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Volcker Rule was regulatory overkill

January 23, 2014

Ken Skarbeck opined [Jan. 13] that federal regulators should continue to pile more regulation on the financial services industry. Specifically, he faults the American Bankers Association for suing federal banking regulators over implementation of the Volcker Rule of the Dodd-Frank Act.

HETRICK: You say you want a reputation? Don’t do it this way

January 23, 2014

We can now measure the dollar value of a good reputation. Unfortunately, Indiana is doing a lot to hurt its.

View of health rollout improves, but only slightly

January 27, 2014

Negative perceptions of the health care rollout have eased, a new poll finds. But overall, two-thirds of Americans say things still aren’t going well.

Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion

February 13, 2014

The deal would combine the nation’s top two cable TV companies and create a dominant force in both creating and delivering entertainment to U.S. homes.

Internet-based weather forecasters offer bolder, more detailed outlooks

February 13, 2014

A posse of Internet-based prognosticators is offering not just forecasts but sometimes even mounds of data left open to interpretation.

Life sciences jobs pack 2-for-1 punch

February 24, 2014

While life sciences companies don’t rack up huge jobs numbers, their relatively high pay means that every job they create is worth two in the rest of the private sector.

Feds’ ITT lawsuit built on reports from mystery shoppers

March 6, 2014

The shoppers, who were hired by the Carmel-based operator of for-profit colleges, generated the bulk of the material cited in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s complaint.

Technology Power Breakfast transcript

March 17, 2014

Indianapolis Business Journal gathered tech leaders for a Technology Power Breakfast panel discussion March 14. The panel talked about topics ranging from ExactTarget to mentors to raising capital.

Purdue, Indiana universities churning out more patents, startups

March 19, 2014

Unbelievable as it would have sounded even a few years ago, Purdue and IU now both produce more startup companies annually than most of the schools at the heart of the famed entrepreneurial hubs in Colorado, Utah and North Carolina.

State regulators scold Citizens, approve smaller water rate hike

March 19, 2014

Citizens Energy Group has won state approval to raise water rates for Indianapolis customers, but not before being taken to task for excessive executive compensation.

Company conducts ‘global warfare’ against invisible cyber threats

March 27, 2014

Corporate executives, shaken by fears of hackers, are enlisting Rook Security and an explosion of companies like it to monitor and chase cyber criminals across borders and recover stolen intellectual property.

CarDon trying to adjust nursing homes to hospitals, insurers, patients

April 2, 2014

Family-run company is building nursing homes it thinks will be more attractive to residents and staff.

Heartbleed bug causes major security headache

April 10, 2014

A confounding computer bug called "Heartbleed" is causing big security headaches across the Internet as websites scramble to fix the problem and Web surfers wonder whether they should change their passwords

Growth in Hoosier wages lagging inflation

April 10, 2014

Pay raises were a pipe dream for many Hoosiers last year—as the median wage in Indiana inched up 0.8 percent, to $31,990, according to federal data released this month.

Chances of getting audited by IRS lowest in years

April 14, 2014

Budget cuts and new responsibilities are straining the Internal Revenue Service's ability to police tax returns. This year, the IRS will have fewer agents auditing returns than at any time since at least the 1980s.

Wal-Mart jumps into the money-transfer biz, loudly

April 18, 2014

The world's largest retailer introduced a new money-transfer service Thursday that it says will cut fees for its low-income customers by up to 50 percent compared with similar services elsewhere.

Uber, Lyft barnstorm Indianapolis taxi market

April 23, 2014

The ride-share upstarts are stirring praise and pushback, just as they have elsewhere across the country.

Firm that figured out how to sell hair-salon products online is snapped up by giant

April 24, 2014

Indianapolis startup Loxa Beauty was barely generating revenue last year when one of the biggest companies in its industry offered to buy it.

ITT student-loan bet stings Lilly’s credit union