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Ihope you enjoy this puzzle based upon an idea I found in Games magazine. The challenge is to guess the titles of the films made at least in part in Indiana before being “hanged.” The number of words in the title and the release dates appear in parentheses. To begin, choose any letter of the alphabet you think might be in Title I below. Suppose you pick “E”. Go to the letter chart on page 12 and find the number…
Many called it “the perfect storm.” But in retrospect, the dark clouds of Indiana’s 2007 property tax crisis had been forming
for years. Legislators caught wind early that something was amiss and spent all spring preparing to weather the impact.
Predicting the size and scope of economic activity for the nation, state and region is one of the more important roles played by university economists. But 2008 is the kind of year that really tests economic forecasting. The Bureau of Business Research just released its forecasts for Indiana and two regional labor markets. In total, we examined eight different data series and have stressed the performance of net employment and wages. Our forecast is fairly optimistic. We predict job growth…
In early 2007, many expected Marion County Republicans to punt on the chance to unseat Democratic Mayor Bart Peterson. After
all, the two-term incumbent had high approval ratings and a campaign war chest of $2.5 million. Attractive GOP candidates
willing to embrace the challenge were in short supply.
Baby boomers have five more years, 10, 15-then it’s time to enjoy retirement. Except that we keep buying everm o r e – ex p e n s ive houses. What will happen when the paychecks stop? Facing this, I reassessed my situation in Florida. In two years, my taxes there tripled; insurance, doubled. An affordable mortgage didn’t offset increases from the state and my friendly insurance company. To stay viable, I had to leave. Where to go? I figured…
A manager at the downtown tapas restaurant tells Property Lines the operation is in trouble and could soon close. Owner Frank Schmitz, of St. Louis, recently bought out his partner in the…
Nine Macy’s department stores will close, including the one in Washington Square Mall, Cincinnati-based Macy’s Inc. announced this afternoon. The Washington Square store employs 90. It opened in 1974 as an L.S. Ayres store. Macy’s didn’t specify when the store will close. The other stores closing are in Ohio, Texas, Utah, Oklahoma and Louisiana. The […]
A locally based financial institution is hoping to slow a high rate of foreclosures by lending up to $50 million to Indiana banks at attractive rates. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, part of a network of government-sponsored banks that lend to member institutions, will split $100 million between Indiana and Michigan in a […]
Tanya Bell has been named CEO of The Indiana Black Expo Inc. Bell will be tasked with fund development, partnership development and the role of liaison between the board of directors and the staff of IBE. Bell, 33, has been on the organization’s board for the past six years and played a key role in […]
Software developer LHP Inc. today said it plans to invest $1 million and add 320 workers by 2011 at its Columbus, Ind., headquarters. LHP, which employs 130 in Columbus, does work for the military, automotive and medical industries globally. LHP will begin hiring technology specialists, engineers and administrative workers next year. The company will receive […]
A Tennessee court has ruled against Finish Line Inc., saying it must complete its $1.5 billion purchase of Nashville, Tenn.-based Genesco Inc. Finish Line has been trying to walk away from the deal due to Genesco’s poor financial results in the second quarter. But the court ruling said the Indianapolis-based shoe retailer would breach its […]
Mayor-elect Greg Ballard today named the following to his administration team: – Olgen Williams, deputy mayor for neighborhoods; – Paul Okeson, chief of staff; – Chris Cotterill, corporation counsel;- Carolin Requiz Smith, director of Latino affairs; – John Cochran, special counsel to the mayor;- Greg Wilson, director of minority business development; – Marcus Barlow, press secretary. Williams is executive director of […]
If you’ve memorized the local radio dial, you can forget a lot of it beginning next month.
As IBJ reporter Anthony Schoettle wrote in this weekend’s paper, several stations are starting new formats.
We’ll hear plenty of promos as they try…
Huntingburg-based OFS Brands Holdings Inc. officials said today they plan to spend $81 million to expand its southern Indiana headquarters and manufacturing facility and hire more than 300 workers over the next five years. OFS, which makes and distributes office furniture, has about 1,500 employees in Indiana. It will begin hiring production associates, supervisors, upholsters […]
June McCormack, the top-ranking executive at Sallie Mae's Fishers operation, is leaving the student loan giant, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company and McCormack are negotiating a severance agreement, the company's Dec. 12 SEC filing said, but her departure date was not disclosed. McCormack has led the 2,300-employee Fishers […]
The Piano Merchant is closing after almost 22 years in business at the corner of 54th Street and College Avenue, IBJ’s Property Lines blog reports. One of the three partners is ill and another is ready to retire, said Doug Lawson, the store’s general manager and the third partner. The group closed its Carmel store […]
West Lafayette-based Bioanalytical Systems Inc. had its first profitable year in four years, posting a gain of $926,000 for the 12 months ended Sept. 30. Revenue in the fiscal year increased 5 percent to $45.2 million. The company has been struggling after losing a large customer in Baltimore. Over the past year, it laid off […]
The Piano Merchant is closing after almost 22 years in business at the corner of 54th Street and College Avenue. One of the three partners is ill and another…
City officials have agreed to pay $48.5 million of the $300 million cost of building a 1,000-room JW Marriott hotel in downtown Indianapolis, but a profit-sharing agreement that is part of the deal isn’t likely to yield payments for the city, a hotel industry expert said. Developers of the convention hotel signed a final deal […]
The holiday movie season started for me with a sneak of “The Kite Runner,” continued with the flawed-but-fascinating “No Country for Old Men,” took me through the nail-biting “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” sidetripped into the domestic drama “The…
