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Dr. Patrick J. Loehrer Sr. has been named interim director of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center. Loehrer replaces founding director Dr. Stephen Williams, who died of melanoma on Feb. 15. A national search is under way for a permanent replacement for Williams. Loehrer has been medical director of the cancer center […]
An Indiana administrative law judge has ordered a Hamilton County money manager accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash to pay $304,000 in restitution to bilked investors and $280,000 in state fines. Judge Douglas Webber’s order, made public today, comes two months after he heard from investors who said they lost […]
The Obama administration launched a new effort today to end a paralysis in lending, saying it will team with investors to sop up a half-trillion dollars of bad assets from banks that have been reluctant to make loans to consumers and companies. Wall Street seemed to feel rejuvenated by the plan, at least initially. In […]
The NCAA basketball tournament is upon us, and with it, myriad pools.
In that light, the Indiana Problem Gambling Awareness Program, a state-funded program to prevent and treat addictions, issued a release today noting that sports betting has increased in the…
One of the biggest winners in the first two rounds of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament: Downtown Indianapolis restaurants, hotels and other local businesses, not to mention those counting on event revenue to…
The recession may have reversed the flow of immigration to Indiana as immigrants, both legal and illegal, leave the state to look for jobs. For example, Ligonier, about 35 miles northwest of Fort Wayne, saw its population swell from 3,400 in 1990 to nearly 6,000 as Hispanic immigrants from Mexico and other countries arrived. By […]
Efforts to fix Indiana’s bankrupt unemployment insurance system are shaping up as a slugfest in the General Assembly, one likely to last to the end of the session in late April – if not beyond. “This is the one issue that can slip us into a special session, and we had the opportunity to start […]
Eli Lilly and Co. won U.S. approval for its drug Symbyax as a medicine for treatment-resistant depression, the company announced today. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration OK’d Symbyax as the first drug for the acute treatment of treatment-resistant depression. So-called TRD is depression that has not improved when treated by two other antidepressants. Symbyax […]
Local developer Halakar Properties Inc. is seeking tax abatement to save an endangered property.
Rob Koharchik, 40, has designed sets for local theaters including IRT and the Civic, developing a national reputation along with a keen eye for detail and an uncanny ability to marry form with function.
If the Pacers want the city to support it with more money, the organization needs to provide more information to the city,
and perhaps a future cut of event proceeds.
Eli Lilly & Co. executives are making many trips to Washington to argue for 14 years of sales exclusivity for new drugs made
from cells.
Hoosiers workers—including those who work at casinos—deserve a healthy, smoke-free workplace.
Since people must have confidence in the financial system for it to function properly, it is incumbent upon our leaders to
take action and assure the people their money is safe.
When was the last time you took your child or teen-ager to hear classical music, or see a contemporary dance performance a
la Dance Kaleidoscope? When was the last time you went to see a play?
In the past, lawmakers ignored the need to fix financing for the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, and now they must come
up with solutions that will be difficult for both Democrats and Republicans to accept.
Indianapolis’ hard-earned title of amateur sports capital seems to be peeling away like the paint on some of the city’s sports
venues.
The wages paid by a company to its employees are a distinctly private matter.
Difficult economic conditions have been faced before and we have both the tools and will to overcome our problems.
Inflation nearly disappeared in January for the first time in 50 years, with only a slight rise in the Consumer Price Index saving the country from deflation. Rising prices are hardly a concern now, as the depressed auto and real estate sectors can attest. But economists fear inflation might pose a threat as early as […]
