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Creative pursuit of happiness: Paintings give form to the ephemeral

For centuries, philosophers, writers and artists have attempted to define happiness. Aristotle spoke of happiness as “the meaning and purpose of life,” and the crafters of the Declaration of Independence affirmed our unalienable right to pursue it. For Indianapolis visual artist Chitra Ramanathan, happiness is a “universally encompassing entity possessing form on a mental level” yet indescribable in terms of physical characteristics. “You can never really capture it,” she said. “You can only express it.” Happiness is the common thread…

Nursing school’s computerized patient ain’t no dummy: $36 million mannequin capable of simulating array of emergencies

Mr. Jackson is admitted to the hospital, complaining of shortness of breath and loss of appetite. The 71-year-old is experiencing tightness in his chest, although not enough to be considered painful. The nurses scurry to administer oxygen and draw blood while recommending an electrocardiogram to measure heart activity. Several minutes later, a diagnosis of heart failure is returned. The events unfolding at the Indiana University School of Nursing on the IUPUI campus mirror actual situations that could occur at any…

Wellness gains full-time presence: Hospitals try to bulk up health promotion at employers’ offices

Wellness is good for business. At least that’s what Community Health Network and other Indianapolisarea hospitals are finding as they ramp up the wellness programs they offer onsite to area employers. Community has grown its health promotion division an average of 30 percent in each of the last three years. And this year, it had two corporate clients ask to have wellness staff at their offices daily. Community parks a wellness coordinator five days a week at Celadon Group Inc.,…

MICKEY MAURER Commentary: He’s homeless but willing to work

For the last two years, I looked forward every morning to the walk west on Washington Street on the way to the Indiana Economic Development offices across the street from the Statehouse. The exercise was invigorating, and inevitably I encountered friends with whom I enjoyed brief conversations. It was fun to breathe in the sights and smells of a great city coming to life. At Illinois Street I marked the progress of the Conrad Hotel, a Kite development that aspires…

WellPoint draws ire for pushing generics: Pfizer asks docs to resist cheaper statins

Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. is in a tussle with the nation’s largest drug maker over the nation’s top-selling drug. New York-based Pfizer Inc., facing the loss of billions in sales of its Lipitor cholesterol-fighting drug, sent letters last month to doctors, encouraging them to protest the attempts of health benefits firms to switch patients to generic cholesterol drugs. The letter, which says the change is being pushed “for cost reasons alone,” reached doctors several days after Well-Point expanded a promotion to…

Kosene condos tout affordability in downtown market

Kosene & Kosene Residential Inc. pioneered the downtown market for new-construction condos with luxury projects named after
classic cars. Now, the locally based company is striving to attract buyers for its latest project by adding a new standard
feature: affordability.

Housing glut easing in Indianapolis area, expert says.

The peak of excess new houses for sale in the Indianapolis area passed about two months ago and is on track to be whittled to a normal level before September, predicts a Nashville, Tenn., company that researches housing stock in 30 Midwestern and Southern cities. Edsel Charles, who owns Market Graphics in Nashville, Tenn., said […]

Transportation, warehouse jobs shine brightly in Indy.

One of the fastest-growing sectors in the Indianapolis area is fueled by the region’s burgeoning warehouses and trucking companies. The industries have added 4,500 jobs in the past four years to bring the February total to 50,900, according to figures compiled by Ball State University. That’s a nearly 10-percent increase compared to the 5.4-percent gain […]

Forbes downgrades Indy for business, careers

Indianapolis slipped to 27th from 10th in Forbes’ latest annual ranking of the best places for business and careers. The magazine rated 200 cities on growth in jobs and incomes, living costs, crime, work force education and other criteria. Raleigh, N.C., placed first. Indy Partnership, which markets the Indianapolis area to prospective businesses, issued a […]

Simon to operate some Mills malls separately

Seventeen of the 37 malls that Simon Property Group and a partner reaped by acquiring shopping mall owner The Mills Corp. will be operated as a "separate retail real estate platform," Simon said today. The 17 properties merge traditional mall, outlet center, big box and entertainment uses, and will be managed and leased from an office […]

New Albany direct mail company to expand

L&D Mail Masters Inc., a New Albany direct mail and logistics firm, plans to add 46 jobs to its roster of 98 and build a 71,000-square-foot warehouse. The project in the city near Louisville will cost $4.2 million. L&D received $415,000 in state and local incentives, Indiana Economic Development Corp. said.

Billionaire Kerkorian offers to buy Chrysler

Kirk Kerkorian, the billionaire whose Tracinda Corp. last year withdrew an attempt to gain control of General Motors Corp., has offered $4.5 billion to buy Chrysler from DaimlerChrysler AG. Chrysler would be operated as a stand-alone company, Tracinda said in a letter to the German automaker, according to Bloomberg. However, a new contract would need […]

Chemtura layoffs could threaten West Lafayette site

The Great Lakes Chemical Corp. office and research-and-development facility in West Lafayette might be hit by layoffs planned by its Middlebury, Mass., parent, Chemtura Corp. Chemtura said yesterday that it plans to lay off 620, or 10 percent, of its global work force as part of a restructuring aimed at gaining closer access to customers. […]

General Motors suffering setbacks in trendy cities

Cities that set buying trends for the rest of the country increasingly are turning to foreign cars despite General Motors Corp.’s attempts to win back buyers. Sales of Chevrolets, Buicks and other GM brands are slipping in places like New York, Los Angeles and Miami as the Detroit automaker pours resources into reinforcing an image […]

WISH, WTHR receive Peabody awards

WISH-TV Channel 8, IBJ ’s newsgathering partner, has won a Peabody award for an investigative series showing how a $30 helmet pad could save soldiers’ lives in a blast. WTHR-TV Channel 13 received a Peabody for exposing problems with the state’s tornado warning system, and a second for showing how area pharmacies discarded patient subscription […]

Acquisition broadens Roche reach in diagnostics

Roche Group has spent $600 million to buy full ownership of BioVeris Corp. of Gaithersburg, Md., gaining control of BioVeris’ diagnostic technology. The Swiss company’s U.S. subsidiary, Indianapolis-based Roche Diagnostics, had licensed the electrochemiluminescence technology in machines it sold to hospitals and commercial laboratories—but was limited to diagnosing human diseases. The acquisition, which is expected […]

Mad Money show rolls into Bloomington tonight

Jim Cramer and his popular CNBC show “Mad Money” will be filmed live at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business tonight at 6 p.m. Appearing with Cramer will be IU graduate Mark Cuban, who co-founded HDNet and owns the Dallas Mavericks.

Resorts East Chicago bought for $675 million

Ameristar Casinos Inc. said today it has agreed to buy Resorts East Chicago, the casino and hotel complex in the northwest Indiana city, from Resorts International Holdings LLC for $675 million to take advantage of growth potential in the area. The property’s slot machines, table games and poker tables generated $325.6 million in revenue last […]

Conseco socked with $750,000 fine

A $750,000 penalty has been levied against Conseco Inc. by the Iowa Insurance Division, but the reason for the fine is being kept confidential, according to The Des Moines Register. The Carmel insurer’s Conseco Life Insurance Co. unit and regulators settled issues related to how the unit priced some of its life insurance policies. Conseco […]

Symmetry Medical buys instrument company

A Whitman, Mass., company that makes precision instruments for arthroscopic, laparoscopic, sinus and other minimally invasive surgeries has been bought by Warsaw-based Symmetry Medical Inc. for $7 million in cash. Symmetry said today it acquired TNCO Inc. to broaden its product line of implants and related instruments, and cases for the orthopedic device industry.