Indianapolis Business Journal

The water-cooler has become a watering hole, as some firms jump on the trend of offering alcohol on site for employees. Scott Olson reports that local companies as big as Eli Lilly and Co. are co-opting the attitudes of loosey-goosey startups when it comes to mixing the professional with the social. Also in this issue, Anthony Schoettle reveals that the NCAA has reopened negotiations on its TV deal. And in Focus, Chris O’Malley finds that major Indiana companies are raising dividends again.