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Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences was a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy fourth quarter for parent Dow Chemical Co. Although Dow today reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.6 billion on sales of $10.9 billion – down from a $472 million profit and $14.2 billion in sales the prior year – its agricultural sciences segment posted record […]
A study by Indiana University’s Bowen Research Center says secondhand smoke cost the state $390.3 million in excess medical expenses, or about $62 per person, in 2007. The center, part of IU’s School of Medicine, conducted the study for the Indiana Department of Health’s Smokefree Indiana campaign and the Indiana Tobacco Prevention & Cessation Agency. […]
The Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain hopes to add more than 50 new franchise locations in the Indianapolis area as part of a nationwide expansion. The Massachusetts company today announced plans to sell new franchises in major cities including Indianapolis, Houston and Atlanta. Only 10 of its 2,700 locations worldwide are in Indiana. The privately held company […]
Enrollment at Indiana University’s eight campuses for the spring semester reached a record of 97,155 students, an increase of 3,754, or 4 percent, from last spring’s total, the university announced today. IU East in Richmond showed an almost a 10-percent increase over the previous spring semester. IU Bloomington’s enrollment increased 3.3 percent and IUPUI’s rose […]
More than 600 people who work for two recreational vehicle companies in northern Indiana’s Elkhart County are being laid off because of the troubled economy. Keystone RV Company in Goshen announced it is consolidating operations and downsizing its work force by about 350 employees through April. Keystone plans to close several of its plants, including […]
Columbus engine maker Cummins Inc. said today it has offered voluntary retirement packages to 700 hourly employees in Indiana as it looks to trim as many as 350 more jobs. Cummins, which reports fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow, has suffered from a drop in demand for its diesel engines and related products. Since October, it has taken […]
Winter storms that crippled parts of the Midwest recently prompted Emmis Communications Corp. CEO Jeff Smulyan to again call on cell phone manufacturers to install radio receivers in their units. If cell phones had FM receivers, Smulyan argued, radio stations could have served an even wider audience searching for updates on the weather, road conditions […]
Eli Lilly and Co. got good news and bad news Friday. The same day U.S. regulators recommended Lilly’s blood thinner prasugrel for market approval, one of the Indianapolis pharmaceutical company’s partners reported poor clinical results for one of its most promising drugs. Canada-based BioMS Medical Corp. said its lead drug for treating relapse remitting multiple […]
Indianapolis police are still looking for a man who opened fire in a nightclub parking lot early yesterday, injuring five people. The incident happened at about 2:30 a.m. at King of Clubs near Ritter Avenue and Brookville Road. Officers say some patrons were gathering for a birthday party when a fight broke out. According to […]
Winter storms that crippled parts of the Midwest recently prompted Emmis Communications Corp. CEO Jeff Smulyan to again call on cell phone manufacturers to install radio receivers in their units. If cell phones had FM receivers, Smulyan argued, radio stations could have served an even wider audience searching for updates on the weather, road conditions […]
NBC sold out its 69-spot advertising inventory for yesterday’s Super Bowl, pushing total ad revenue for the event to a record $206 million – not bad in the middle of a recession. The Super Bowl is a premier advertising event with an U.S. audience of 100 million viewers, many of whom watch closely during game […]
Two unemployed Hoosiers have earned $1 million for creating the Super Bowl’s top-ranked commercial. Joe and Dave Herbert of Batesville won the third-annual Doritos “Crash the Super Bowl” challenge and earned high marks from viewers. Their ad features a man predicting free Doritos for his co-workers, then breaking a vending machine with a crystal ball. […]
Thousands of southern Indiana residents are still without power following last week’s winter storm. Vectren reports 20,000 outages as of last night, mostly in the Evansville area. More than 100,000 customers were left without electricity as a result of the storm. Vectren officials say most power should be restored by Thursday, though isolated outages could […]
A plan from the mayor of Franklin to rejuvenate the downtown area includes raising by 3 or 4 feet several blocks that were heavily damaged by flooding last year. Mayor Fred Paris acknowledges that the plan is nowhere near final, but says by elevating the southwest part of downtown, the city would create a scenic […]
Gov. Mitch Daniels today recognized three Indiana Department of Transportation workers who found more than $100,000 in an old tire along Interstate 70. The workers were picking up trash east of Indianapolis two weeks ago and found a wad of bills in an abandoned tire. They reported the discovery to state police, who believe the […]
Columbus engine maker Cummins Inc. said today it has offered voluntary retirement packages to 700 hourly employees in Indiana as it looks to trim as many as 350 more jobs. Cummins, which reports fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow, has suffered from a drop in demand for its diesel engines and related products. Since October, it has taken […]
There’s no doubt that Gov. Mitch Daniels, lawmakers and school officials will cash the check when Indiana receives its share of a federal stimulus package making its way through Congress. Daniels and legislators began this session expecting to have little new money to spend over the next two years, but now the state and its […]
Home sales in central Indiana continue to slide, declining 18 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the same period the previous year, the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors reported today. Units sold in the 13 counties tracked by the trade group dropped to 4,966 in the three months ended Dec. 31. All counties showed […]
Check out this rendering of plans for the vacant northeast corner of 22nd and Delaware streets. The two-story project would be built to…
Midwestern cities donâ??t attract a lot of immigrants, and Indianapolis is no exception.
The weather is uncomfortable and the region has a reputation for close-mindedness â?? not the kind of place
where newcomers want to sink roots.
A recent blog…
