Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has put its pharmacy benefits-management business up for sale, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The London-based business newspaper, citing sources familiar with the matter, said the business could be worth more than $1 billion and as much as $5 billion. A WellPoint spokeswoman told the newspaper that the company […]
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a $6.7 million jury award to a musician who lost her arm because of a botched injection of an anti-nausea medication. The court brushed away a plea for limiting lawsuits against drug makers. The decision in Wyeth v. Levine is likely to have ramifications for big drug companies, including Indianapolis-based […]
Chances are, only a handful of people in attendance when Oregon-based BodyVox visited Pike Performing Arts Center on Feb. 28 had ever seen the group before.
Think about that.
Think about the faith exhibited by the act of buying tickets and showing…
A top state senator is developing a proposal for fixing Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund that he said yesterday is likely to include higher taxes on employers and cutting benefits paid out to the jobless. Republican Sen. Dennis Kruse of Auburn, chairman of the Senate Pensions and Labor Committee, is taking the lead on the […]
Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard defended himself yesterday in a meeting with council members about the costs of the Keystone Avenue project. The state originally provided $90 million for the construction of multiple roundabouts on Keystone. The cost has increased to $130 million. Brainard says the initial cost was an estimate, but some council members say […]
Henri and Shelley Najem, who own The Bella Vita restaurant in Geist, represent the scores of Indiana restaurant operators
feeling financial pressure, given the severe economic slump.
An electronic succession-planning system created by Eli Lilly & Co. about seven years ago is sniffing out top talent.
It might have been easier for Larry Bird to lead the championship game of the NCAA’s men’s basketball tournament 30 years
ago with those improbable underdog Sycamores than to right the ship he’s steering as president of basketball for the Indiana
Pacers now.
As job losses accelerate in the worst recession in a generation, it’s becoming tougher and tougher for even well-educated,
experienced professionals to find work �¢?? or at least to find a job in the area and at the pay they want.
The insurance industry and [Indiana] Chamber of Commerce are providing misleading and untruthful statements to employers and
their insured members about assignment of benefits.
This week, familiar objects take on new looks and meaning at the Indianapolis Art Center.
This week, familiar objects take on new looks and meaning at the Indianapolis Art Center. There is plenty to like-and plenty to be annoyed by-at the Indianapolis Art Center, which is featuring a trio of related exhibitions through April 19. All deal in some way with existing or found objects. The most ambitious-and least focused-of […]
The most up-to-date report about white-collar job losses in Indianapolis comes every Monday at dawn in the parking lot at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church. The number of cars that pull in to attend the weekly gatherings of the Business and Professional Exchange has more than doubled in the last two months. Inside, men and […]
A friend asked me to share singular moments or entire movements that have changed the face of intercollegiate athletics over the years. Title IX would be a prime example. On my list was a game that took place 30 years ago this month. It was Michigan State University versus Indiana State University in the championship […]
This week, familiar objects take on new looks and meaning at the Indianapolis Art Center. There is plenty to like-and plenty to be annoyed by-at the Indianapolis Art Center, which is featuring a trio of related exhibitions through April 19. All deal in some way with existing or found objects. The most ambitious-and least focused-of […]
After this post, there will be a self-imposed moratorium on Danica Patrick-related news on The Score. Even I can see we’ve gotten a little carried away. But Sports Illustrated’s response to the Danica tattoo flap that surfaced two weeks ago…
Firefighters found two bodies last night inside a burning house on the near-east side. Crews were called to a two-story home at 17 N. Oxford St., just east of Rural Street, about 8:30 p.m. Officers describe the victims as a black man and a white woman. The home appeared to have been abandoned and the […]
Indy Racing League driver Danica Patrick has done an about face. Just a few days after telling everyone how happy she is in the IRL, she now says she’d consider jumping to Formula One. Patrick has been targeted as one…
It’s difficult to say what is driving Marvin Harrison in his negotiations—or non-negotiations—with the Indianapolis Colts. Greed? Pride? Ego-centrism? Maybe all the above. Maybe none of the above. Harrison certainly isn’t saying. Even…
Republican state lawmakers were never keen on House Democrats’ idea to take $500 million from a trust fund and spend the cash on local road projects. But the GOP-controlled Senate made the message clear yesterday as it approved a proposal to protect the fund by putting it into the Indiana constitution. Sen. Mike Delph (R-Carmel) […]
