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Your decision to discontinue the printing of stock prices and economic activity charts, as announced in your Jan. 17 issue,
was extremely disappointing to us as well as, surely, to other paid subscribers.
Most people muddle through, often learning the hard way. But those who are successful will point to
mentors who helped them find their way.
The time is coming when everyone will recognize that, as every structure in a city is entitled fire department services, so,
too, each individual should receive appropriate health care, whether or not he or she can pay for it.
The State of the State address delivered by Gov. Mitch Daniels Jan. 19 contained no surprises at all, except, perhaps in
his optimism.
An Indianapolis-based grocery wholesaler has purchased the assets of a convenience store supplier in Danville, enabling it
to expand its number of customers to 800 in five states.
Lithium battery-maker will get incentives worth $53.1 million for expansion into Hancock County.
The Supreme Court threw out a 63-year-old law designed to restrain the influence of big business and unions on elections,
ruling that corporations may spend as freely as they like to support or oppose candidates.
Historic Landmarks Foundation is including a trip to Archie and Olivia Manning’s home during tour of New Orleans in March.
Indianapolis Public Schools officials say the theft of 30 laptops from a north-side magnet school may have been an inside
job. The computers were reported missing on Tuesday from the Rousseau McClellan School on Evanston Avenue. Officials say the
laptops account for about half of the computers in the building. Investigators are questioning anyone who may have had access
to the building.
Police are looking for two suspects who posed as delivery men, then beat and robbed an Indianapolis woman at gun point.
The suspects knocked on the door of 65-year-old Emma Rhoton’s south-side home, pretending to have a delivery. When she
went to sign for it, one man punched her in the chest and held her down with his foot, according to investigators. A second
armed suspect entered the Edgewood Avenue home and stole $2,100. Rhoton suffered cuts and bruises.
Bren Simon says in a new court filing that her billionaire husband Mel Simon granted her a bigger share of his fortune in
the last year of his life because of alarm over Simon Property Group’s plunging stock price and a sharp cut in its cash
dividend.
Police are on a manhunt for the person who killed a 90-year-old widow in her west-side Indianapolis home. Investigators
say she was killed in a robbery at her house on West Raymond Street. Thelma Sessoms’ body was found Wednesday afternoon
by her brother. An autopsy will give police more information about when the murder took place.
The Indianapolis Colts will host a free AFC Championship rally Thursday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium. Doors open at 5 p.m.
and the rally starts at 5:30 p.m. Players will address the fans, who will also see local music acts and the Colts cheerleaders.
Parking is free in the South Lot. Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
The number of newly-laid off workers seeking jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week.
ITT Educational Services Inc. reported higher profit in the fourth quarter of 2009, earning $2.56 per share. The Carmel-based
for-profit educator’s earnings topped analysts’ expectations.
The bank’s $1.01 billion in profit and its $5.08 billion in revenue were better than analysts expected.
An Indiana Senate committee plans to consider legislation that would allow riverboat casinos on Lake Michigan and the Ohio
River to relocate inland.
Bill that would prohibit companies from banning guns in people’s locked cars at work is on its way to the Indiana House floor.
Indiana Senate Education Committee votes 8-3 to advance the bill, which now moves to the Senate Appropriation Committee.
