Indianapolis Business Journal

JUNE 25-JULY 1, 2012

This week, find out how the city's tax-increment financing districts are faring and read about a local image consultant who helps clients meld their personal and professional styles. In At-Home Quarterly, see what local real estate agents are doing to stay relevant. And in A&E, Lou Harry shares his thoughts on Chicago as a theater town.

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Kennedy wrong on jobs

Sheila Suess Kennedy suggested [June 4] that job creation and the wages of working Hoosiers drastically trail the national average. Here are the facts:

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Deal with the scofflaws

After reading Greg Morris’ [June 18] commentary “Cyclists, do your part to share the road,” I had an epiphany—a way for the city to make money and a way to save money.

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Lugar’s age was issue

Peter Rusthoven [May 28] forgot one important reason why people did not vote for Dick Lugar and it has nothing to do with tea.

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Funds help launch Carmel arts center

The Center for the Performing Arts just finished a monumental season of programming. Well over 100,000 guests visited, making the center and its Palladium concert hall one of the region’s most visible destinations.

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Report: Charitable donations ticked up in 2011

Charitable giving grew 4 percent nationally in 2011, but the increase was less than 1 percent after adjusting for inflation, according to a report released Tuesday by the Giving USA Foundation and The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

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PROXY CORNER: Vera Bradley Inc.

Vera Bradley Inc., 2208 Production Road, Fort Wayne, Ind., 46808, sells handbags, accessories, paper-and-gift items and travel items through 55 retail stores, nine outlet stores, 3,300 specialty stores and through verabradley.com.

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