Largest Indiana public companies mostly fared well in 2011
Performance varied widely as industries ebbed, flowed.
Performance varied widely as industries ebbed, flowed.
Former New York Knicks coach tells national TV audience there were no louder NBA venues than the old Chicago Stadium and Market Square Arena in Indianapolis.
Indianapolis police have arrested a 14-year-old girl in connection with a fiery crash Tuesday afternoon that injured three passengers in the car she was driving. Preliminary charges against the unlicensed driver, who was not identified, include criminal recklessness causing serious bodily injury. The accident occurred on South Mickley Avenue on the city’s west side. Witnesses said the vehicle was traveling at a high speed before the driver lost control and struck a tree, causing the car to burst into flames. The girl sustained non-life threatening injuries, but the three boys in the vehicle were transported to Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in critical condition. Two of the passengers, 13-year-olds Arturo Laurrabaquio and Jose Islas, were later upgraded to stable condition. The other boy, whose name was not released, remained critical.
The $6.5 million project, led by the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, will include 50 apartment units, 22,000 square feet of commercial space and a 2-acre park. Construction could start by the end of the year.
They can simply make the decision to protect the health of the fans.
Minneapolis-based “Cloud Cult” brings its music to the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Summer Solstice celebration June 18. Details here.
Don Farrell of “Actors Theatre of Indiana” heads south to headline the Indiana Festival Theatre production of “Damn Yankees” in Bloomington June 13-24. Details here.
Norah Jones performs at the Murat Theatre June 20. Details here.
Indiana University divers searching the site of a 1725 shipwreck found the booty and other artifacts including musket balls and ceramics. The discovery was introduced to the public Tuesday at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Some of the nation's biggest health insurers will keep some popular parts of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even if the law fails to survive U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny later this month. Indianapolis-based WellPoint will wait for the court ruling.
Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman PC named attorney John Williams as the head of its new federal legislative and regulatory advisory advocacy practice. The Indianapolis-based health law firm also named two of-counsel attorneys to the practice: Andrew Woods and Andrew Coats, both of whom are also part of the Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Liberty Partners Group. Williams holds degrees from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and George Mason University School of Law. Woods completed his undergraduate studies at North Carolina State University and earned his law degree at University of North Carolina School of Law. Coats, the son of U.S. Sen. Dan Coats, holds a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University and a law degree from Indiana University.
Dr. Keith Knuth has joined the faculty of the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute. He will see patients at the Glick Eye Institute’s Spring Mill and Mooresville locations. Knuth earned a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and completed his medical degree at the IU School of Medicine. He also holds an MBA degree from Butler University.
Tony Origer, a chiropractic physician, is now seeing patients two days a week at the Carmel office of Methodist Sports Medicine / The Orthopedic Specialists. Origer is continuing to manage his practice, Performance Chiropractic & Sports Rehabilitation, in Greenwood. Origer did his chiropractic training at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. He has done work for the Indianapolis Indians, as well as the athletic teams at the University of Indianapolis and Franklin College.
Simon Property Group Inc., the world’s largest real estate investment trust, has increased its firepower for potential global expansion with a $2 billion revolving line of credit in six currencies.
The food at Beef & Boards is pretty good, all Vonnegut movie adaptations are not awful, and Jennie DeVoe doesn't play at every local festival.
A local developer plans to break ground this month on a three-story office building near Keystone at the Crossing that would be the market’s first speculative office development in four years.
Industry stalwart prevails in fight against Indiana Horse Racing Commission, which found that he had participated in racing and wagering activities without a license.
Sale to managers would alleviate problems for company’s 70-year-old namesake and keep firm from being seized by bank.
The Warsaw area is well-known as the home of gigantic orthopedic implant companies and their suppliers. But now a handful of startups have been able to raise nearly $25 million in equity investments despite the recession—putting a bit more fuel into a fairly stagnant entrepreneurial sector.
Recovery in manufacturing—one of Indiana’s best-paying employment sectors—has been a much celebrated change after years of decline. But many of those jobs are returning with lower wages as employers keep up with growing global competition.
Why do governments sometimes oppress their best and brightest citizens?
Local utility trust Citizens Energy Group plans to sell liquefied natural gas for use in cross-country semi trucks as a lower-cost alternative to diesel fuel.
The future of health insurance is lower profit margins and greater consumer control. WellPoint Inc. just bet $900 million on it.