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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Illinois-based Allstate Insurance Co. is working to recruit 55 new agency owners in Indiana by the end of 2010, the company said today. If successful, the recruitment push would boost Allstate’s Hoosier agent force by 25 percent, to 273. Allstate agents sell automobile, homeowners and other kinds of property […]
The Horseshoe Casino in Hammond has been raking in record revenue for an Indiana casino, even as business is down at most of the state’s 10 other full casinos. State records show the casino had gambling revenue of $49.2 million in April, down slightly from March but a big jump from its $40.5 million in […]
Manufacturing employment in Indiana has fallen 7.7 percent over the past year, according to the 2009 Indiana Manufacturers Directory, which is published annually by Manufacturers’ News Inc. of Evanston, Ill. MNI said Indiana lost 51,242 industrial jobs from March 2008 to March 2009 – the sharpest decline MNI ever has reported for the state. Indiana […]
Batesville-based Hillenbrand Inc., which provides caskets and other products to the funeral industry, today said its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 19 percent compared with the same period a year ago. For the period ending March 31, Hillenbrand earned $27.8 million, or 45 cents per share, meeting analysts’ expectations. Profit a year ago was $23.3 million, […]
One man was critically injured early this morning during a shooting on the east side of Indianapolis. The 49-year-old victim was shot during an apparent robbery attempt while sitting in his car in the 3800 block of East Michigan Street. The bullet severed an artery in his leg, but the man still was able to […]
Firefighters and paramedics can be counted on to rush to your side in an emergency, but many are now charging for the service. More and more, fire departments will bill you anywhere from a hundred dollars to several thousand dollars after responding to a routine call for help. They’re even hiring collection agencies to go […]
A Lawrence man accused of killing his estranged wife, a mother of six, made his initial court appearance this morning. Michael Yang, 52, has maintained his innocence, saying he was with a co-worker last Wednesday when Amenda Yang was murdered. According to court documents, the co-worker did not confirm Yang’s alibi. Prosecutors expect to file […]
The price of a first-class postage stamp climbed 2 cents today, to 44 cents, and several other postal rates also rose. It’s the third straight year rates have gone up. Other increases that went into effect today: Postcard stamps rose 1 cent, to 28 cents; the first ounce of a large envelope rose 5 cents, […]
Shares of Conseco Inc. rose as much as 30 percent this morning after the company reported its first quarterly profit in three years. The Carmel-based owner of life and health insurance companies turned a profit of $24.5 million, or 13 cents per share, in the three months ended March 31. In the same quarter a […]
Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. said today it lost $94 million, or $3.07 per share, in the first quarter due to costs related to the company’s restructuring. The deficit compares with a loss of $22 million, or 77 cents per share, in the same period a year ago, but is less than the $104 million it […]
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Batesville-based Hillenbrand Inc., which provides caskets and other products to the funeral industry, today said its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 19 percent compared with the same period a year ago. For the period ending March 31, Hillenbrand earned $27.8 million, or 45 cents per share, meeting analysts’ expectations. […]
Indianapolis-based White River Capital Inc. said today that profit in the first quarter fell 65 percent compared with the same period last year due to tough economic conditions. White River is the holding company for a pair of subprime auto-loan firms: locally based Union Acceptance Co. LLC and Virginia Beach, Va.-based Coastal Credit LLC. The […]
One of Indianaâ??s better-known living authors, Scott Russell Sanders, has spent most of his career writing
about our relationship to the environment and our sense of place.
Sanders newest book, â??A Conservationist Manifesto,â?? published last month by Indiana University…
While the Marian College cycling team has been off hunting national championships in Colorado, school officials’ plan to manage the Major Taylor Velodrome has not yet won support from Indy Parks.
Marian College officials…
A group of eighth grade girls from a local charter school spent all day Friday learning about real estate and developing plans for reuse of…
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Conseco Inc. this morning reported a lower-than-expected profit of $24.5 million, or 13 cents per share, in the first quarter. That compares with a loss of $7.2 million, or 4 cents per share, in the same period […]
Indiana legislative leaders have a debate blueprint they hope will prevent a long, costly special session for a new state spending plan. They’ve formed a special committee that will ask for a revised revenue forecast, even though lawmakers just received one last month. They want a full budget proposal from Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, complete […]
A former coal industry lobbyist has been named to a top post with Indiana’s environmental agency, an appointment that environmental activists say raises questions about whether he can be objective in his new job. David Joest, a former registered lobbyist for Peabody Coal Co., became the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s assistant commissioner for the […]
A part-time construction job sturdied Orva Fry’s financial foundation after he was laid off from a northern Indiana recreational vehicle factory. It also kept the 41-year-old Amish father of two on steady spiritual ground. Another way to make ends meet that Fry briefly considered – unemployment checks – went against his faith, which shuns all […]
Someone once told me it’s easy to run an organization when times are good.
It’s when times are tough that things get difficult. Well, we’re definitely there.
