HICKS: You can stop wondering … the recession is here
Sometimes the worst part of the economic forecasting I do is the sinking feeling that my predictions will be right.
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Sometimes the worst part of the economic forecasting I do is the sinking feeling that my predictions will be right.
I must admit feeling a little wistful as I watched the run-up to Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans.
I am proud to relate that Pawel Fludzinski, Ph.D. recently published his first crossword puzzle in The New York Times. Pawel has worked at Eli Lilly and Co. for more than 28 years with the last 20 years being in executive level leadership positions. He has a Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry, but never mind that: He shares with me a love for construction of crossword puzzles.
Try as we might, we just don't get it. Oh, we understand why liquor store owners don't want Indiana lawmakers to lift long-standing restrictions on Sunday alcohol sales. There's little doubt the state's ban on most carryout sales helps them manage costs and stave off competition from big-box retailers. They admit as much (among other rationale).
A tort reform measure from Gov. Mike Pence's first-year agenda has gone down in defeat amid opposition in a key Senate committee.
Indiana’s legislative leaders are casting doubt on the prospects of taking up a same-sex marriage ban this year.
Indianapolis-based Hurco Cos. Inc.designs and produces interactive computer controls for the metal cutting and metal forming industry.
Big changes in temperature took a toll on central Indiana roads and streets this month. January has featured highs in the 60s and lows in the low single digits. There have been at least 13 days when the high was above the freezing mark and the low was below it. Final tallies for January aren’t in, but as of mid-month, Indianapolis had received 92 pothole service orders and repaired 110 holes.
Two have been arrested in connection with the Saturday armed robbery of the Little Caesars Pizza in Avon. Rameil Pitamber, a 17-year-old Ben Davis High School student, was charged as an adult with armed robbery, theft and four counts of criminal confinement with a deadly weapon. Police determined that Derrek Berryhill, an 18-year-old employee of the restaurant, provided information to Pitamber about the restaurant and the employees that would be working there at the time of the robbery. Berryhill was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit theft.
Organizers of the team say they’ve received deposits for 1,500 season tickets just two weeks after local developer Ersal Ozdemir unveiled his plans to launch the minor league squad.
Fourth-quarter profit fell 2 percent at Zimmer Holdings Inc. due to large accounting charges, but still beat the estimates of Wall Street analysts.
Earnings rose 7.6 percent during the fourth quarter at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC as overall sales shot up 17 percent.
The Indianapolis-based transportation industry insurer attributed the lower earnings to smaller investment gains. Excluding investments, quarterly profit increased due to fewer storm losses.
The Indianapolis-based appliance and electronics retailer said profit fell 23 percent in its fiscal third quarter as slumping demand for televisions caused same-store sales to drop.
The Warsaw-based maker of orthopedic implants posted flat revenue and modest profit growth in 2012, but it expects revenues to grow this year by 2.5 percent to 4.5 percent.
Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $22.5 million, a sharp decline from the $60.2 million it made in the same quarter of 2011.
An FBI investigation into Venture Real Estate Services and principals John Bales and Bill Spencer had already begun when Matthew Dyer signed on as the company's controller in December 2009. Bales told him the company had done nothing illegal, Dyer testified Wednesday.
A local developer plans to construct a three-story building with first-floor retail and two floors of office space north of Broad Ripple Avenue sandwiched between Winthrop Avenue and the Monon Trail.
In just more than eight years, Indiana has become a national role model for economic development as other states have enacted similar business-friendly policies, practiced fiscal discipline, and replicated the IEDC organizational structure. Our state’s emergence as an economic development leader is no accident, as the General Assembly partnered with us throughout this time to build this job-attracting machine.