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Hhgregg’s decision to take its $20-million-plus advertising account out of state is sending shock waves through the local
creative community. The Indianapolis-based electronics and appliance retailer’s longtime agency of record, Pearson McMahon
Fletcher England, will lose a third of its staff as a result, including three of five active partners.
A redesigned state Web portal unveiled last month should make it easier for Hoosiers to plow through mounds of government minutia. But, more important, the revamping set to be finished in mid-2008 represents a major shift in state policy. By contracting with locally based ChaCha Search Inc.- tech entrepreneur Scott Jones’ new humanassisted Internet search engine-the state no longer relies solely on big, name-brand computer technology such as Microsoft. “We have somebody who is local and excited about taking the…
“Pat Miller is a classy dame.” Michael S. Maurer, Indianapolis Star, Dec. 13, 2005 The above response to an Indianapolis Star reporter on the occasion of Pat Miller’s resignation as secretary of commerce was meant with all sincerity to be complimentary but was morphed by Indianapolis Star columnist John Ketzenberger into a slur on the order of Don Imus or Howard Stern. The Star piled on with a letter to the editor from someone who does not even live in…
It’s an age-old strategy: A private equity firm buys a company, bolsters its performance, then pockets a tidy profit by taking it public or selling it outright. Los Angeles-based Freeman Spogli & Co., the majority owner of Hhgregg Inc. the past two years, last month revealed plans for a $170 million initial public offering for the consumer electronics retailer. You can be sure other private equity firms that have scooped up local companies in recent years have the same exit…
And you can’t leave until and unless you collectively make the hundreds and thousands of serious decisions that need to be made. And for this privilege, you go without a raise for 22 years. We complain aplenty about the legislative process and players. We compare it to sausage-making; lambaste the sausagemakers; and perpetually threaten to throw the bums out. What’s more, compared to all the cajoling and complaining that goes on during legislative sessions, there’s little gratitude after the fact….
But Mark Montefiori wants to create a law school to train perhaps hundreds more lawyers each year. He plans to share
with potential investors his vision for The Abraham Clark School of Law, named after one of the lesser-known signers of the
Declaration of Independence, May 10 at the Indianapolis Marriott North.
“It’s Everywhere, In Everything: The First Truly Global Bubble.” The title of this recent newsletter sounds a lot like one of those “doom and gloom” books out to make a quick buck playing on investor emotions. The only thing is, those kinds of books only show up in bear markets, because that’s when they sell-when investors are already depressed. Thus, their message is useless, for the damage has already been done to investors’ portfolios-and, ironically, their appearance on bookshelves usually…
Environmentalists who lost a court battle to stop RiverPlace on grounds it will cause flooding upstream along the White River have been buoyed by concerns raised by Indianapolis officials that the 69-acre development could create a torrent of traffic trouble. Last month, in a letter sent to Fishers’ public works director, the Department of Metropolitan Development cited numerous shortcomings with a traffic impact study commissioned by RiverPlace developer Centre Properties. Indianapolis-based Centre has asked Fishers to rezone the property, just…
Wireless Webforms Inc. From paper to pocket PC Wireless product streamlines mobile data collection When the Indiana Bureau of Child Care was looking for an electronic solution to collecting data for licensing child care facilities, it turned to Wireless Webforms. A spin-off of Indianapolis-based computer technology firm Consultants Consortium Inc., the company uses technology to automate field-based data collection. The paperless system allows mobile workers to collect data and transmit it back to their offices, thereby eliminating the need to…
The rally off the March low was powerful, and a few things happened that might reveal a change in the nature of this bull market. If there is an evolution and we’ve identified it, a rotation is called for that will keep us in the sweet spot of this market run. If we’re wrong, we have to be quick to readjust. By the third week of April, the Dow Jones broke out to an all-time high, taking with it the…
A Kansas developer has proposed a hotel, restaurant and retail space that would form a bridge over the Central Canal in the tradition of Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy (pictured). The plan…
Marsh Supermarkets Inc.’s owner is breaking off the Village Pantry subsidiary to create a separate business unit. Both businesses will continue to be owned by Florida-based Sun Capital Partners. The Village Pantry convenience store chain had long been a subsidiary of Marsh. Marsh operates 105 groceries, while Village Pantry runs 148 convenience stores. […]
Eli Lilly and Co. said today it has hired Alex M. Azar II as senior vice president of corporate affairs and communications. Azar comes to Lilly from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he was a deputy overseeing the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National […]
An Argentinian restaurant called Taste of Tango is moving into a vacant building along East Washington Street downtown. The new owner, local real estate broker Fabricio Perez, has begun renovations and…
German luxury carmaker BMW is struggling to convert its successes in recent years into long-term gains that leave Mercedes, Lexus, Audi and other rivals in the dust, according to a Bloomberg report. BMW overtook Mercedes in May 2005 as the largest luxury car maker in the world as sales of its Mini Cooper gained traction […]
Bank of America has asked a New York court to stop Dutch bank ABN Amro Holding NV from selling LaSalle Bank to other buyers, according to Bloomberg. ABN Amro announced April 23 that it had sold Chicago-based LaSalle to Bank of America for $21 million. The same day, ABN Amro also said it had agreed […]
Four Honda workers and their families have committed to buying homes in Shelby County in the past two weeks, and dozens more have visited, according to the Shelby County Development Corp. The economic development group attributes their interest to the advertising campaign and Web site it launched in early April. That campaign ran advertisements in […]
In a first for Indiana, Italian motorcycle maker Ducati plans to open a new dealership in Zionsville. The 5,800-square-foot Ducati of Indianapolis dealership is slated to open this spring near 106th Street and Michigan Road, across from SuperTarget, Kohl’s and Home Depot. NAI Olympia Partners Principal Mark R. Figg represented Carr Moto LLC in the purchase […]
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is ending its contract with airport manager BAA Limited in December—one year earlier than the agreement was set to expire, the authority announced today. The British company had notified the authority that, based on current corporate strategy, it would not pursue a new or extended contract at the end of the […]
Warsaw-based prosthetics maker Zimmer Holdings Inc. this afternoon is scheduled to announce an expansion that will result in adding 100 to 200 jobs in the company’s production and distribution areas, according to Joy McCarthy-Sessing, president of Kosciusko Development Inc. Approximately 2,300 of Zimmer’s global work force of 4,700 is in the northern Indiana city. Governor Mitch […]
