HHGregg’s new push: Selling treadmills alongside TVs
The appliance and electronics retailer is quietly launching a test of furniture and fitness equipment, with rollouts scheduled for 31 of its more than 200 stores.
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MAURER: At the sports book with Cousin Eddie
Cousin Eddie is an obstetrician/gynecologist and medical director of one of the largest OBGYN practices in Houston. He also is an author, inventor, songwriter and stock market whiz.
EnerDel charged up over utility market
Locally based EnerDel, maker of fuel-efficient lithium-ion batteries, is steering away from the disappointing electric-vehicle market. Its new strategy: batteries for utilities—especially in emerging markets where electric grids can be unreliable, which increases the need for backup power supplies.
EDITORIAL: Braly ouster overstates failures
Investors heaped criticism on former WellPoint Inc. CEO Angela Braly and called for her ouster in the weeks leading up to her resignation Aug. 28, but her leadership of the health-insurance giant might not be judged so harshly once the smoke clears.
KIM: Why the Libor lie matters to the man on the street
Libor, the London interbank offered rate, certainly sounds like an obscure, technical bit of financial jargon. However, Libor directly affects the pricing of more than $800 trillion in securities and loans.
HICKS: Observing the transformation of unions on Labor Day
In this column, on a sunny Labor Day five years past, I asserted that the American labor movement was dead. Given what has transpired since, it would appear my diagnosis was a bit optimistic.
RACE: Professional project review is an investment in quality
If you want to make the private sector leery of developing in your community, take the certainty out of the process by making it political.
Work begins on $2.6B Ohio River bridges project
Indiana and Kentucky officials applauded the ceremonial start Thursday of an early phase of a project to build two new Ohio River bridges, signaling that decades of talk soon will become one of the nation's largest active public works endeavors.
Fishers reorganization plan to appear on November ballot
Following a legal battle decided by the Indiana Supreme Court, the Hamilton County Election Board has agreed to give residents of Fishers and Fall Creek Township the opportunity in November to vote on merging the two into a single city.
New leadership must tackle debt
The most important issue in this election year is our massive debt and its effect on jobs and the economy.
HENDERSON: If coffee were like gasoline
Today, we’re paying what the market will not get upset over, just like the enormous price of coffee, whose bean prices have also collapsed.
RUSTHOVEN: Is pro-life extreme, or isn’t it?
Whatever else Planned Parenthood does, it is the nation’s largest abortion provider.
ISO, musicians still far apart in negotiations
Union representatives for Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians are spilling more details about negotiations with ISO management, which is planning major structural changes to address the orchestra's ongoing financial issues.
Water utility eyes rate hikes to promote conservation
Citizens Water is considering changes in the way it bills customers to conserve water during future droughts. Among the changes could be periodic rate hikes to discourage heavy usage on peak days.
Bloomington named a top college town
Bloomington has been named one of the top 10 college towns in the country by Livability.com, which ranked America’s small- and medium-sized cities on quality-of-life measures. Bloomington came in seventh. College Station, Texas—home of Texas A&M University—was ranked first.
School district trying to raise $3M
A central Indiana school district is looking to raise more than $3 million from business advertisements to pay for improvements to its athletic fields. Leaders of Johnson County's Clark-Pleasant schools say the fundraising is needed because district money for such projects isn't available. The money would go toward doubling the seating capacity of Whiteland Community High School's football field to 5,000 and replacing the grass football field with artificial turf. A new track and improvements to the soccer, baseball and softball facilities also are planned.
Man shot to death on east side
Indianapolis police say a man was found shot to death inside a car on the east side Wednesday evening. Officers called to the scene in the 5400 block of East 17th Street found the 22-year-old victim on the passenger side of the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said the shooting may have happened at a nearby apartment complex.
Rain threatens weekend activities, including big NHRA race
Officials say they hope the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac won’t force them to postpone weekend festivities at Lucas Oil Raceway. Another big weekend event, Rib Fest America at Military Park, will be held rain or shine, promoters say.
FedEx Ground eyeing Zionsville for distribution center
FedEx would bring a distribution complex to Zionsville under a tax increment financing deal hammered out with town redevelopment commission members on Wednesday.