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Some of the people most familiar with the mortgage foreclosure explosion in the Indianapolis area in recent
years have privately pointed fingers at appraisers.
Appraisers too often were in cahoots with lenders to illegally inflate prices of houses, the insiders complained,…
Officials of the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance today announced that they have agreed to a multi-year deal to put the insurer’s name on the team’s 56th Street training complex. Terms were not released, but the Colts signed a similar deal in 2000 with Union Federal Bank that team sources said at the […]
The Indianapolis Colts sell sponsorships like Peyton Manning throws touchdown passes. A lot of the credit goes to the team’s former sales and marketing boss Ray Compton, who sold everything imaginable…
In putting together this year’s IBJ A&E Season Preview (coming soon to your favorite business paper), I saw a mini-trend emerging.
It starts Aug. 28-29 with “Classical Mystery Tour,” a visit from a quartet of Liverpoolian-look-and-sing-alikes at Conner Prairie.
That same…
Delphi Corp. plans meetings today with salaried workers at the company’s Electronics & Safety Division in Kokomo – meetings that employees fear will precede massive layoffs. Rumors of sweeping layoffs are unfounded, a Delphi spokesman told the The Kokomo Tribune. The Troy, Mich., auto parts maker learned Friday that that it must shift $1.5 billion […]
Lafayette-area leaders anticipate meeting soon with Eli Lilly and Co. officials to try to play a role in the Indianapolis-based drug giant’s plans for the 54-year-old Tippecanoe Laboratories, according to The Journal & Courier of Lafayette. Lilly said July 30 that an announcement on the future of the plant would be forthcoming within a year. […]
Spotlight on Hendricks County Named for William Hendricks, governor of Indiana 1822-1825 5 LARGEST CITIES/TOWNS Population Plainfield ……………………………………24,734 Brownsburg ………………………………..18,850 Avon …………………………………………..9,847 Danville ……………………………………….7,827 Pittsboro ……………………………………..2,386 5 LARGEST EMPLOYERS employees(1) Redcats USA (Brylane Home) …………2,300 Hendricks Regional Health……………….1,350 Q-Edge /Foxconn …………………………..1,200 Duke Energy………………………………….1,000 Brightpoint……………………………………….936 COUNTY MSA(2) Population 134,558 1,695,037 Median age 35.7 35.6 Households 51,269 […]
HAMILTON COUNTY Software sales company plans growth streak in Carmel Carmel-based Sales Diesel LLC plans to add at least 50 employees and expand into much larger offices before the end of the year. Founded only a year ago, the company provides sales analysis, lead generation and sales processes for companies that sell software and technology […]
HANCOCK COUNTY Stink over sewer/water billing The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor on July 11 filed a complaint against the Sugar Creek Utility Co. Inc. over rates and billing practices for water and sewer service. The utility serves Riley Village, an 84-lot manufactured housing community in Greenfield, and Heartland Resort, a 280-site camping park […]
MORGAN COUNTY Hospital could get makeover at cost of up to $50 million Morgan Hospital and Medical Center is planning an expansion that could cost up to $50 million, and it hopes to break ground by mid-2009, the Martinsville Reporter-Times reports. The plans call for a four-story complex to replace 72 semi-private patient rooms with […]
BOONE COUNTY Developer pitches apartments in Zionsville technology park A local developer wants to build a 224-unit apartment complex in Zionsville’s Bennett Technology Park, but first must clear zoning hurdles relating to a taxincrement financing district. Locally based Anderson Birkla Investment Partners LLC wants to build the Lofts at Bennett Park on about 12 acres […]
JOHNSON COUNTY High gas prices lift bus use by more than 20 percent Access Johnson County, the county’s bus system, has experienced record ridership levels this year. In April alone, the mass transit system sold 7,163 rides-that’s nearly 1,000 more than during the same period a year ago. Overall, rider numbers are up more than […]
Small towns with a heart Spurning sprawl, more towns upbeat on downtown From Andy Griffith’s Mayberry, the small town evolved into the likes of Avon, Ind. The tree-shaded bungalow on Oak Street within walking distance of the town center became the vinyl-clad, single-family home planted in a former cornfield with a contrived name ending in […]
MONROE COUNTY Bloomington gets a debate, but not the presidential one Indiana University in Bloomington failed to land the presidential debate it hoped for, but it will host a gubernatorial debate between incumbent Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, Democratic challenger Jill Long Thompson and Libertarian Andy Horning. The debate is slated for Oct. 14 at the […]
Development funds about to be freed Shelby County has been locking up nearly three-fourths of its economic development funds the last 16 years. But the end is in sight. By July 2009, the county will have paid off its mortgage on the Shelby County Jail. Because the county has been paying off that debt with […]
WellPoint Inc. prides itself on working to hold down the rising cost of health care. But to hear one of its former vice
presidents tell it, the company retaliated against him when he worked to do just that. In a lawsuit against
WellPoint, Dr. Randy Axelrod claims his former employer forced him out when he tried to curtail a drugmaker’s
controversial pricing strategy that was costing WellPoint money.
The signs for Leading Edge Commercial Real Estate Services are hard to miss on the south side. And soon, they could be popping up all over central Indiana. The 3-year-old, Greenwood-based brokerage firm has grown from three employees to 14 and now is looking at adding two new offices, including one on the north side. The firm has more than 120 listings, up from about 60 at the start, mostly for office leasing and sales of smaller commercial properties. The…
I’m not big on those classification schemes that put people into categories. You know what I mean, schemes such as, “There are two kinds of people in the world: those who classify others, and those who don’t.” I’m not sold on Myers-Briggs, for example. I consider it a parlor game with no significant predictive value. All classification schemes leak around the edges, so I avoid them for the most part. However, there is one categorization to which I now subscribe:…
I have two friends who are train fanatics of the worst kind. These guys aren’t just dazzled by the sight of a large train; they furtively seek them out. One friend has made it his life’s ambition to ride every rail line in Great Britain. The other scours eBay for rail schedules from the 19th century. Both of these wonderful men have exceptionally tolerant wives. I am a bit concerned my 4-year-old is turning into one of these creatures. He…
Riding a stretch of near-perfect weather, this year’s Indiana State Fair seems destined to break attendance records. I was there for a few hours one day, and I can see why it still is a big draw: The fair is alive with what’s great about Indiana tradition. And, relatively speaking, it’s a cheap form of entertainment. Eight bucks for admission seems more than reasonable in these days when a movie costs you nearly $10, especially when you realize your $8…
