World and Rupert Murdock, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to write about phone hacking.
Read MoreHICKS: Investors downgrade Standard & Poor’s political ploy
There are many reasons to believe the second half of the year will bring a faster-growing economy.
Read MoreSKARBECK: Market volatility should be seen as an opportunity
To a long-term, value-oriented investor, volatility should be viewed as opportunity. The crazy prices that are occasionally offered up by a roller-coaster market in periods of uncertainty allow for the purchase of undervalued securities.
Read MoreYoung’s debt vote cost Hoosiers dearly
In his [Aug. 8 op-ed], U.S. Rep. Todd Young spins his recent irresponsible actions in delaying the increase in the debt limit as “a meaningful and responsible first step on the path back to economic health.”
Read MoreHicks calculations wouldn’t pan out
In his [July 30] commentary, Michael Hicks suggests that the $1.6 trillion of U.S. Treasury Securities held by the Federal Reserve be wiped out (since they are debts the U.S. owes itself) and thus eliminate 11 percent of our total national debt.
Read MoreHetrick on target about need for jobs
What the country needs is job creation and not continuous discussion about the national debt.
Read MorePence would shred social safety net
Pence Haven’t we heard this song before? Congressman Mike Pence, who is running for governor, has proposed that the way to job growth is to reduce Indiana’s already anemic receipts from corporate taxes. Pence has an almost abiding, religious faith and hope in the willingness of Wall Street to create jobs and opportunity. To paraphrase […]
Read MoreDon’t overlook the rowing center
While we at the Indianapolis Rowing Center applaud Bill Benner’s [July 23 column] call for attention to the crumbling infrastructure of our city’s amateur sports facilities, we’d like to add one bright spot—the rowing center.
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Eastgate owner plots unusual office-space strategy
The owner of the former Eastgate shopping center has begun marketing a third phase of its mall overhaul: About 225,000 square feet of emergency backup office space.
Read MoreArtist complains about removal of public art from Indy airport
Local artist James Wille Faust is crying foul over a decision to replace his $150,000 work with advertising at the Indianapolis International Airport.
Read MoreGlick support boosts IU eye research
A $10 million research endowment at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute has attracted seven new researchers to the Indiana University School of Medicine’s Ophthalmology Department.
Read MoreShank honored for work on Japanese exhibit
The firm worked with the Japan-America Society of Indiana on promotion of the “Bridges To Japan” exhibit at the 2010 Indiana State Fair.
Read MoreWilliams Randall lands Mike’s Car Wash ad account
Locally based Williams Randall will be Mike's agency of record.
Read MoreIndyGo seeks funding traction
The Indianapolis Public Transportation Corp. has budgeted expenses of $57 million for 2012, but officials expect a revenue shortfall of $6.4 million because of drops in federal, state and local funding.
Read MoreIndiana State Fair features rapid-transit vehicle
Visitors to the Indiana State Fair will have a chance to peek into the possible future of the region’s transit system.
Read MoreHealth care VC slows in 2011
Four Hoosier companies attracted more than $10.5 million, down from 10 companies that attracted $18.5 million during the first half of 2010.
Read MoreNFP of NOTE: Indiana 4-H Foundation
Indiana 4-H Foundation provides financial support for the statewide 4-H youth program.
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