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Lots of downs … … a few ups It was the bleakest year for business in a generation. Troubles that began in the subprime mortgage market spread in 2008 throughout the Indiana and national economies-wreaking havoc in industries ranging from automaking and banking to home building and retailing. Meanwhile, rattled investors fled the stock market, […]
Today, your team members are drowning in negativity and they need someone to inspire some hope into their day.
Soaring property taxes were arguably Indiana’s biggest problem in 2007. In 2008, the Legislature approved property tax caps
as a solution. But because the caps haven’t been implemented, debate is still raging over the consequences the caps will have
for local governments and whether they should be made permanent.
PROGRAMS Collections stewardship: The society maintains a vast archive and library with more than 1.6 million photographs and 50,000 collections of personal and family papers, business records, newspapers, maps and more. Statewide education: Creates classroom materials and trains teachers in Indiana history; involves students in National History Day and junior historian program; provides field service […]
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael A. Blickman, chairman Thomas G. Hoback, first vice chairman Sarah Evans Barker, second vice chairman James C. Shook Jr., treasurer Patricia D. Curran, secretary William E. Bartelt Frank Basile Mary Ann Bradley Joseph E. Costanza Edgar Glenn Davis William Brent Eckhart Daniel M. Ent Richard D. Feldman Richard E. Ford Wanda […]
Relive the election with this puzzle Commentary As is the custom of the last few holiday seasons, I am pleased to present a puzzle. This year’s challenge, “Scrabble-Cross,” is election-themed and is similar in format to one I constructed four years ago. It requires you to fit the 12 words in the grid as you […]
Talk to anyone about Kristin Kohn and her "In the City" ventures and you hear the same thing, over and over: Smart. Enthusiastic.
Fun. Entrepreneurial. And hardworking, especially when it comes to Massachusetts Avenue.
IndyGo has hired another consultant to study possible locations for a downtown transit center. The consultant, Kansas City, Mo.-based HNTB Corp., has been told to focus on three possible sites: Union Station; the former home of Market Square Arena; and property near IUPUI. IndyGo repeatedly over the years has explored the possibility of building a […]
So did you get anything cultural for the holidays? Tickets to a local concert? A DVD you always wanted?
Tell.
While things are far from perfect in the land of Blue and Gold, the Indiana Pacers front office should be filled with a little more holiday cheer than they were a year ago…
Would you pay more for an aisle seat?
If an airline representative were asking, you might say yes. But what if it’s an arts venue’s ticket seller?
Whether you call it “demand pricing” or “scaling the house,” across the country, theaters are…
Allison Transmission is urging 19 percent of its 2,200-strong hourly workforce to retire early by offering cash bonuses: $42,500 for production employees and $60,000 for people in skilled trades. The company, a former division of General Motors Corp., announced the early retirement offer last week but declined to say how much of a reduction it […]
Shareholders of both companies today approved the $5.6 billion merger between National City Bank and PNC Financial Services Group Inc., formally sealing a deal that is expected to close Dec. 31.Pittsburgh-based PNC announced plans to buy National City on Oct. 24, with help from a $7.7 billion infusion from the federal government’s financial industry bailout plan.The merger […]
Regulators in Florida are threatening to suspend or revoke Conseco Life Insurance Co.’s license to do business in the state over allegations the company underfunded its policies. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation alleged this week that Conseco Life misled Florida consumers and withheld vital information from regulators. “Florida consumers deserve to know that the […]
Former Indianapolis Star editor Tim Franklin, 48, yesterday announced he is leaving his post as editor of the Baltimore Sun to head the new IU sports journalism center. Franklin was hired as the…
Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” television show, said yesterday that Eli Lilly and Co. stock is “one that will help investors sleep at night” because of its 5.2 percent dividend yield, which he called “juicy.” The popular TV host has shied away from Lilly in the past because of the company’s huge […]
The editor and senior vice president of the Baltimore Sun will join the Indiana University School of Journalism in January to direct a new sports journalism program in Indianapolis and Bloomington.Tim Franklin, who graduated from IU in 1983, served as a jurist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 and 2007 and was previously editor of […]
Steak n Shake Co. has recorded its 14th consecutive quarter with a same-store sales decline. The locally based chain reported a 1.4 percent drop in same-store sales for the first quarter, which ended Dec. 17. The chain saw its revenue fall 6.7 percent in fiscal 2008, for a fiscal year loss of about $23 million. […]
Former IU basketball coach Dan Dakich is doing his daily sports-talk radio show barefoot through January 17 to draw awareness to Samaritan’s Feet (www.samaritansfeet.org), an organization dedicated to providing shoes to kids…
In January, more than a dozen Broadway productions will be shutting down, including “Spring Awakening,” “Gypsy,” “Hairspray” “13,” and “Young Frankenstein.” And there’s little on the horizon to replace them. (Are you really anxious to see “Shrek: The Musical”? Didn’t…
