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A prison guard who helped a double murderer escape from Rockville Correctional Center last year has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Scott Spitler pleaded guilty to “aiding escape” after hiding Sarah Pender in a van in August and driving her off the prison grounds. Pender was captured in Chicago five months later after […]
A mobile-phone service launched last spring by Carmel-based company ChaCha Search Inc., the human-assisted Internet search engine, has scored a large corporate advertiser. Kansas City, Mo.-based H&R Block Inc. has launched a mobile advertising campaign using ChaCha’s mobile-phone service as the outlet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. H&R Block is running the campaign […]
An Indiana soldier is dead after contracting meningitis while stationed at a Missouri Army base. Officials have identified the soldier as Pvt. Randy Stabnick, 28, of South Bend. Stabnick died yesterday at a hospital in Springfield, Mo. He is the second soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood to die of meningitis. An Alabama soldier died […]
Indianapolis-based electronics and appliances retailer HHGregg Inc. plans to appoint a new CEO in August, when Jerry W. Throgmartin becomes executive chairman. The company’s current president, Dennis L. May, will take over for Throgmartin, a 33-year veteran of the chain who has served as CEO since 2003, HHGregg said yesterday. May, 41, joined HHGregg in […]
Environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr. will speak at Ball State University this evening. The son of the late Sen. Robert Kennedy wrote the book “Crimes Against Nature.” He has also been named one of Time magazine’s Heroes for the Planet. Kennedy is scheduled to appear at Emens Auditorium at 8 p.m. The event is free and […]
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a New York probe into how the health insurer reimbursed customers for out-of-network services. WellPoint also agreed to stop using the Ingenix database of reimbursement rates that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has called “defective and manipulated.” “WellPoint acknowledges the conflicts of interest in […]
Lower crude-oil prices helped Indianapolis-based Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP increase its fourth-quarter profit to $18.5 million – up from $7.8 million for the same period in 2007. But volatile pricing throughout 2008 took a toll on full-year results, with profit reaching just $44.4 million, compared with $82.9 million the previous year. Calumet, which processes […]
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a New York probe into how the health insurer reimbursed customers for out-of-network services. WellPoint also agreed to stop using the Ingenix database of reimbursement rates that New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has called “defective and manipulated.” “WellPoint acknowledges the conflicts of interest […]
Danica Patrick didn’t quite bare all in her most recent Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. While there was an abundance of skin on display, there was one thing that didn’t show up; a tattoo…
As just about everyone expected, General Motors and Chrysler are back asking for more bailouts. Instead of
$17.4 billion, they now want $39 billion.
As part of its turnaround plan, GM plans to jettison Saturn, the brand launched in…
Call it Expedia for hospital systems. Community Health Network has spent three years developing a computer interface that allows doctors and nurses to view all information and records on a patient in one viewing program. Community calls it a virtual single patient record, or vSPR. It works in the same way Expedia pulls together the […]
The Indiana Senate has passed a bill that could spur counties to revamp their local governments. The GOP-controlled Senate approved the proposal 30-19 yesterday, sending it to the Democrat-ruled House for consideration. Supporters of the bill say streamlining local government would make the system more efficient and responsive, but opponents don’t see a […]
General Motors and Chrysler said today that their request for federal aid ballooned to a staggering $39 billion – only months after they received billions in loans – in new plans that envision massive job losses and intense restructuring to survive a deepening recession. General Motors Corp. presented a survival plan that calls for […]
Two high-profile Indianapolis-based technology firms have forged a partnership they hope will give both a boost in market share. Marketing software provider Aprimo Inc. has teamed with ExactTarget Inc. to incorporate ExactTarget’s e-mail messaging services into Aprimo’s applications, the companies announced today. The partnership is the result of roughly five months of discussions. “We […]
Indianapolis-based electronics and appliances retailer HHGregg Inc. said today it plans to appoint a new CEO in August. It also said its current CFO is stepping down. The company’s current president, Dennis L. May, will take over for Jerry W. Throgmartin, a 33-year veteran of the chain who has served as CEO since 2003. Throgmartin […]
Legislation aimed at changing how Indiana Supreme Court justices are chosen hasn’t gotten enough support to make it out of committee for now, receiving a split vote from lawmakers today that means it won’t be going to the full House for consideration. The Government and Regulatory Reform Committee added to its agenda this morning House […]
President Barack Obama put his own indelible imprint on the nation’s distressed economy today, signing the huge recovery package into law, readying a $50 billion proposal to help homeowners fend off foreclosure and awaiting emergency restructuring plans from flailing automakers. Obama said the sprawling legislation, which congressional Democrats pushed to passage last week over near-unanimous […]
Thousands of Hoosiers are waiting to see how they will be affected when two automakers submit cost-cutting proposals today. Lawmakers told officials from General Motors and Chrysler that they would need to submit new business models in order to receive billions of dollars in federal money. The proposals are expected to call for layoffs, plant […]
The Carmel City Council has approved a $20 million floater loan to keep the Keystone Avenue project moving. The chief engineer had asked for an additional $8 million to turn six intersections along Keystone into roundabouts, but that request was not approved. Last night’s meeting got heated when one of the councilors accused Carmel Mayor […]
