EDITORIAL: Electric-car gang is ahead of pack
The drive to make central Indiana a leader in the use of electric vehicles is smart—regardless of where the money comes
from.
The drive to make central Indiana a leader in the use of electric vehicles is smart—regardless of where the money comes
from.
What do you do when you have little discretionary money and enormous challenges? You might follow the example being set by
Mayor Greg Goodnight in Kokomo.
When Google users stumbled on a surprise gift from the giant search company, it was inevitable that in business offices
everywhere, the long-forgotten sounds of Pac-Man would come to life again.
It is counterproductive to have Hoosier children stay in Indiana as young adults. Let them come
back when they have something to offer.
Central Indiana might be in line to tap hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants and loan guarantees to energize
the rollout of plug-in electric cars and trucks. Both chambers of Congress are considering measures that would require the
Department of Energy to select up to 15 cities nationwide to participate in a national electric vehicle deployment program.
State Rep. Pat Bauer says employment figures provided by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. are a good start but insists
the
agency is not revealing everything it can.
The former executive director of IEDC’s predecessor agency argues that regular headcount disclosure is a key part of the economic
development
process once incentive deals have been struck with companies.
Embattled financier Tim Durham’s lawyer, Larry Mackey, said the FBI should have known a bankruptcy trustee had the titles.
An attorney for
the trustee said investigators were aware.
The federal government pumped $6.3 billion into the Indiana economy through higher unemployment compensation and increased
Social Security and Medicare payments.
Creativity, like muscle tone, must be exercised if one is to increase it. We need to seize opportunities to think creatively. Challenging riddles like the one above interrupt the normal routine and rev up our brains.
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The giant drugmaker is in the process of trimming 35 percent—or about 19 people—from its 55-person communications
staff. Most of that staff is based in Indianapolis.
The now famous housing bubble has been blamed for many of our nation’s problems. In truth, it is the opposite. The
massive private debt, including mortgage debt, was made possible by lax lending practices.
What recession? Some firms are enjoying explosive growth.
One-time events influenced bottom lines of some of the few companies that made more money in 2009.