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Gordon Garble and I are meeting for breakfast. Gordon orders the Everything Skillet: two eggs, Swiss cheese, hashbrown potatoes, ham, bacon, onions, green pepper and mushrooms, all topped by sausage gravy-with a side of three banana pancakes. I have the same, only to be friendly. “I’m thinking about running,” he says. “Exercise might be helpful,” […]
Cash-strapped theater group Carmel Community Players has nixed its summer musical, canceled its Summer Camp for Kids, and pulled out of Carmelfest 2009 after being denied the public funding it has received for years. Carmel’s City Council decided last month to withdraw its support for the 16-year-old CCP, giving $70,000 to rival Carmel Repertory Theatre, […]
I’ll take a break from my NYC dispatches so that IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin can offer this report.
Philanthropist Jeremy Efroymson has a rather unorthodox plan for leading the contemporary art venue that he co-founded out of financial straits.
Efroymson will become…
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How serious is next week’s NASCAR tire test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?
Goodyear, who was largely credited for ruining last year’s Brickyard 400 NASCAR race, has called on one of its biggest critics…
As the city of Indianapolis continues to explore selling sponsorships to help bridge a yawning budget gap,
some interesting ideas are turning up.
As IBJ writer Riya V. Anandwala reports, proposals include sponsoring abandoned lots, underwriting the salting
of city…
So, three decades of decline has come to this for General Motors: a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition expected
to be filed Monday.
Lots of problems contributed to its downfall, but now the carmaker faces an extremely steep climb.
The bankruptcy…
Second in a series of dispatches from New York.
I’ve got mixed feelings about the, for now, temporary move to block traffic on Times Square and Duffy Square in midtown Manhattan. (Look for yourself here)
The experiment, which started this week, certainly gives the…
The federal government will offer guaranteed lines of credit to automobile, boat, recreational vehicle and other dealerships under a pilot program through the Small Business Administration. SBA Administrator Karen Mills said the Dealer Floor Plan financing program will be available July 1 through Sept. 30, 2010, and will offer dealerships a way “to get through […]
A fourth prominent Republican has decided to challenge longtime Indiana Congressman Dan Burton in next year’s GOP primary. State Rep. Mike Murphy of Indianapolis announced his candidacy today in Tipton at the vacant Getrag transmission plant that the company stopped building last year during a dispute with Chrysler. Murphy is a former Marion County Republican […]
About 200 production workers at a Fairfield Manufacturing Co. factory in Lafayette are being laid off. Fairfield vice president Jim Mills said the company has seen its business decline more than 30 percent in recent months and there’s no sign of recovery. The Lafayette Journal & Courier reported that before this week’s layoffs, 147 of […]
Express Scripts Inc. has cleared an
antitrust review for its planned purchase of Indianapolis-based WellPoint
Inc.’s pharmacy benefits management business, bringing the $4.7 billion deal
closer to completion.
A fire set in a restroom filled a central Indiana movie theater with smoke and prompted its evacuation. The Noblesville Fire Department said the fire was set last night in a men’s room stall at the Goodrich Quality IMAX Theatre. No injuries were reported, but the fire caused an estimated $25,000 in damage before it […]
The leader of the Indiana Senate says he’s taking gambling issues off the table during the upcoming special session so that lawmakers can focus on putting together a new state budget. Senate President Pro Tem David Long said today the Senate will consider only one bill – the budget. The Fort Wayne Republican said gambling […]
Two high-ranking White House officials will be in Kokomo today to talk with auto workers, small-business owners and labor officials about the crisis gripping the automobile industry. The city has four Chrysler plants that employ about 5,000 workers. Sen. Evan Bayh and U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly, both Indiana Democrats, are also expected to participate.
An Indianapolis man is in police custody, accused of driving while intoxicated and causing a morning accident that spilled more than 50 gallons of diesel fuel at Emerson Avenue and 56th Street. Police say the man’s SUV ran a red light and slammed into the cab of a tractor trailer. Lawrence and Indianapolis firefighters worked […]
Two Hoosiers have made it to the semifinal round of the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Eighth-graders Vaibhav Vavilala of Carmel and Kennyi Aouad of Terre Haute are among 41 spellers competing for a spot in tonight’s finals. The event’s reigning champion is also a Hoosier: 13-year-old Sameer Mishra of West Lafayette.
All Mississinewa schools in Grant County were put on a two-hour delay this morning after school buses were vandalized. At least one source said someone let the air out of the bus tires, but that account has not been confirmed by school officials.
The leader of the Indiana Senate said today he’s taking gambling issues off the table during the upcoming special session so lawmakers can focus on putting together a new state budget. Senate President Pro Tem David Long, a Fort Wayne Republican, said gambling issues would be distracting. Lawmakers still hope to find a solution for […]
The hits keep on coming for the unfinished Binford Medical Complex at 65th Street and Binford Boulevard as the urgent care center that served as the development’s anchor…
