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Q&A: Blue Pillar CEO aims for employment growth

Tom Willie, the new CEO of Indianapolis software firm Blue Pillar Inc., is a bit of a growth guru. Willie An Indianapolis native, Willie’s career has ranged from a painting business to Texas Instruments to a startup that sold for $1.5 billion to another startup that sold for an undisclosed amount. Now at Blue Pillar, […]

Holiday Wish List

The following is a list of Indianapolis-area not-for-profit organizations and the things each needs most.

Indiana thinks too small

In “State reaches expansion deal with 7 companies,” we’re told of plans for one company to add 65 jobs by 2016 and another 62 jobs. Meanwhile both the national and Indiana unemployment rates hover around 8 percent, double what was once considered normal in the U.S.

New book from ad agency vet offers restaurants food for thought

Veteran ad-agency man Charlie Hopper of Young & Laramore is starting to sound a little like comedian George Carlin. Did you ever notice how restaurants rely on tired ideas more than any other major advertiser? Hopper asks in his new book, “Selling Eating.”

RUSTHOVEN: The media misunderstands tax cuts

Gov. Mike Pence just “outlined an aggressive agenda to bolster education and job initiatives along with a proposal to eliminate the business personal property tax.” The words are from Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute President John Ketzenberger, longtime journalist and longtime friend.

KIM: New financial bet involves tickets to Super Bowl

Do you think the Indianapolis Colts will play in Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2? Would you love to join them, but don’t want to shell out thousands of dollars and multiples of face value on StubHub? You can purchase an option granting you the right to purchase a ticket to the Super Bowl at face value, if the Colts qualify.

Hicks: How to cut labor costs? Improve quality of life

Attractive regions will attract households with greater location choices. These households will inevitably be better educated and command a higher income. However, all things being equal, workers in these places will not require quite as high a wage to live in these places as they would to live in a less-desirable place.

EDITORIAL: Time is right for justice center

Finally, the city is talking seriously about consolidating the jumble of courts, jails and public offices that compose its criminal justice system and plunking them in a new facility—a sprawling blockhouse with an estimated cost of $200 million to $400 million.

Target warns of data breach

Target Corp. says about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may be affected by a data breach at the start of the holiday shopping season. The retailer said customers who made purchases with their cards in its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 may have had their accounts exposed. The breach did not affect online purchases, the company said. Target advised customers to check their statements carefully for suspicious charges.
 

Man killed by police identified

Authorities have identified a man fatally shot at his Indianapolis home Wednesday after he led police on a chase. Duane Slentz, 49, fled Brookside Park in a black Dodge after he was questioned by a park ranger who said he smelled like alcohol. He fled to his home in the 3800 block of South Franklin Road, where he crashed into another car before locking himself in the house. He was shot through the house by an officer who heard him cock his gun. Slentz was on probation for drunken driving.
 

One dies in Boone County wreck

One person was killed Thursday in Boone County in a crash involving a pickup and a semi. The collision happened just after 7 a.m. on State Road 47 east of State Road 39, north of Lebanon. State Road 47 was blocked after the incident.
 

Holiday shopping season: A disappointment so far

Sparse crowds at malls and "50 percent off" signs at The Gap and other stores offer clues as to how this holiday season is shaping up so far: It's the most discount-driven one since the U.S. was in a deep recession.

Assembly Hall to carry Simon Skjodt name after major renovation

Indiana University’s Assembly Hall will be renamed Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall after the school uses a $40 million gift from IU graduate and Indianapolis philanthropist Cindy Simon Skjodt to renovate the facility, IU announced Thursday afternoon.