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The Gaming Study Committee’s report said allowing riverboat casinos to relocate inland could be helpful.
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Editorial writers lose appeal against Star
Two former editorial writers at Indiana’s largest newspaper failed to prove they were the victims of religious discrimination,
according to a circuit court of appeals.
Panel sends tax bills to state Senate
Bills aimed at adding caps on property tax bills to the state constitution and delaying increases on unemployment insurance
taxes are now before the full Republican-controlled Senate, weeks before the entire Legislature convenes on Jan. 5.
Ohio manufacturer expanding in northeast Indiana
An Ohio manufacturing company plans to spin off its machining and fabrication operations and set up shop in northeast Indiana,
creating 111 jobs by 2014, state economic development leaders said Tuesday evening.
Auto parts maker to add 130 jobs in Princeton
Automotive component maker Windsor Machine Group will invest more than $4 million to establish a manufacturing facility in
southwest Indiana, eventually creating as many as 130 jobs, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced early Wednesday.
Indiana’s corn harvest is latest since 1972
Indiana’s farmers are facing their latest corn harvest in nearly 40 years because of a long stretch of bad weather that’s
kept them out of their fields.
Ballard rolls out tougher requirements for lobbyists
Lobbyists paid $1,000 or more to sway city or county officials will be required to report all activity online.
This Week in IBJ
Doctor-owned hospitals would be effectively prevented from growing by provisions in the House and Senate health reform bills. That has Indianapolis-based OrthoIndy worried. http://www.ibj.com/reform-feared-by-docs/PARAMS/article/14934
Quick Shots
66 million Americans, or 29 percent of all adults, spend time, on average, 20 hours a week providing care for children with special needs, the elderly or other adults, according to a study commissioned by the National Alliance for Caregiving, AARP and the MetLife Foundation.
People
St. Vincent Foundation named six new directors: Todd Rokita, Indiana secretary of state; John Marshall, midwest development director at BremnerDuke Healthcare Real Estate; Todd Maurer, principal at Halakar Properties Inc.; Jim Powers, a managing executive at Crowe Horwath LLP; Mary Clare Broadbent, a community activist who sits on numerous not-for-profit boards; and Roberta Walton.
Dr. Sheila Stewart-Whack was promoted to medical director of the pediatric clinic at the St. Vincent Joshua Max Simon Primary Care Center.
Dr. John Palmer Snook has joined Franklin Township Family Medicine and the St. Francis Medical Group. He was staff president at Schneck Medical Center in Seymour.
Company news
Pierceton-based Paragon Medical plans to invest in a bio-skills campus in the Warsaw area. The northern Indiana supplier of surgical instruments said the lab would support the OrthoWorx project recently launched by Indianapolis-based BioCrossroads to help the Warsaw orthopedics industry transition to biology-based products that could render the sector’s current products obsolete.
Orthopedics implant makers have seen their business embraced more by Wall Street lately. Warsaw-based Zimmer Holdings Inc. has watched its share price rise about 20 percent in the past three months. Its competitors, such as Michigan-based Stryker Corp., have also experienced nice gains. Paul Nolte, managing director at Dearborn Partners, told MarketWatch, "It’s been a slow progression as investors realized that even with "ObamaCare," people are still going to want to have knee replacements.”
The impact of health reform on innovation will be the topic at the next Life Sciences Lunch at the downtown offices of Indianapolis law firm Barnes & Thornburgh LLP. Allison Giles, vice president of federal affairs at Cook Group Inc., will speak. Bloomington-based Cook is among the medical-device firms that have complained loudly that a tax on medical-device companies’ revenue would force companies to cut jobs and slow down on innovation. Additional speakers have yet to be named. The lunch is scheduled for Dec. 15 at 11: 30 a.m.
Ramping up neuroscience R&D
NICO Corp., Clarian Health Ventures organize event to get neurosurgeons, inventors, investors talking about commercializing
new products
Republic Airways bringing 300 jobs to city
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. said Tuesday afternoon it will create as many as 300 jobs in Indianapolis next year by bringing
Frontier Airlines’ Operation Control Center to the city.
Q&A
Dhan Shapurji, an Indianapolis-based health care consultant for Deloitte, advises hospitals, health insurers and others on how to meet looming challenges and opportunities in the health care industry. He discussed the potential impact of health reform bills pending in Congress.
Docs might get Medicaid rate increase
Actuarial analysis for state says health reform would force it to raise Medicaid payment rates to doctors by 33 percent.
Bella Vita taking over for Bertolini’s in Circle Centre
The Italian restaurant Bella Vita is poised to take the first-floor space in Circle Centre mall formerly occupied by Bertolini’s.
Keeping wage figures secret
IBJ isn’t the only news organization wondering whether the Indiana Economic Development Corp. is getting good bang
for the buck.
Peyton Manning’s manager piloting Danica Patrick’s entry into NASCAR
A familiar face is leading Danica Patrick’s charge into NASCAR. But it could be a bumpy ride.
UPDATE: Simon stock jumps on $2.3B acquisition
Adding the 22-mall portfolio of Baltimore-based Prime Outlets will give Simon a total of 63 outlet malls with more than 25
million square feet of space.
Anderson school board faces tough budget calls
A budget crunch is forcing Anderson’s school board to make a tough decision. Board members have two options. They can close
one high school and merge all the students into a single building, or they can keep both high schools open and combine them
with middle schools. The school board meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday and will take comments from the public â?? the only time the
board is scheduled to hear public opinion on the issue.