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Cable companies contemplate killing analog: Consumers fear price increases, conversion hassles

A federal mandate will kill analog television broadcasts early next year, but it won’t kill analog once and for all. How much longer analog will survive is largely a question for cable TV companies, and they’re struggling with the decision. The Federal Communications Commission is forcing all broadcasters-including locals such as WISH-TV Channel 8 and national broadcasters such as NBC-to stop broadcasting in analog and air only in digital by February 2009. But that mandate doesn’t affect cable companies, which…

Port-a-potty cleaning not such a foul job after all

Danny Hutson jumps down from the cab of his truck, grabs a giant yellow and black hose, and gets ready to deal with a familiar
smell: human waste and disinfectant. It’s all part of the job for Hutson, who cleans as many as 45 portable toilets a day
for Aardvark Tidy Toilets, a division of Indianapolis-based Gridlock Traffic Systems Inc.

Sports Corp. made city a sports giant, but real estate plans fell short

Construction of Pan Am Plaza in the mid-1980s was a major step in the evolution of Indianapolis into a sports town worthy
of hosting a Super Bowl. But the office building, parking garage, skating rinks and public gathering place came up short over
the years in other ways for both taxpayers and developer, the Indiana Sports Corp.

BEHIND THE NEWS: The sagest of investors takes drubbing on WellPoint bet

Here’s some news that might be comforting as you fret over your depleted stock portfolio: Even Warren Buffett, the oracle of Omaha, gets it wrong sometimes. At least he’s wrong so far on Well-Point Inc., the giant Indianapolis-based health insurer. His Berkshire Hathaway Inc. began scooping up shares in the company in the first quarter of 2007. By June of last year, it had acquired 4.2 million shares. And by the end of the first quarter of this year-the latest…

You-review-it Monday

So did you catch DK’s Gershwin show? Do the Time Warp again with the rest of the “Rocky Horror” fans at the Indianapolis Museum of Art? Or catch the young adult production of “Once on this Island” at Footlite?

Whatever your…

BREAKING: Controversial cadaver exhibit coming

Atlanta-based Premier Exhibitions Inc. is looking to bring its controversial “Bodies … the Exhibition” show to Indianapolis. The exhibit, which features cadavers that have been plasticized, dissected and posed, has been dogged by reports that the specimens used in the presentation may be the remains of tortured Chinese prisoners. If the show opens here, it […]

Paddlefish caviar goes toxic

Commercial fishing outfits are taking tons of caviar from paddlefish in the Ohio River because severe restrictions
on fishing for Russian sturgeon in the Caspian Sea have depleted the supply of the eggs.

But thereâ??s a problem: Indiana along with…

Flood, bad loan wallop Columbus bank

Investors have been hammering Indiana Community Bancorp stock since the company announced Thursday that it will take a $1.9 million provision for loan and investment losses in the second quarter. The Columbus-based parent of Indiana Bank and Trust Co. said the move was necessary because of losses stemming from flood damage and investments gone bad. […]

Crown Point sues company over disputed loan

Crown Point Development Corp., the economic development arm of the northwestern Indiana city, has sued a company that was expected to create at least 200 jobs in the city, according to The Times of Munster. Crown Point loaned Plasmatronics Inc. $380,000 to lure the company to the city last year. However, Plasmatronics, which intended to […]

Flashback: Our liveliest arts blogs

Somewhere between the 100th and 200th episode of any self-respecting sitcom, there’s usually a moment where the cast is trapped
…

Oesterle buys church for Indianapolis Opera

Angie’s List co-founder and CEO Bill Oesterle has purchased the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church building in Meridian Kessler for nearly $1.5 million and leased it to the Indianapolis Opera to use for rehearsals, educational programming and smaller performances. The opera still will perform its mainstage productions at Clowe’s Hall and won’t move into the […]

Has George doomed open wheel?

Officials for the Indy Racing League are pretty pleased with the way the first half of the season has gone. Last week at Watkins Glen, they announced yet another new series sponsor, Izod. Earlier this year, IRL officials inked deals…

Your summer reading list

At the top of my reading pile right now is Doug Crandell’s new novel “Hairdos of the Mildly Depressed.” Crandell has Indiana roots, a big heart, and lots of talent and I’m looking forward to gliding into this one.

It will…

Emmis investor castigates director Susan Bayh

By Norm Heikens Susan Bayh, lead director for Emmis Communications Corp. and wife of U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, has been blistered in a letter from an Emmis investor who says she isn’t taking proper responsibility for her board seat. Frank Martin, senior partner in Elkhart-based Martin Capital Management, said Bayh is indirectly responsible for a […]

IU gets grant to expand Purdue partnership

The Indiana University School of Medicine has received $1.25 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand a partnership with Purdue University to train physician-scientists. The grant is one of 40 given nationally by the NIH. The IU-Purdue program leads to both a medical doctorate and a Ph.D. degree. IU accepts only five students […]

UPDATE: Emmis shares slide after report

Stock in Emmis Communications Corp. dropped 15 percent this morning, to $1.70, after the Indianapolis radio broadcaster and magazine publisher reported a loss greater than Wall Street expected. The Indianapolis radio and magazine publishing company said its net loss narrowed to $1.1 million in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 from $1.9 million in […]

Awarding high school theater?

Forgive the randomness of today’s posting. I’m in a clearing-my-desk frenzy before taking off tomorrow afternoon for a family trip to the Jersey shore. (Thank goodness I have some LA Theatre Works plays on tape to get me through…

Kempton is red-hot

Ever heard of Kempton? Itâ??s a burg between Indianapolis and Kokomo that just happens to be the second-fastest
growing town in the state.

Kemptonâ??s population last year was 716, an increase of 27 percent in just one year, according to an…

Copper Moon buys Coffee Etc. from Crystal

By Jennifer Whitson Florida-based Sun Capital Partners continues to sell off pieces of Crystal Food Services, a division of Marsh Supermarkets. Today, locally based Copper Moon Coffee LLC announced that it has purchased Coffee Etc., a division of Crystal Food Services that supplies equipment, coffees, teas, water and flavored syrups to business and convenience store […]

Lilly investing in venture to speed drug discovery

By J.K. Wall Eli Lilly and Co. is contributing to a $39 million pot of money to fund a startup that will develop tools to speed discovery and development of new drugs. Lilly has joined with rivals Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc, as well as Boston venture capital firm PureTech Ventures LLC, to […]