Gap to close 230 stores, spin off Old Navy into new public company
The Gap brand has struggled as part of a broader slump for brick and mortar retailers, even as the lower-priced Old Navy brand has resonated with discount shoppers.
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Tesla to close stores to reduce costs for $35,000 Model 3
Tesla plans to sell its electric cars only online as it accelerates its cost-cutting efforts. The company will close many of its 378 stores, but leave some open as galleries or "information centers" in high-traffic areas.
Farm loan delinquencies highest in nine years as prices slump
The nation's farmers are struggling to pay back loans after years of low crop prices and a backlash from foreign buyers over President Donald Trump's tariffs.
Little Nugget app turning into big business for new entrepreneur
Carrie Griffith thought there would be a demand for her photo editing and cataloging app, Little Nugget, which she developed during her first child’s nap time. But even she has been surprised at how quickly her new business has grown. Now she’s looking for funding to speed up growth even more.
Indiana hospital closure to cost 200 people their jobs
A southern Indiana hospital that's struggled financially will close this spring after a decade of operation.
California tech firm Jobvite invests in Fishers
In four years, the Indianapolis office of the job-candidate-recruiting software company has grown from one employee to 30.
Indy earplug maker is focus of veterans’ product-liability lawsuits
More than 200 current and former members of the military from multiple states have filed federal and state suits against the parent of Indianapolis-based Aearo Technologies LLC in recent weeks.
Here’s where six General Assembly issues stand at halfway mark
The first half of the legislative session was generally quiet (save an emotional debate about a hate-crimes bill) but that might just be the calm before the storm.
Top CEOs urge key lawmakers to overhaul bias-crimes legislation
More than 20 CEOs from some of the biggest companies in Indiana sent a letter to top Republican lawmakers Wednesday urging them to restore a list of victim characteristics in bias-crimes legislation being considered by the Indiana General Assembly.
Walmart’s plan to get rid of greeters has disabled workers worried
Walmart, America's largest private employer, is facing a backlash as customers rally around some of the chain's most visible and beloved employees.
Community centers land funds to expand job-training programs
Local Initiatives Support Corp. and the Citi Foundation are providing $700,000 to four local organizations who plan to help 700 workers in Indianapolis find quality jobs.
Letter: Absentee-ballot voters shouldn’t need an excuse
State Rep. Carey Hamilton’s ideas to improve voter access in Indiana are common sense ideas, all well-proven in other states.
Letter: Indiana’s forests are in good hands
The Division of Forestry, staffed by real foresters, has no intention of liquidating our state forests. That would make no sense. The forest products industry gains nothing by lowering hardwood values and cutting away their futures.
Indiana’s kids can’t wait
What if you could give hope to a sick child? Or save a baby’s life? What if you could arrest childhood cancer? These are questions we are posing as Riley Children’s Foundation launches “Be the Hope NOW: The Campaign for Kids.” As one of the nation’s leaders in pediatric medicine, Riley Hospital for Children at […]
Not-for-profits should prepare for volunteers
I read Maggie Phelps’ recent In the Workplace column [Let’s become better-quality volunteers, Jan. 4] with great interest. Although she briefly touched upon a not-for-profit’s responsibility, I do not think she presented the case impartially by looking through the eyes of the volunteer. I have volunteered repeatedly for very worthy causes—from the Pan Am games […]
Tim Cook & Katie Culp: Legislature should learn from New York’s HQ2 flameout
How the New York collapse transpired was unique to that location and those facts, but it provides a meaningful lesson for the Hoosier state.
KENNEDY: Legislators ignore their constituents—again
This is the fourth year Indiana’s legislators have been asked to enact a bias-crimes bill. As proponents have pointed out, ours is one of only five states without such a law. As the business community has testified, the impression that Indiana is a state unfriendly to minorities—an impression that “went viral” during Gov. Mike Pence’s […]
GREG MORRIS: Agbiosciences innovation helps drive state economy
AgriNovus working to help Indiana capitalize on natural strengths.
Indiana on the right path in rethinking tourism approach
Last fall's state-commissioned report on Indiana’s tourism industry was upbeat, declaring “there is no single overt or monstrous problem that needs to be solved within the state’s tourism framework.” That’s the nature of state reports—no one wants to cast aspersions on the gains achieved by managers and rank-and-file employees in the state’s Office of Tourism […]
U.S. economic growth slows to 2.6 percent rate
The current expansion, now in its 10th year, is the second longest in U.S. history. But it has featured the weakest annual growth rates of any recovery in the post-World War II period.