Why ailing Emmis could bounce back
Let’s play the contrarian. For Emmis, that means arguing that the battered company is poised for resurgence, rather than sliding
deeper into the abyss.
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A taste of summer: CPA spends summers as ice cream man
Certified public accountant Dave Norris bought a 1976 Good Humor truck and started his family-owned U Want Ice Cream mobile
route in 2007, aiming to make a personal connection with people—along with
a little extra money.
Lauth’s lawyers raking in big fees in bankruptcy reorganization
Developer Lauth Group Inc. is sparing no expense on attorneys in the Chapter 11 reorganization of key subsidiaries. The company has hired two of the nation’s most prominent bankruptcy and restructuring specialists to handle the cases, and the bill for the first month easily will exceed $1 million.
Long-term-care business to help Wishard cover construction debt
To pay for a shiny new downtown hospital, the parent corporation of Wishard Health Services will commit itself to yearly
debt payments 10 times as high as they are now. But Wishard officials have no doubt they can bear the extra load
because of places like Rosewalk Village, a nursing home that sits on the eastern side of Indianapolis.
The latest fads in business names
Nobody familiar with the intricacies of naming a business thinks the process is easy. Not if the messages
words send to potential customers are grasped.
So itâ??s easy to understand why the Indianapolis area is filling up with companies one way…
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: Stimulus plan must work now … or it never will
The postmortem and dissection of the federal economic stimulus plan have begun in earnest. The president has added to his woes by saying the stimulus will take years, not months, to work, and his chief economist managed to squeak out the headline or two that the worst is ahead of us.
INVESTING: Looming debt problems present an opportunity
Whenever this bear market bottoms—and there is a growing possibility that we will see new lows in coming months—millions of investors will be throwing all kinds of assets away for pennies on the dollar. The discounts so far could pale in comparison. So, be patient, be prudent and be ready.
BENNER: Mom and Lance Armstrong had cancer in common
A few years ago, when cyclist extraordinaire Lance Armstrong was in the midst of his phenomenal seven
straight Tour de France titles, those yellow Livestrong bands seemed ubiquitous. But when Armstrong left
competitive cycling, gradually those rubber yellow bands faded from view. I kept wearing mine, however, to remind me of the
courage of my mother, Emma.
ALTOM: Technology moves too fast for law to keep up
Technologists don’t usually give the law a basketful of respect. From our point of view, the law is struggling frantically to stay within a hundred yards of our bleeding edge. By the time the law gets around to speaking on a technical subject, the subject may not even exist anymore.
Neighborhood taps cash languishing in account
City to unleash $3.8 million for improvements in United North West Area.
Hoosier Academies leads chase for virtual charter schools
Hoosier Academies is the leading candidate to operate a controversial virtual charter school pilot program authorized last
month by the Legislature.
Indiana casino fined over Timberlake no-show-WEB ONLY
A central Indiana casino has admitted that its staff knew pop singer Justin Timberlake wasn’t coming to its grand opening a day before the event, but didn’t say anything to alert the public. The Indiana Gaming Commission fined Indiana Live Casino near Shelbyville $40,000 for its promotion of Timberlake’s supposed appearance at its March 13 […]
Doctors group files complaint against Anthem-WEB ONLY
The Indiana State Medical Association has filed a formal complaint against Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Indiana for ongoing claims-payment issues. The doctors group, in an announcement today, contends that computer problems at Anthem have yet to be resolved, breaching a 2005 court settlement reached by doctors and Anthem’s parent company, Indianapolis-based WellPoint […]
Get ready for Operapalooza
IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin guest blogs today.
The Indianapolis Opera is adding another event to the busy fall festival scene, but it’s definitely striving to carve out a distinct niche. Operapalooza, planned for Sept. 11 and 12, will mix sets by…
Indiana University, Ivy Tech adopt tuition hikes-WEB ONLY
Students at Indiana University and Ivy Tech Community College will pay at least 4 percent more in tuition and fees over the next two years. IU Trustees voted today to increase tuition and fees by 4.6 percent this coming school year and 4.8 percent next year at the main campus in Bloomington and at IUPUI. […]
Airport to sell ATA site, consider parking hike-WEB ONLY
The Indianapolis Airport Authority, facing a $15 million budget shortfall on declining passenger and cargo traffic, plans to sell the former ATA Airlines Inc. headquarters and might raise parking fees. A memo prepared for tomorrow’s airport board meeting says Indianapolis-based Paul Kite Co. plans to buy the former ATA site at Girls School Road and […]
City to sell bonds to ease water-utility debt-WEB ONLY
Indianapolis plans to sell $560 million of municipal bonds to refinance variable-rate debt and to end an interest-rate swap, Bloomberg News reported this morning. Proceeds from the sale will retire three bond issues sold in 2004 and 2005 when Indianapolis bought Indianapolis Water from Merrillville-based NiSource Inc. The proceeds also will help end a bond-swap […]
Foreclosures rise nationally, fall in Indiana-WEB ONLY
The number of U.S. households on the verge of losing their homes soared by nearly 15 percent in the first half of the year as more people lost their jobs and were unable to pay their monthly mortgage bills. The mushrooming foreclosure crisis affected more than 1.5 million homes in the first six months of […]
Industry troubles cancel 54-year-old RV show-WEB ONLY
A northern Indiana recreational vehicle show that has been held for 54 years is canceling its August event.The Midwest RV Super Show and Rally at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen has long been a major event for dealers and RV makers in an area considered the manufacturing center of the industry. Recreation Vehicle […]
NFL tough on game-day attire
The folks running the National Football League are iron-fisted guardians of the game—and apparently sticklers for details.
Most recently, the NFL mafia has dropped the hammer on the athlete formerly known as Chad Johnson,…