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Day traders have infiltrated the sports ticket market. Interest in Yoonew.com, an electronic ticket exchange where fans can trade sports tickets like stocks, is growing in popularity nationwide. The site gets a significant…
Brokerage firm Colliers Turley Martin Tucker has delayed an auction of three parcels near Meridian and 16th streets that previously housed the Payton Wells car dealership. Auctioneer Bob Getts…
Indiana University freshman Eric Gordon this afternoon is expected to declare himself eligible for the National Basketball Association draft. Whether he could use another year of college seasoning or not, NBA teams are…
The Broadbent Co. plans to begin construction soon on a new restaurant strip in front of its Greenwood Place shopping center at U.S. 31 South and Shelby Street. The 7,100-square-foot center will include a Dunkin Donuts with a drive thru,…
I usually save reviews for my print column. (See the latest here.
But since “12 Angry Men,” running through Sunday at the Murat Theatre is so good — and, for us, so unique — I felt attention should be paid…
The Indianapolis Indians might be a minor league professional sports team, but the AAA franchise’s Web site is a major league success, team officials said. The Indians are the first local professional sports…
Lippert Components Inc., an arm of publicly traded Drew Industries Inc., has agreed in principle to buy Goshen-based Seating Technology Inc., also known as Seattech. Drew, headquartered in the New York City suburb of White Plains, did not disclose terms, but said Seattech generated $40 million in sales last year, up from $11 million in […]
As postmortems fly on ATAâ??s second, and final, nosedive into bankruptcy, another Indianapolis airline is
doing
a lot better and getting hardly any attention.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. isnâ??t a household name because it quietly flies regional routes on…
The lowest bid for building the first leg of the Interstate 69 extension from Indianapolis to Evansville came in at $25.2 million – well below the $41.9 million anticipated by the Indiana Department of Transportation. The bid by Clarksville-based Gohmann Asphalt & Construction Inc. could be a harbinger that the cost of the extension will […]
The U.S. economy hasn’t slipped into recession yet. But it is flirting with one, according to Purdue University economist Charlene Sullivan. Consumer and lender confidence levels will determine the slope of the slide. “You’re in a recession when your neighbor loses his job,” she joked. “You’re in a depression when you lose your job.” Sullivan […]
Today, the Indy Racing League officially announced its sponsorship agreement with DirecTV that was first reported on this site March 27. Sources familiar with the multi-year deal said it is worth $3 million…
Indianapolis-based CountryMark Cooperative Inc. plans to boost fuel production 12 percent when a $20 million expansion of its Mount Vernon refinery is completed in May. The additional 3,000 barrels a day will amount to 45 million gallons a year. The southern Indiana refinery is supplied by oil from the Illinois Basin, an underground field that […]
The owners of ATA Airlines talked to five interested buyers early this year in a desperate attempt to sell the troubled airline. But FedEx Corp. in January unexpectedly cancelled ATA’s contract to carry military personnel, scuttling any sale and pushing ATA into liquidation. The company filed the Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition last night in Indianapolis. […]
Regenstrief Foundation has committed an additional $11 million over five years to the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering at Purdue University. The Indianapolis foundation launched the center in 2005 with $3 million. The center attempts to improve patient safety and patient care through Purdue systems engineering, management, science and information technology. The technology is brought […]
Indiana University’s new men’s basketball coach proved at Marquette he can win games. Now he is proving to be a savvy marketer. Yesterday, during his introductory press conference, Crean lauded and reached out…
Officials for locally based Just Marketing International today announced they finalized a deal this week to work with BMW North American motorsports. Financial terms of the deal were not released.
Central to the commitment…
One of two finalists vying for the president’s post at Indiana State University has dropped out of the running for health reasons. That leaves only one candidate, because a third finalist withdrew earlier, so the university now will reopen the search, according to The Tribune-Star of Terre Haute. Trustees hope a new president can be […]
As I write this, lines are forming at the downtown Barack Obama headquarters for free tickets to this Sunday’s Dave Matthews Band concert in Bloomington.
It’s nothing new to see performers stumping for candidates. My question, though, is whether or not…
Toyota Motor Corp. is considering consolidating assembly of its Tundra full-size pickup truck from its Princeton plant in southwestern Indiana to its new Tundra assembly plant near San Antonio, Texas, according to The Wall Street Journal. So little of the capacity at Princeton is being used that the company’s honorary chairman, Shoichiro Toyoda, visited the […]
Barring a small miracle, ATA Airlines is dead, now that itâ??s lost a major military contract.
The carrier was headquartered in Indianapolis until it moved to the Atlanta area late last year.
How big a blow would ATAâ??s demise be…
