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Just four more years and Indiana will celebrate its 40th anniversary of peak economic performance, at least in modern times.
As Morton Marcus points out in a column in this week’s IBJ, Hoosiers earned 2.53 percent of average national…
U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner said yesterday he doesn’t support handing over more federal money to keep General Motors Corp. afloat unless the automaker develops a viable and long-term business model and can pay back government loans. “Anything short of that is just throwing good money after bad,” Boehner said on CBS’s “Face the […]
Gov. Mitch Daniels and Indiana House Speaker Patrick Bauer have more in common than they might think. Both are headstrong politicians who wield tremendous power. And both have a way with words, especially when they aren’t getting what they want. So it’s no surprise that the Republican governor and the Democratic speaker are once again […]
Merck & Co. plans to acquire Schering-Plough Corp. for $41.1 billion in a deal that gives the companies more firepower to compete in a drug industry facing slumping sales, tough generic competition and intense cost pressures. The two New Jersey pharmaceutical companies are rivals of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. The latest proposed combination comes […]
My weekend included the “European Design Since 1985” show at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, “The Ladies Man” at the IRT, and “Mauritius” at the Phoenix. Plus, semi-related to the later, I finally saw the film version of David Mamet’s…
Lauth Properties alleges in a lawsuit that the state’s plan to rebuild 13 miles of U.S. 31 in Hamilton County to freeway standards
will cut off access to a property it owns in Westfield, killing plans for a Wal-Mart there.
When economists worry about the health of the banking system, it is primarily because we are concerned with a stable velocity
of money.
Instead of waiting around for the state to save your business, plan strategically to survive.
Tim Durham is facing allegations of self-dealing after a publicly traded company he helps run in Dallas acquired assets from
a finance company he owns in Ohio.
I went to church Sunday night. It wasn’t a religious experience â?? wasn’t supposed to be, anyway.
John Erlandson, 63, of Lebanon, holds the patent on a recycled-rubber pencil,
which Staples plans to start selling in June.
Six experts in green issues shared their outlook on businesses’ environmental responsibilities during IBJ’s Power Breakfast Feb. 13.
The stimulus bill has prompted Indiana businesses and not-for-profits that deal in medical records to look for partners to
help them meet the challenge of making those records electronic in five years.
The key legislative item at this point remains House Bill 1001, the budget bill.
Contractors struggling under the weight of an unfinished factory in Tipton are hoping for a quick sale to recover at least
some of the $44 million they say they’re owed by Getrag Transmission Manufacturing.
The end of C.P. Morgan, the largest
central Indiana builder for a decade, will throw 1,200 home lots and options for 800 more onto an already flooded land market.
How we feel individually about the economy is often at odds with how the economy is performing.
While he gets great seats every time as he watches about 75 basketball games a season, John Adams also has serious responsibilities
as the NCAA’s national coordinator of men’s basketball officiating.
Although the Kernan-Shepard report focused on local government efficiencies, it is also clear that the management of Indiana’s
public resources and assets at the regional and state level has not kept pace with the technological and socioeconomic advances
of the last century.
Several venture capitalists — a generation younger than most in the profession — are establishing themselves in Indianapolis.
