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After decades of talk about health care reform, the country seems poised to take a major step in that direction. Various bills are being filed in Congress, and President Obama has said he wants legislation on his desk by November. The momentum that’s building is driven not just by the president but by the growing […]
Former Mayor Bart Peterson outlines the pitch Eli Lilly will make in D.C. For the first time in 15 years, lawmakers in Washington have plunged into a debate about overhauling the nation’s health care system. New proposals come out every week, with bills filed in Congress running longer than 600 pages and 10-year cost estimates […]
My neighbor, Fred Fetid, was out weeding his garden. “Howdy,” I said. No answer from Fred. “Another fine day,” I offered. “Don’t you read the newspapers?” Fred demanded. “Nothing is fine at all.” “Blasted Indiana Legislature is playing games,” he said. “Still voting along strict party lines, which means individual members have either no brains […]
For decades, Indianapolis-based Indiana Supply Corp. successfully distributed Trane brand furnaces and air conditioners across Indiana. At its peak, the company had $40 million in annual sales, 105 employees and three warehouses. Then, out of the blue in October 2006, a letter arrived from Trane’s corporate headquarters in New Jersey. In 60 days, it warned, […]
If the country indeed has too many lawyers, as the knock on the profession suggests, Indiana may be exempt from the conversation. Only North and South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin have smaller proportions of lawyers within their working populations, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show. In Indiana, 0.24 percent of the work force of […]
Cummins Inc. is battling its insurers in court, saying they’re refusing to pay
most of the company’s $381 million in claims stemming from the flood that immersed its southern Indiana
facilities a year ago.
For all the heat and sunshine, July can be a cold, dark hole in the Indianapolis sports calendar. Other than the everbeloved Indianapolis Indians, sometimes there’s not much going on. Not this July. This month marks the arrival of two national championships (golf’s U.S. Senior Open and swimming) to join with the Indianapolis Tennis Championships […]
This week, catching "Octopus" at the Phoenix and opening night on the Prairie.
The city’s latest aspiring ballet company, Indianapolis City Ballet, is making good on its promise to bring international stars to town for a gala event at the Murat Theatre, Sept. 12. IBJ’s Kathleen McLaughlin takes over the blog today for…
The Nielsen TV ratings for last Sunday’s Indy Racing League race in Iowa are in, and since there’s never a shortage of opinions from followers of The Score when it comes to these…
Americans have suddenly gotten serious again about saving money.
In April last year, we saved absolutely nothing; by May this year the rate had shot to nearly 7 percent,
the highest in more than a decade, and some economists…
Ground will be broken today for another leg of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Also being touted: A $2 million memorial to great humanitarians (including Susan B. Anthony, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Albert Einsten).
Take a look at renderings of the…
The Finish Line narrowed its losses in its fiscal first quarter, the Indianapolis-based athletic shoe and clothing retailer reported today. But the results fell short of analyst expectations. Finish Line lost $600,000 in the period ended May 30 compared to a profit of $868,000 a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial anticipated Finish Line […]
If the Indiana Pacers tonight draft North Carolina center Tyler Hansbrough with the No. 13 selection, you’ll know the people on the business side won out over the people who run basketball operations.
Ideally,…
