BENNER: Former volunteer Stevens now coaches a contender
Count Butler University basketball on the short list of teams that could make it to the Final Four.
Count Butler University basketball on the short list of teams that could make it to the Final Four.
Indianapolis Civic Theatre presents "The Elephant Man," Oct. 30-Nov. 15. For details, click
here.
Cardinal Stage presents the comedy "Boom,"
Oct. 30-Nov. 15, at the Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington. For details, click here.
IU Auditorium presents Bob Dylan, Nov. 2. For details, click here.
Actors Theatre of Indiana presents "My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra," Nov.
4-15, at Carmel Community Playhouse at Clay Terrace. For details, click here.
Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre presents "The Casket Girls," Oct. 29-30, at Pike Performing
Arts Center. For details, click here.
Clowes Memorial
Hall presents The Swell Season (best known for the title song from the movie "Once"), Nov. 2. For
details, click here.
Baldwin & Lyons Inc. on Thursday morning reported a record third-quarter profit, thanks to big investment gains and an increase
in premiums.
Just over half of students at state-supported, four-year institutions in Indiana graduate within six years—a tremendous
waste of resources by both students and taxpayers. The number of citizens with bachelor’s degrees is one of the surest
indicators of economic success in a 21st century economy driven less by workers’ hands
and more by their heads.
The owner of the vacant former Fall Creek YMCA along West 10th Street is seeking bidders interested in tearing down the building
and redeveloping the prime 2-acre site.
The state should delay unemployment tax increases on businesses from 2010 to 2011 to help companies retain workers and possibly
wait long enough for a federal bailout, Republicans who control the Indiana Senate said Tuesday.
Shares of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. closed Monday at $1.53, the 10th straight day the stock has finished
trading above $1—preserving the company’s listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Shares of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. closed Monday at $1.53, the 10th straight day the stock has finished
trading above $1—preserving the company’s listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange, but big challenges remain for the locally
based owner of radio stations and magazines.
Even in bad times
people want to be entertained.” Nationwide, roughly 2,000 haunted houses, hayrides and other attractions
rake in $1 billion annually of the $7 billion consumers spend on Halloween, according to St. Louis-based trade group Hauntworld
Inc.
Democratic lawmakers are seeking to stir up competition by stripping health insurers like Indianapolis-based WellPoint of
their protection from certain federal antitrust laws, although experts shrug off the effort as largely symbolic.
Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham has treated Ohio-based Fair Finance Co. almost like a personal bank since buying it seven
years ago, and now he, his partners and related firms owe it more than $168 million, records show.
Dramatic decreases in sponsorship and ticket revenue this year and the recent resignation of the Circle City Classic’s
new executive director have some questioning if the event can survive. Now Classic leaders are considering a bevy of bold changes.
Just about every player in the real estate business—whether individual investor, private-equity fund or publicly
traded company—is trying to raise capital to take advantage of what they see as an inevitable shakeout in commercial
property.
Many hunger-relief
charities area trying to get their hands on more fresh produce. It’s not an easy task. Second-rate and leftover fruit and
vegetables abound, but the distribution network is fragmented.
It’s good to be among the favored few, those blessed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to scoop up the remnants
of failed banks. Because it was on the FDIC list of approved buyers, Cincinnati-based First Financial Bancorp
was able to acquire Columbus, Ind.-based Irwin Financial Corp.’s banking operations under terms
that would make any deal-maker proud.
Recession forces entrepreneurs to rework bills. Cracking down on small businesses doesn’t help bills get paid faster.
Goodwill Industries executive Keith Reissaus has been tapped to run Washington, D.C.-based Leapfrog Group, an industry coalition.
Reissaus gained control of health care costs by giving employees incentives to care about their health.
Researchers are finding a host of pharmaceutical residues in tributaries to the White River, from which Indianapolis and other
cities draw drinking water.
Indianapolis-based media company Emmis Communications Corp. is halfway home to maintaining its listing on the NASDAQ stock
exchange.