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A Greenfield distribution center operated by M&M Restaurant Supply will close by Memorial Day as the work is spread to other M&M warehouses, according to the Daily Reporter of Greenfield. The facility employs 83 serving Indiana and Kentucky McDonald’s restaurants. M&M is owned by privately held Keystone Foods LLC, headquartered in the Philadelphia suburb of […]
Emmis Communications Inc. announced yesterday that it made the first in a series of small investments in new technology by buying a “significant” stake in a Vancouver, Canada, developer of online interaction for sports and entertainment. Exponentia Communications Corp. also develops applications for sports and entertainment, and recently signed National Hockey League rights to connect […]
Chris Hamm will leave his post as director of economic development for the city of Noblesville to start a consulting firm called NorthStar LLC. Hamm, whose last day is March 14, has worked for the city 11 years.
Chances could be as high as one-in-three that federal transportation officials will put on a fast track a request by Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio to add special truck lanes along Interstate 70. This summer, the U.S. Department of Transportation plans to pick as many as five projects for its Corridors of the Future program. […]
A proposed study that would look at adding special lanes for trucks on Interstate 70 has cleared its first hurdle at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and now is competing with 13 other projects for a final nod from the federal government. Indiana along with Illinois, Missouri and Ohio applied to the federal Corridor of […]
St. Elmo Steak House spin-off Harry & Izzy’s won unanimous approval for a liquor permit this morning after Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi withdrew as an investor in the $4 million venture, said Dave Heath, chairman of the state’s Alcohol and Tobacco Commission. Questions arose last week about the legality of Brizzi’s 10-percent stake in […]
After WellPoint Inc.’s board last week passed over Chief Financial Officer David C. Colby for the CEO’s job, it gave him a new title and agreed to award him 60,000 shares in restricted stock and stock options if he stays three more years. In addition to continuing as CFO, Colby will be vice chairman, an […]
GM Construction Inc., the Indianapolis construction contractor, has been renamed Garcia Construction Group as part of a reorganization that includes receiving ISO 9000 certification, according to President Charlie Garcia. The company had 55 employees in 2005, ranking as the 13th largest minority-owned business in the Indianapolis area, according to IBJ’s 2006 Book of Lists.
A Collins Aikman Products Co. auto parts plant in Morristown will close by the end of the month, according to The Shelbyville News, quoting a union representative. The plant east of Indianapolis employs 325. Collins-Aikman, of Southfield, Mich., has ended efforts to reorganize under bankruptcy protection that it sought in May 2005, and now is […]
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to buy Hypnion Inc., a Lexington, Mass., neuroscience drug research firm focused on sleep disorder. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the month.
Kokomo and Tipton are the only Indiana cities where German automotive companies Daimler-Chrysler and Getrag Corporate Group have applied for air-quality permits to build a transmission factory, according to the Kokomo Tribune. The plant would employ 1,200 to make a fuel-efficient dual wet clutch. A representative of United Auto Workers Local 685 told the newspaper […]
College students across the state are avoiding computer science, a field where starting salaries often range from $50,000 to $80,000, because their parents think the jobs are scarce. At Purdue University, for example, only 550 are majoring in computer science fields, down 40 percent since 2002. Nationwide, the number is down 29 percent. In reality, […]
A few weeks ago, I heard Ben Stein speak about politics and the economy. The noted lawyer, writer, actor and economist spouted off various positive statistics about the U.S. economy and then lamented that the public seemed morose about the financial sunshine. Even though our standard of living is at an all-time high, it seems as if Americans like to grovel and complain. Stein said, in his best Ferris Bueller drone, the American public was the most “unhappy happy society”…
In the Democrats’ field of potential candidates to unseat Gov. Mitch Daniels, there are few household names. That’s why they’re
preparing to spend the next 19 months introducing you to Jim Schellinger.
Timing is everything, which meant I was in the caboose of the media train that rolled through Larry Bird’s office recently. So by the time I sat down with the Indiana Pacers’ president of basketball operations, Bird had pretty much heard, and answered, every question with regard to the frustrating state of our NBA franchise. There’s no pretty picture to be painted: The off-court incidents, first at the infamous Club Rio during training camp, then at the Eight Seconds Saloon;…
There are no longer any for-profit Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance plans for WellPoint Inc. to acquire as a means of growth.
State governments have effectively stopped those plans from converting to for-profits. That means new CEO Angela F. Braly
can’t keep WellPoint growing by gobbling up competitors.
The Indiana General Assembly has reached mid-session, the point at which bills originating in the House have passed to the Senate, and vice versa. Those bills that have not mustered enough votes to cross the rotunda are theoretically dead, but, as you’re accustomed to seeing in any number of cheap horror movies, there are all kinds of ways a concept can still arise from the dead until adjournment sine die. The time remaining in the session is so much more…
There are times when perspective and a little knowledge of history come in handy. Most enormous success stories come down to a ton of grunt work, and a few glorious moments. This is one of those times that, looked at many years from now, could be seen as a building block to something much bigger, or, without the proper tools, another missed opportunity. I love competing in the stock market because there is more brainpower attempting to succeed on Wall…
The final piece of a decade-long redevelopment of Fort Benjamin Harrison would give Lawrence a new downtown with shops, offices and public plazas mixed among as many as 1,000 condos, townhouses and apartments. The Fort Harrison Reuse Authority hasn’t settled on a name yet for the 88-acre project, but the quasi-governmental group’s board is expected to approve zoning updates this month that pave the way for the project. Public meetings will be held in March and April, and the first…
I n d i a n a p o l i s – based Finish Line Inc. already had enough challenges, but here’s another: Nike Inc., Finish Line’s largest supplier, is revving up its own retail ambitions. Analysts, at least, see the Oregonbased company’s move as a competitive threat. For its part, Finish Line notes that Nike plans to open just 100 of its own stores over the next three years, and only 50 would be in the United States,…
