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President Barack Obama wants drivers to go farther on a gallon of gasoline and cause less damage to the environment – and be willing to pick up the tab. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Obama today plans to announce the first-ever national emissions limits for cars and trucks, as well as require a 35.5-miles-per-gallon […]
Not content with just catching a show at the Kennedy Center, first lady Michelle Obama made a clear statement with this week’s trip to New York: She sees value in the arts and is interested in promoting them.
And not just mass appeal…
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Indianapolis-based F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co. Inc. has been chosen to build a street-level enclosed connector linking the Indiana Convention Center to Lucas Oil Stadium, the Indiana Stadium & Convention Building Authority announced this afternoon. Wilhelm, which bid $11.8 million for the project, submitted the lowest bid of six companies […]
High schools that achieve the biggest graduation rate increases between now and next spring could receive up to $20,000 – money that would be split among each school’s principal and select staff members. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 State Superintendent of Schools Tony Bennett said today the goal of the new program is to […]
Revenue and jobs at the nation’s gambling halls fell last year as Americans became less willing to risk their money, according to a report released today by the national gambling industry’s trade association. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The study by the American Gaming Association found revenue nationwide was down 4.7 percent in 2008, […]
Police in Cumberland, east of Indianapolis, are searching for people who set off a pipe bomb in Lions Park late last night. After neighbors reported an explosion, officers found a foot-wide crater in the ground and a smoldering duffel bag they believe contained at least one bomb. They found a second duffel bag with several […]
Hubler Chevrolet Center Inc. of Shelbyville and several other General Motors dealerships in Indiana are on the chopping block after receiving notice Friday that their dealership agreements would not be renewed when they expire late next year. But most dealers are keeping quiet about the notifications as they hold out hope they can persuade GM […]
Hubler Chevrolet Center Inc. of Shelbyville and several other General Motors dealerships in Indiana are on the chopping block after receiving notice Friday that their dealership agreements would not be renewed when they expire late next year. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 But most dealers are keeping quiet about the notifications as they hold […]
Uninsured drivers are on the road in increasing numbers these days, sticking legal drivers with the bill in accidents and boosting the cost of insurance. Fox 59 will have more at 10 p.m.
Organizations hosting events at Lucas Oil Stadium already expected to pay more than they did at the RCA Dome, but some fear the Capital Improvement Board’s financial difficulties could drive costs even higher. The concern is greater for not-for-profits operating on tight budgets that likely will pay at least 25 percent more to use the […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Organizations hosting events at Lucas Oil Stadium already expected to pay more than they did at the RCA Dome, but some fear the Capital Improvement Board’s financial difficulties could drive costs even higher. The concern is greater for not-for-profits operating on tight budgets that likely will pay at […]
Butler University will have $153 million in hand by May 31 when it wraps up its latest fund-raising campaign, the Indianapolis institution announced. That total will easily exceed Butler’s original goal of $125 million when it started the campaign five years ago. The campaign, dubbed ButlerRising, drew pledges from nearly 20,000 donors. Two of the […]
Mention Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and Clarian Health in the same breath, and you have a front-page story,
which is just what reporter J.K. Wall wrote in this weekâ??s IBJ.
Clarian is moving ahead with plans to mimic the…
Indianapolis-based Interactive Intelligence Inc. has acquired AcroSoft Corp., a Columbia, S.C., firm that provides document-management services to the insurance industry, the companies announced today. Terms of the deal were not announced, but Interactive Intelligence said the all-cash acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on its financial results. AcroSoft, founded in 1996, has […]
Precise Path Robotics, ExactTarget and Scale Computing were among the big winners Saturday night at TechPoint’s Mira Awards, which honor the state’s top-performing companies, schools and individuals in technology-related pursuits. The annual awards were presented by the statewide business-development group at the Westin Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. Carmel-based Precise Path, the brainchild of local tech […]
A bus company is proposing service between Muncie and Indianapolis, with stops at communities in between. Louisville, Ky.-based Miller Trailways president John Miller said the service would begin in January 2010 if the company receives a federal grant through the Indiana Department of Transportation. The bus would leave Indianapolis each day at 9 a.m., with […]
The biggest remnant of the former Thomson consumer electronics operation in Carmel is cashing in on the digital TV transition
with a higher-tech version of the rabbit ears.
Occupancy at Wishard Hospital was 98 percent before the recession and is still that high, and more people have been coming as inpatients and as mental health patients, forcing the hospital to come up with creative ways to handle the load.
A new scholarship to promote teaching math and science in “high-need” schools was awarded to . 59 recipients, and most of them are changing professions to become teachers.
Locally based Synergy Marketing Group Inc., which was founded in 2002, is making a name for itself with out-of-state companies
launching operations in central Indiana.
