In Sunday’s Indianapolis Star, editor Dennis Ryerson commented on staff departures, announcing that “Talk of the Town,” Susan Guyett’s former column, will continue with another TBA writer. And that Jay Harvey will take over arts reviewing. See the story
The Indianapolis Star, the state’s largest daily newspaper, has scaled back its roster
of critics in recent years — a reduction in coverage that put the onus on local arts promoters to get the word out through
other channels, such as blogs.
Indianapolis Ford dealers John Pearson and Ray Skillman will be among the 300 domestic dealers
of Mahindra trucks and SUVs when the company makes its U.S. passenger car debut as early as next summer.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil lawsuit charging that Dan Laikin, an Indianapolis businessman before taking the helm of Los Angeles-based National Lampoon Inc. in 2005, participated in a scheme to fraudulently manipulate the company’s stock. Laikin, 46, is one of four defendants in the suit, which was filed in federal court […]
National Lampoon Inc. CEO Dan Laikin was arrested at his southern California home this morning, the same day criminal and civil investigators unveiled charges that he participated in a scheme to fraudulently manipulate the company’s stock. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia announced that a grand jury had indicted Laikin, 46, on felony counts of […]
Beth Metzger has talked about opening a salon and day spa with her daughter, Jill Dennis, for years.
Don’t be surprised if a two-year state budget Gov. Mitch Daniels plans to propose tomorrow includes no overall spending increase for public schools. “Protecting education at today’s levels would be a huge achievement when revenues are plummeting or are down significantly,” Daniels said last week. “In many states right now, education is being cut, and […]
Greetings from New York.
My weekend included catching three Broadway shows (I’ll be reviewing them in the print IBJ this week) and reading a chunk of Dennis Lahane’s novel “The Given Day” while on the trains back and forth to New…
Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. exceeded analysts’ expectations in the fourth quarter, generating funds from operations of 69 cents per share – more than a nickel better than the consensus estimate. Funds from operations is a common measure of financial performance for real estate investment trusts like Duke. Excluding one-time items, funds from operations were 71 […]
Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. exceeded analysts’ expectations in the fourth quarter, generating funds from operations of 69 cents per share – more than a nickel better than the consensus estimate. Funds from operations is a common measure of financial performance for real estate investment trusts like Duke. Excluding one-time items, funds from operations were 71 […]
Former Indiana University coach Bob Knight is contemplating coming out of retirement. Multiple sources said if the University of Georgia offers Knight its vacant men’s basketball coaching job, Knight would accept.
“I have never…
Indianapolis retailer HHGregg Inc. overcame a decline in comparable-store sales and the difficult economic environment during its third fiscal quarter, reporting profit of $17.1 million – a 13-percent improvement from the prior year period. Sales during the quarter were up almost 7 percent, to $416 million. Profit margins increased primarily because the company was able […]
Steep discounts resulting from the liquidation of Circuit City Stores Inc. are expected to have a short-term negative impact on Indianapolis retailer HHGregg Inc., company officials said this morning in conference call with investors. But, ultimately, they think HHGregg is well-positioned to fill the void that the nation’s No. 2 electronic retailer will leave when […]
Steep discounts resulting from the liquidation of Circuit City Stores Inc. are expected to have a short-term negative impact on Indianapolis retailer HHGregg Inc., company officials said this morning in conference call with investors. But, ultimately, they think HHGregg is well-positioned to fill the void that the nation’s No. 2 electronic retailer will leave when […]
Company officials think HHGregg is well-positioned to fill the void that Circuit City Stores Inc. will leave when its stores are closed.
Seven attorneys are leaving Indianapolis firm Bingham McHale to form a new insurance litigation firm, a move that one of the departing partners said came as a result of the large firm’s practice group effectively pricing itself out of the market. Those involved describing it as an amicable split that boils down to those attorneys […]
Recently elected as a Hendricks County commissioner, Eric Wathen says his top priority is to complete the long-promised Ronald
Reagan Parkway, which would open a congestion-free path through the suburbs of Brownsburg, Avon and Plainfield.
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Two partners at the Bingham McHale LLP law firm are taking five lawyers with them to form a firm that will concentrate on insurance defense work.
U.S. District Court Judge Larry J. McKinney upheld sanctions against Dennis E. Murray Sr. in his legal battle with Carmel-based insurer Conseco Inc.
