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A reasonable and workable solution to the financial challenges confronting Marion County its Capital Improvement Board should include the following:
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Prices salty and getting saltier at Indiana nursing homes
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.
Not shying away from private jet sales
Eagle Creek Aviation Services CEO Matt Hagans has taken delivery of the first of 17 Phenom 100 business jets from Brazilian
aircraft maker Embraer.
Crean focus of NFL Films documentary to air this fall
Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean—and his connection to the Harbaugh family—will be the focus of a documentary
produced by NFL Films.
Reimbursement changes prompt specialists to join hospital payrolls
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
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
‘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
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
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 […]
Historic windows join landmark list
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.
Real pinball wizard makes career of repairs
Game technician Doug Clark has been going full tilt in unusual niche for 31 years.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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
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 […]
Activist shareholder makes case against Conseco’s board
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.
Franklin ban snuffs out smoking
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.
You-review-it Monday
For me, it was a weekend primarily focused on dance–but since that dance was the recital for Village Dance Studio, where my daughter is a ten-year vet, don’t expect a review from me.
But I will say that the army of…
Indiana auto-parts factories lay off 300-plus-WEB ONLY
More than 300 people are being laid off from two northern Indiana auto-parts factories because of production cutbacks by U.S. automakers. Guardian Industries Corp. plans about 130 layoffs at its car-window plant in Ligonier, while Advanced Assembly LLC of Columbia City has laid off 200 people from its seat systems factory. Auburn Hills, Mich.-based Guardian […]
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Ma quande lingues coalesce, t va semblar un simplificat Angles, quam un skeptic Cambridge amico dit me que Occidental es.
SPORTS: The Speedway is still our 800-pound gorilla-WEB ONLY
Will Higgins, an excellent wordsmith for The Indianapolis Star, was kind enough to include me in interviews he did in preparation for a story about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s Centennial and the track’s enormous impact on Indianapolis. He included a couple of my quotes in his story. It was another one of those “you-know-you’re-getting-old-when” moments […]