Pandemic reinvents holiday hiring for retailers
The push to hire temporary workers has begun in earnest this holiday season—in some cases, weeks earlier than last year. But the pandemic has reshaped the kinds of jobs retailers are trying to fill.
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Google ad costs, not its dominance, irking small businesses
Google controls about 90% of global internet searches, but what’s unfair, many small business owners say, is the way it gives the greatest prominence in search results to the companies that spend the most on advertising.
Flood of early voting expected to delay Indiana, Marion County election results
In Marion County, “a large volume of absentee votes” will take days to get counted once that process begins on Tuesday, said Russell Hollis, deputy director of the Marion County Clerk’s Office. As a result, key races are not expected be decided on Election Night.
Indiana saw COVID-19 cases, deaths jump significantly in October
Cumulative numbers released by the Indiana State Department of Health show reported COVID-19 cases and deaths more than doubled in October compared with the previous month.
Auction of rare autos once owned by northern Indiana businessman nets $44M
The cars had been owned by Najeeb Khan, the former CEO of Interlogic Outsourcing Inc., an Elkhart-based payroll processing firm that was sold after filing for bankruptcy protection last year.
Ongoing pandemic worsens schools’ substitute teacher woes
The increased difficulty of finding substitutes is forcing districts to more frequently shift their staffing, with teachers who provide instruction in specialized classes instead being drafted to fill in for absent teachers.
Indiana reports 3,505 new COVID-19 cases, 46 more deaths
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 hit 1,740 on Friday, the highest mark since April 13, when they reached an all-time high of 1,799.
Dow caps volatile October with worst weekly finish since March
The three major U.S. indexes closed out the final trading day of a turbulent October with more losses, capping a wretched week marked by a record surge in coronavirus infections, dashed hopes for an economic rescue deal before the election and renewed fears of a new wave of business disruptions.
Walmart backtracks, begins putting guns back in stores
The retail giant said it originally instructed store managers to move firearms and ammunition from in-store displays to a secure location in the back “in an abundance of caution” due to the potential for “civil unrest.”
Santiago Jaramillo: Leaders must talk about—and track—diversity and inclusion
Truly making diversity and inclusion part of your organizational heartbeat is like performing cultural open-heart surgery: It’s serious and the road to recovery is long, but in the end, your organization will be stronger and healthier than before.
Memory Bank: Benjamin Harrison seeks to ‘keep the ball rolling’ in 1888
Benjamin Harrison of Indianapolis ran for president in 1888, but typical of that time, he did not travel the country to campaign. Instead, supporters rolled a giant ball decorated with campaign slogans across the country,
PETE THE PLANNER: Many variables affect retirement planning
The most complicating factor is that we don’t know how much we’ll need because we don’t know when we’ll die.
Claire Fiddian-Green: Investments in public health are key to addressing racial disparities
As we continue to work together to enable children and adults to return safely to school and work, we must prioritize addressing the underlying factors that have resulted in the racial disparities exposed by the pandemic.
Jim Merritt: State needs multiple power sources to avoid blackouts
An “all of the above” approach should include investments not only in innovative renewable technologies, such as wind and solar, but also in dependable low-cost natural gas, to ensure adequate energy is available when each and every customer goes to turn on the lights.
Letter: Evictions moratorium risks long-term problems
The recently enacted CDC eviction moratorium gives renters a false sense of protection.
State not releasing detailed COVID outbreak data
Other than tracking schools and long-term-care facilities, the state doesn’t post any identifying data on a website or dashboard where people can identify COVID hot spots and track their spread.
Pandemic alters plans for downtown Lebanon projects
Lebanon’s campaign for new, mixed-use development downtown is off to a slow start.
Gov. Eric Holcomb’s coronavirus stance drawing criticism
The Republican has said repeatedly that he’d be willing to take a step back in the phased-in reopening if key data indicated the pandemic was worsening. But he has never made good on that threat.
Q&A: IPS superintendent talks masks, social distancing and educating kids
IBJ reporter Samm Quinn talked with Superintendent Aleesia Johnson about how returning has gone so far and other impacts COVID-19 has had on the state’s largest public school system.
BOHANON & CUROTT: Fed’s new inflation policy sows seeds of uncertainty
While average inflation targeting has some theoretical advantages, the move is easily seen as nothing more than a fig leaf for the Fed to increase its own discretion.