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IRL TV coverage causes static

The June 22 Indy Racing League race at Iowa earned a 1.2 overnight TV rating, according to New York-based Nielsen Media Co., meaning about 1.2 million households nationwide tuned in to watch the…

Miller Pipeline buys Carolina pipeline company

Miller Pipeline Corp., the pipeline contractor owned by Evansville-based Vectren Corp., has acquired a small pipeline contractor in Greenville, S.C., for an undisclosed price, Miller said yesterday. The South Carolina firm, E&M Pipeline, has 35 workers. E&M pushes Indianapolis-based Miller into its 22nd state. Most of Miller’s work is in Indiana and Ohio. The acquisition […]

ATA assets headed toward auction

Bankrupt ATA Airlines aims to land court approval Friday to conduct a massive auction of assets next month in Indianapolis and Chicago. “This will be one of the biggest auction events in Indy this year,” states the Web site of Key Auctioneers. ATA wants the Avon firm to conduct the auction July 22 at ATA’s […]

UPDATE: Lilly shares slide after FDA delay

Investors in Eli Lilly and Co. showed displeasure this morning in the decision announced late yesterday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will extend its review of Lilly’s prasugrel drug by three months. Shares in the Indianapolis pharmaceutical company fell 2 percent, to $46.63 – a 52-week low. The FDA’s decision on the highly […]

Ann Patchett on opera and veggies

“Sometimes I worry that culture is like vegetables and that I’d be better off eating that which is locally grown,” writes novelists Ann Patchett in today’s Wall Street Journal.

The piece isn’t a celebration of local arts. Rather, it’s a tribute to the…

Expert: 75 mph might be safe

A Purdue University civil engineering professor made news this week by rolling out a study showing the new
70 mph speed limit on rural interstates in Indiana caused virtually no increase in fatalities or injuries.

The study was prompted by the…

Indianapolis tech sector shows modest growth

It’s still no Silicon Valley, but Indianapolis’ high-tech economy enjoyed a modest expansion last year, according to the latest annual Cybercities report issued by the American Electronics Association. The good news is that high tech employment grew in Indianapolis and surrounding counties last year, albeit by only 2 percent. The growth gave the region a […]

Car enthusiasts saving The Suds

A group of car collectors has bought an iconic Greenwood drive-in called The Suds and plans to reopen the landmark on Saturdays starting July 5. The Suds Hot Rod…

O’Neal deal: Shot in arm or foot?

If the Indiana Pacers pull the trigger on a deal to send Jermaine O’Neal to Toronto for guard T.J. Ford, center Rasho Nesterovic and possibly the No. 17 pick in this year’s NBA draft, several NBA insiders think they’d be…

Charlie Daniels to play at Brickyard

Country music legends The Charlie Daniels Band will perform July 27 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway before the Brickyard 400 NASCAR race.

Sony BMG Nashville recording artist Craig Morgan will serve as opening act for…

Bal to lead WellPoint’s individual business

Raj Bal will become president of WellPoint’s Inc.’s individual business on July 8, the company announced today. Bal comes from Milwaukee-based Assurant Health, where he was executive vice president and chief operating officer. He also serves on the policy committee for America’s Health Insurance Plans. He has an economics degree from Concordia University in Montreal, […]

Tobias Theatre events announced

The folks at the Indianapolis Museum of Art have named names (at least some) for programming at its soon-to-be-opening  Tobias Theatre.

The initial schedule for this new “living room” for the arts includes:

–“Virtuosos and Visions,” featuring violinist Cho-Liang Lin, pipa artist Min Xiao-Fen,…

Authorities can’t find Premier’s White

Local law enforcement officials plan to cast a wider net in their quest to track
down and arrest Christopher P. White, the founder of defunct developer Premier Properties USA Inc.

Middle-market firms pack punch, study shows

Mid-sized companies are a lot like middle children in a family, a new Indiana Chamber of Commerce study has found. They tend to achieve a lot, but don’t get the attention they deserve. The businesses amount to only 3 percent of all businesses in the state, yet generate 30 percent of the jobs and more […]

DC: Final critical thoughts

More random thoughts from the American Theatre Critics Association conference in Washington.

* If the powers that be in Carmel–or any other place that aspires to be an arts destination–hasn’t already made contact, they should reach out immediately and speak to…

Neighbors appeal CVS approval

The Old Northside Neighborhood Association is fighting an administrative approval of plans to build a CVS pharmacy at the southeast corner of 16th and Meridian streets. The Metropolitan Development…

More than 260 take GM buyout in Indianapolis

More than 260 workers have accepted early retirements or buyouts at General Motors Corp.’s metal-stamping plant, a GM spokesman said today. That amounts to 24 percent of the work force at the plant west of downtown, leaving 833 employees, said spokesman Fred Cox. The departures are effective July 1. Some new employees are expected to […]

Indians pack the house

The Indianapolis Indians had a big weekend. The Indians won two out of three from Rochester but all three games were monetary winners for the AAA minor league baseball franchise.

Mostly blue skies along…

You-review-it Monday

Okay, so what did I miss?

Anyone visit the ISO on the Prairie, shop at the Eiteljorg’s Indian Market, participate in the 48 Hour Film Project or stop in at the Florie Leviton show at the Indianapolis Art Center?

What A&E encounters did you…