HICKS: Corporate profits don’t deserve condescension
Profits are much maligned, and the profit motive is oft depicted as synonymous with greed. This is disheartening. Disdain drawn from ignorance is intellectually lazy.
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Profits are much maligned, and the profit motive is oft depicted as synonymous with greed. This is disheartening. Disdain drawn from ignorance is intellectually lazy.
The Indiana Senate has approved a bill that would allow Gov. Mitch Daniel to appoint a new secretary of state if indicted Republican Charlie White is found to be ineligible.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials are promising that track improvements will lead to a more exciting MotoGP motorcycle race in August.
Police are investigating an unexplained death near Monument Circle. Police were called to 31 W. Ohio St. at about 5:25 a.m. Thursday after the body of a man in his 50s was found near a loading dock in an alley between Market and Ohio streets. Police say the alley is a popular spot for the homeless to camp out. Investigators are looking into the cause of death. The identity of the victim has not been released.
The National Weather Service has confirmed 14 tornadoes touched down in Indiana on Tuesday. Fortunately, there were no reports of serious injuries. In the Indianapolis area, a tornado was confirmed in Boone County, just west of Thorntown. A tornado with wind speeds between 111-135 mph touched down south of Lafayette in Tippecanoe County. Montgomery County, specifically Crawfordsville, suffered widespread damage. Tornadoes were also confirmed in Clark, Dubois, Jay, Grant and Harrison counties.
Police have arrested a man accused of stabbing his neighbor in a Plainfield mobile home park Thursday morning. When police arrived at Maple Grove Mobile Home Park near Main Street and Perry Road at about 6 a.m., the suspect, Dusty Good, jumped into a car and tried to run over an officer, police say. Police say the officer fired four rounds at the suspect without hitting him. Good led them on a chase but was apprehended in Avon. Police used stop sticks on the car and a stun gun on Good. The unidentified victim was taken to Methodist Hospital in unknown condition.
A boom in the number of local people identifying themselves as public relations managers is probably driven by the explosion of social media, says one long-time pro.
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce, which has overseen the Economic Club of Indiana for the last three and a half years, will end its relationship with the group after May's luncheon.
A Chicago native and independent theater owner plans to reopen the old AMC Loews College Park 14 movie complex on April 29, under the new moniker of Movie Buff Theatre.
Steak n Shake's parent company, Biglari Holdings, twice tried to acquire Fremont Michigan Insuracorp Inc. before the insurer agreed to be sold to Michigan-based Auto Club Insurance Association. Biglari, which owns nearly 10 percent of the insurer's shares, nevertheless was a winner in the sale.
The Carmel-based operator of for-profit colleges earned $85.4 million in the three months ended March 31, a 2.4-percent decline from the same quarter a year ago.
The Republican-ruled Senate voted 28-22 Thursday to advance the bill, which is the most contentious part of Gov. Mitch Daniels’ extensive education reform agenda.
Republican frustration over the five-week walkout by Indiana House Democrats re-emerged Wednesday as the state Senate approved a method for $1,000-a-day fines against boycotting legislators.
Navistar has recalled 120 workers who were laid off when Indianapolis Casting Corp. stopped production at the facility in late 2010 and plans to recall 30 more of those workers by June.
Republicans who now fully control the Legislature and the redistricting process say they've followed their commitment to draw new districts that are compact and avoid splitting up cities and counties.
Hoosiers have had enough of the bickering and back-room deals on Capitol Hill and Capitol Avenue, and bickering has never created a single job.
Our state will best address our future needs by fostering engagement, confidence with optimism, and accountability.
Removing this possibility from future minority parties (whoever they may be) would unfairly hamstring the minority and give them no voice in the face of an unyielding majority.