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Cabaret comeback
Since I first started writing about arts in Indianapolis in the mid-90s, I’ve been baffled as to why the American Cabaret Theatre offered so little traditional cabaret.
The format of cabaret is fairly simple: A singer and an accompanist (sometimes a…
Indiana suffers top jump in jobless claims-WEB ONLY
Indiana reported the biggest increase among states in new jobless claims for the week ending March 7, with a jump of more than 5,500, which it attributed to layoffs in the auto and manufacturing industries. Nationally, new jobless claims fell more than expected last week, but continuing claims set a record for the eighth straight […]
McVey to challenge Burton in 5th District-WEB ONLY
Hamilton County businessman Brose McVey has announced he will challenge incumbent Rep. Dan Burton for the Republican nomination for Indiana’s 5th District Congressional seat in next year’s election. McVey, a former aide to Dan Quayle and Dan Coats when they were senators, was the 7th District GOP nominee in 2002, when he lost to the […]
Local bedroom retailer to be liquidated-WEB ONLY
The Indianapolis-based parent of Today’s Bedroom One, The Mattress Gallery and Today’s Kids has been placed in receivership by a Marion County Superior Court judge after failing to meet financial obligations to primary creditor Huntington National Bank. The company, TBO LLC, was founded in 1978 and operates 16 retail locations in central Indiana. The stores […]
HealthNet receives $2.5M Fairbanks grant-WEB ONLY
HealthNet Inc. will receive $2.5 million from Indianapolis-based Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc. to install electronic medical record systems as well as billing and scheduling software at its eight community health centers. The grant comes at a time that HealthNet’s patient population, drawn from some of Indianapolis’ poorest neighborhoods, is growing and now totals 47,000. […]
HealthNet receives $2.5M Fairbanks grant-WEB ONLY
HealthNet Inc. will receive $2.5 million from Indianapolis-based Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Inc. to install electronic medical record systems as well as billing and scheduling software at its eight community health centers. The grant comes at a time that HealthNet’s patient population, drawn from some of Indianapolis’ poorest neighborhoods, is growing and now totals 47,000. […]
Judge grants injunction freezing woman’s assets-WEB ONLY
A Hamilton County woman accused of swindling investors in a clean coal energy startup agreed yesterday to an injunction that freezes her assets, including artwork by Pablo Picasso, jewelry and a luxury waterfront home. The agreement in Marion Superior Court makes permanent a temporary restraining order issued last week by Judge Patrick McCarty following a […]
One hospitalized after interstate crash-WEB ONLY
Crews had to cut parts of a pickup truck from underneath a semi-truck after an overnight crash on Interstate 465 near the I-74 overpass. A black Ford F150 slammed into the back of the semi around 3 a.m. The driver of the pickup, who was trapped inside after the crash, was taken to Wishard Hospital […]
Carjacking leads to chase, neighborhood lockdown-WEB ONLY
An Indianapolis neighborhood was put on lockdown this morning after a carjacking and police pursuit. Police say two black males between the ages of 18 and 25 carjacked a man at gunpoint about 1 a.m. in the 2700 block of Paris Avenue. The men ditched the car near 31st Street and Boulevard Place after leading […]
Local bedroom retailer to be liquidated-WEB ONLY
The Indianapolis-based parent of Today’s Bedroom One, The Mattress Gallery and Today’s Kids has been placed in receivership by a Marion County Superior Court judge after failing to meet financial obligations to primary creditor Huntington National Bank. The company, TBO LLC, was founded in 1978 and operates 16 retail locations in central Indiana. The stores […]
OneAmerica lays off 114 workers-WEB ONLY
Even the strong are cutting jobs. OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc., one of few life insurance companies not crippled by investment losses, has laid off 114 workers, the Indianapolis-based company announced today. Of the people cut, 101 worked in Indianapolis. OneAmerica now employs more than 1,200 in Indianapolis and nearly 300 more around the country. All […]
Music, movie distributor cutting 469 jobs-WEB ONLY
New York-based Direct Brands Inc. announced yesterday it is closing distribution and support centers in Indianapolis, Terre Haute and South Carolina, eliminating 469 jobs. The company, formerly BMG Columbia House, will consolidate the operations into a Direct Brands facility in Pennsylvania by the end of the year. The move will involve 152 workers in Indianapolis, […]
Shoe Carnival misses analyst predictions-WEB ONLY
Shoe Carnival Inc., plagued by declining sales and lower profit margins on merchandise, today reported fourth-quarter results that severely missed analyst expectations. The Evansville-based footwear retailer reported a $3 million loss, or 24 cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 31 – down from a profit of $1.1 million, or 9 cents per […]
Still reading magazines?
Even with talk of the demise of print journalism, many of us still turn to magazines not just for information, but for pleasure. After all, you don’t see any Kindles being sold at supermarket check-out lines.
And so while they don’t…
Contest results-WEB ONLY
Last week, I offered tickets to see the April 24 one-night-only Patti LuPone concert at Clowes Memorial Hall. She’ll be performing her “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda” show, which includes songs from shows she coulda, woulda and sometimes shoulda been a part of. In that spirit, I asked those who entered the contest to pick an actor […]
WellPoint wants to be heard in health care debate-WEB ONLY
Some of the country’s largest insurers are starting to raise their voices in the debate over reworking the nation’s health care system, and their message is clear: They must play a role for it to work. WellPoint Inc. CEO Angela Braly on Tuesday told a Los Angeles forum the government and private industry need each […]