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Unemployment rates rose in all of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas for the third straight month in March, with Indiana’s Elkhart-Goshen region once again logging the biggest gain. The Labor Department reported today that all 372 metropolitan areas tracked saw jobless rates move higher last month from a year earlier. Elkhart-Goshen’s rate soared to 18.8 […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first U.S. death from the latest human strain of the swine flu: a 23-month-old child from Texas. The number of confirmed cases stands at 71 people across the country. State health officials announced the first confirmed case in Indiana yesterday – a University of Notre […]
An Indianapolis Public Schools teacher is under investigation, accused of hitting two students. Lt. Col. Vincent Johnson, a Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor at Manual High School, has been suspended pending the outcome of investigations by the school district, police and child welfare workers. IPS officials say two boys and a girl in a ROTC […]
State legislators seem willing to give Indianapolis officials the power to raise several local taxes to help fund the city’s troubled stadiums agency. That plan, though, would force Mayor Greg Ballard to take some of the heat for increasing any of those taxes – and the task of persuading the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers […]
Indiana lawmakers will be scrambling to meet tonight’s midnight deadline for adjourning the legislative session, but differences remained yesterday over a new state budget and fixing Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. Negotiators for House Democrats and Senate Republicans said yesterday that they had reached a tentative compromise on a plan designed to start fixing the […]
Indianapolis-based Indiana Supply Corp., a distributor of heating and air-conditioning equipment, has been acquired by Gustave A. Larson Co. of Pewaukee, Wis. Terms of the deal, which closed April 24, were not disclosed. Indiana Supply, based in an 85,000-square-foot facility at 3835 E. 21st St., has branches in Fort Wayne and South Bend. The company, […]
Lilly Endowment will donate an additional $1.5 million to a local fund designed to address a recession-driven wave of demand for food, shelter and other basic needs, the United Way of Central Indiana announced today. The endowment’s latest gift will add to the $3.2 million Community Economic Relief Fund, set up in December and administered […]
Lilly Endowment will donate an additional $1.5 million to a local fund designed to address a recession-driven wave of demand for food, shelter and other basic needs, the United Way of Central Indiana announced today. The endowment’s latest gift will add to the $3.2 million Community Economic Relief Fund, set up in December and administered […]
Have property values around Lucas Oil Stadium risen as fast as the profit expectations of the owners? Perhaps not, at least if you consider the Cambridge Transmission…
Earlier this week, I pointed out the Indiana Pacers’ 14,182 attendance this season was 28th out of 30 National Basketball Association teams. I also pointed out, the team’s attendance represented a big increase…
The U.S. economy shrank at a worse-than-expected 6.1 percent pace at the start of this year as sharp cutbacks by businesses and the biggest drop in exports in 40 years overwhelmed a rebound in consumer spending. The Commerce Department’s report, released today, dashed hopes that the recession’s grip on the country loosened in the first […]
Indiana lawmakers will be scrambling to meet tonight’s midnight deadline for adjourning the legislative session, but differences remained yesterday over a new state budget and fixing Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance fund. Negotiators for House Democrats and Senate Republicans said yesterday that they had reached a tentative compromise on a plan designed to start fixing the […]
Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc. said today that new clients and increased use of higher-margin generic drugs boosted its profit in the first quarter, with results exceeding Wall Street’s expectations. Medco, based in Franklin Lakes, N.J., is building a $140 million automated pharmacy in Boone County that is expected to employ 1,300 people […]
A few quick reviews that couldn’t fit into the print IBJ:
–If you liked the chandelier in “Phantom of the Opera,” and the helicopter in “Miss Saigon,” you may love the title car in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” which is parked…
When Ed Pegler was laid off from his highway construction job four months ago, the 47-year-old father of two didn’t know when he’d be back to work. Then the phone rang. There was a job, paid for by the federal stimulus law. It’s a story the White House hopes to repeat 3.5 million times, to […]
Venture capital is flowing a bit more to Indiana and Midwest life sciences companies, according to data released this week. But it’s still nowhere near the record levels of two years ago. Four Indiana firms attracted nearly $9 million in the first three months of 2009, up from just one firm that attracted $6.25 million […]
State legislators seem willing to give Indianapolis officials the power to raise several local taxes to help fund the city’s troubled stadiums agency. That plan, though, would force Mayor Greg Ballard to take some of the heat for increasing any of those taxes – and the task of persuading the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Pacers […]
The state’s largest school district is cutting 300 teaching jobs in an effort to save about $25 million. The Indianapolis Public School Board voted last night to also cut 40 non-teaching jobs and move others into lower-paying positions. The district plans to use federal stimulus money to keep about 200 of the laid-off teachers as […]
Herff Jones Inc., an Indianapolis-based company known for selling high school rings, yearbooks and other educational products, is now in the business of making championship rings for major sports teams. The company announced yesterday that it has acquired Masters of Design, an Attleboro, Mass.-based jewelry company with 75 employees. Herff Jones paid an undisclosed sum […]
Every day, we get more bad economic news. While I’m not smart enough to know when the global economy will rebound or how strong the rebound will be, I do believe central Indiana and the Midwest are well-positioned to lead the recovery. Why? Well, I can’t be lieve I’m making this argument, but our low […]
