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Lauth looks for quick cash Once-powerful developer needs financing, real-estate recovery to emerge from bankruptcy The 32-year-old developer Lauth Group Inc. likely will survive in some form if the company can find financing to get it through a Chapter 11 reorganization and if the real estate market doesn’t take too long to turn around, experts […]
RETURN ON TECHNOLOGY TV talent shows teach recruiting lessons My stony heart melted when Susan Boyle got a spontaneous, thunderous standing ovation from the skeptical crowd at “Britain’s Got Talent,” the latest United Kingdom contribution to the TV talent show genre. If you haven’t seen that heartwarming YouTube video, I suggest you do so before […]
This week, two community theater productions reinforce my decision not to give
"star" ratings.
The recession’s domino effect Call it a trickle-down effect, but not the kind President Reagan would have liked. The recession has cost most institutional investors, such as university endowments, about a quarter of their value. As a result, venture capitalists’ primary source of funding has dried up. The implications for Hoosier entrepreneurship are stark. “Right […]
A reasonable and workable solution to the financial challenges confronting Marion County its Capital Improvement Board should include the following:
The cost of nursing home care in Indianapolis is rising faster than in the rest of the country, according to an annual survey
of long-term-care costs by Virginia-based Genworth Financial.
Eagle Creek Aviation Services CEO Matt Hagans has taken delivery of the first of 17 Phenom 100 business jets from Brazilian
aircraft maker Embraer.
Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean—and his connection to the Harbaugh family—will be the focus of a documentary
produced by NFL Films.
Specialist physicians, who have traditionally been fiercely independent, are more and more coming on as employees of hospitals.
Angel investment group off to flying start HALO Capital injects $8 million into startups in first year of operation despite recession and membership turnover Founders of HALO Capital Group would have been satisfied in their first year to invest $2 million in promising Indiana companies. They instead quadrupled the amount-even while dealing in a sour […]
‘Epic’ losses hit hospitals Investment portfolios have shed millions, putting expansions on hold until recovery Financial reports trickling in from Indianapolis’ major hospitals show why the city’s health care building boom ground to a near halt this year. It ran into a wall of investment losses. A case in point: Indianapolisbased Clarian Health suffered a […]
EYE ON THE PIE Author’s work may go unfinished “How is your unwritten book coming along?” Myra Mariachi asks. “How do you know I have an unwritten book?” I respond. “Because you’re the type of person who might write a book but not the type who is writing a book,” Myra says. “A genuine author […]
STATEHOUSE DISPATCH Legislators, governor disagree about special session Assigning responsibility for what stuck us with a special session is a political post-session must, but playing the blame game usually isn’t a productive exercise. This time, however, may be different, and what both of the principal sides in the dispute over the failure to enact a […]
The Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana has added four structures and an architectural feature to its annual list of
the 10 Most Endangered Hoosier landmarks.
Game technician Doug Clark has been going full tilt in unusual niche for 31 years.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS EPA policies cannot force economic choices Almost five years ago, a colleague and I were sought out by a large think tank to help develop a study to value natural resources on federal lands. This was during the height of the Bush administration. Several dozen scientists were working on the project, and my […]
Sides square off over big rate hike Waterworks request excessive, critics say Customer groups say an 18-percent rate hike sought by the Indianapolis Department of Waterworks is excessive even for a utility drowning in variable-rate bond debt that’s swelled since financial markets collapsed. The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is weighing the department’s request filed in […]
An activist shareholder vying to become a director of Conseco Inc. says the insurance company’s board "completely misjudged"
the risks it faced when it emerged from bankruptcy in 2003 and hasn’t recovered since. Now an independent shareholder advisory firm is siding with him.
Tavern owners in Franklin will mothball their ashtrays next month following the passage of a smoking ban May 4. City councilors
voted 6-1 to make the ban one of the most restrictive in the state.
