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Saving money may be the bottom-line reason for reforming local government, but that’s only one of the benefits. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard made that point clear Jan. 27 in a speech to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, outlining a reform plan called Unigov 2.0 that emphasized efficiency, transparency and accountability. Ballard, the latest mayor to […]
It’s hard to imagine a more discouraging environment to lure high school students into manufacturing work. The uncertain future of Detroit automakers casts a pall over thousands of workers in central Indiana. Companies of all sorts, from hospital equipment maker Hill-Rom Inc. to office supplies maker Defl ect-O Corp., are shedding workers left and right. […]
The unfinished eight-story luxury condo building at 707 E. North St. is on track to get a reluctant new owner: Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp. The stalled Beilouny Luxury Properties development near Massachusetts Avenue could join dozens of properties-from undeveloped residential lots to half-vacant office buildings-to land on the books of banks during one of the […]
This week, an ogre’s beloved, a troubled and troubling mother, and a cad’s catch highlight a sampling of the current Broadway season. Yes, the stories you’ve heard are true. The lights have gone out on much of Broadway. With a long list of shows shutting down, the pickings are slimmer for anyone who goes to […]
It isn’t easy being a retail CEO in a deep recession. Glenn S. Lyon, the new head at The Finish Line Inc., has plenty to tackle. Traffic is down at Finish Line stores, sales have slowed and competitors are slashing prices. But the home-grown retailer has at least one major advantage: Lyon, the ‘s president, […]
Bill Wisniewski, a salesman from Munster, has shed 86 pounds in the past year with help from the “Ready, Set, Walk” campaign run by the INShape Indiana program. The 56-year-old said INShape’s e-mail tips helped him set a routine and work through pain as he ramped up to walking 70 minutes a day. As the […]
Remember that guy in college who kept screwing up and, sometimes, disappointed you? But when it came down to who people wanted to hang out with the next weekend, he was the guy? The “that guy” phenomenon helps explain how two out of three diners at our recent lunchtime visit shared stories about past Scotty’s […]
Plans for a 250-room hotel connected to the new Indianapolis International Airport terminal are in the deep freeze as the lodging industry contends with vacancies at a 20-year high. Just when the project might be revived is difficult to say. One thing is certain; the hotel won’t be open in 2009 as planned-and 2010 is […]
This week, an ogre’s beloved, a troubled and troubling mother, and a cad’s catch highlight a sampling of the current Broadway season. Yes, the stories you’ve heard are true. The lights have gone out on much of Broadway. With a long list of shows shutting down, the pickings are slimmer for anyone who goes to […]
Consider now the familiar unemployment data that are put out for each county each month. How the U.S. Department of Labor and the Indiana Department of Workforce Development get meaningful “estimates” for most Indiana counties is a mystery that Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple and Lenny Briscoe are still trying to solve. We get figures followed […]
Remember that guy in college who kept screwing up and, sometimes, disappointed you? But when it came down to who people wanted to hang out with the next weekend, he was the guy? The “that guy” phenomenon helps explain how two out of three diners at our recent lunchtime visit shared stories about past Scotty’s […]
Last night, on my way to the Phoenix Theatre to see “Love Person,” I called and discovered that the play was sold out. And I hadn’t made a reservation.
On the one hand, I’m frustated that I didn’t get to the show…
The National Basketball Association got an assist from an Indianapolis sponsorship consultancy, who oddly, works solely in the motorsports realm.
NBA officials recently decided to loosen its rules on hard liquor sponsorships, to allow…
This afternoon, I’ll be sitting down with IBJ reporter Kathleen McLaughlin and a panel of
More than 750 workers at the General Electric refrigeration plant in Bloomington will keep their jobs after all now that GE has decided to keep the facility open beyond 2010. GE said in March it would close the plant next year because high labor and material costs have made the side-by-side refrigerators produced there uncompetitive. […]
Even after Eli Lilly and Co. wiped out its 2008 profit to buy ImClone Systems, CEO John Lechleiter said his company still has plenty of powder for more purchases. But Lechleiter said he has no plans to do a mega-deal on par with Pfizer Inc.’s acquisition of Wyeth, announced this week. Instead, Lechleiter wants to […]
Conner Prairie continued to draw more visitors and donor support in 2008, ending the year with a $299,000 surplus, CEO Ellen Rosenthal reported last night at the living-history museum’s annual meeting. But like all of central Indiana’s major cultural institutions, the Hamilton County museum’s multimillion-dollar endowment suffered major market losses, which may reduce operating revenue […]
