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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 […]
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 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 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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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…
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 […]
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 […]
Butler University heads into the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament today as a top-10 university when it comes to graduating its student-athletes. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida reports in its annual study that Butler is one of 10 universities in the 65-team tournament that graduates 90 percent […]
The CEO of Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. took home roughly $4 million in total compensation in 2008, a year in which the company’s stock price plummeted 75 percent. Dennis D. Oklak, 55, received about $1 million more in 2008 than in 2007, the company reported this week in its annual proxy filing. The compensation consisted […]
An Indiana money manager accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash has undergone a mental evaluation to determine whether he is competent to stand trial and is now in a Tallahassee correctional facility. A report on Marcus Schrenker’s competency was expected to be sent to a federal judge by today. Tallahassee […]
