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A Las Vegas casino and Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. lost a bid last week to throw out a hip hop nightclub’s lawsuit alleging it is being discriminated against because most of the patrons of the Vegas establishment are black. U.S. District Court Judge James Mahan said it was too early to make a decision […]
The White House said Friday that $82 million of federal economic stimulus money would be used to replace 68 old rail cars and put them back into service. The repairs will take place at the Beech Grove Amtrak maintenance facility near Indianapolis and in Bear, Del. Amtrak plans to hire about 125 workers who have […]
Subaru expects its Lafayette assembly plant to produce enough vehicles in 2009 to make one forget the nation is sunk in recession. The forecast for 165,000 cars and SUVs is 10 percent lower than the 2008 level, but if achieved, it would make 2009 the plant’s fourth-highest production year this decade. The plant will continue […]
This week, the IMA celebrates design, the IRT attempts a rewritten French farce, and the Phoenix puts its stamp on “Mauritius.” Interactivity is a buzzword in museums today. But, for me, the best exhibition interactivity doesn’t come through carefully placed computer kiosks, you-try-it activities or seek-andfind activity pages. It happens when you see a painting, […]
Three entrepreneurs from the medical and software realms are herding angels to invest in upstart life sciences companies in Indiana. StepStone Angels won’t be a fund, per se, but a membership-based group that brings together wealthy investors and slides promising companies their way for evaluation. Angel investors typically bridge the gap between an early-stage company’s […]
This week, the IMA celebrates design, the IRT attempts a rewritten French farce, and the Phoenix puts its stamp on “Mauritius.” Interactivity is a buzzword in museums today. But, for me, the best exhibition interactivity doesn’t come through carefully placed computer kiosks, you-try-it activities or seek-andfind activity pages. It happens when you see a painting, […]
Marsh Supermarkets Inc.’s attempt to switch to a cheaper supplier of prescription drugs has touched off a legal battle with the current supplier-which suggests it could fine the grocery chain as much as $61 million for reneging on its deal. At issue is a five-year vendor agreement that former CEO Don Marsh signed in 2005 […]
The coffee pot was broken at Stellarwind BioEnergy. It was probably just as well, since most of the liquid percolating at its home-in the former Hoosier Orchid Co.-is green and algae-ridden. It’s in water-cooler jugs and 64-ounce Coke bottles backlit by fluorescent tubes, back in the lab. But the main act at Stellarwind is “the […]
Employers have the upper hand these days. Workers who endure pay cuts, elimination of 401(k) contributions, and other benefit reductions are keeping any grousing to themselves. Often, they’re just thankful they still have a job during the worst economic slump since the Great Depression. It’s an environment that brings out the worst in some stressed-out […]
From the department of no good deed goes unpunished, I present to you Herb and Mel Simon. You know, those “greedy billionaires” who have done so little for this city over the years. Except to keep their business here and grow it into the largest of its kind in the country. Except to personally employ […]
When it comes to niche marketing, few companies are more specialized than Cookie Cutters Haircuts for Kids. The Indianapolis-based firm, with seven stores in central Indiana and a total of 39 across the United States and Canada, makes its living selling haircuts for children-specifically those between the ages of 2 and 12. “The average age […]
Whether or not Conseco Inc. gets a clean bill of health from its auditor on March 17, analysts predict the life insurer will need to raise more than $400 million to cover looming investment losses. And it needs the cash when raising any money is nearly impossible. Without fresh capital-or loosened debt obligations-Carmel-based Conseco could […]
Pathway Productions, purveyors of some of the highest-profile documentaries to come out of the Indianapolis area in the last decade, is on the brink of extinction. Not even a rescue plan forwarded by Mays Chemical Co. President William Mays last year could save the company. Mays blames former Pathway owner Michael Husain for driving the […]
