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Participation in Indianapolis’ massive annual Race for the Cure fundraising event took a hit last year as controversy swirled around policies at the national Susan G. Komen organization. This year, Mother Nature is getting the blame. “The biggest factor has been the weather,” said Dana Curish, executive director of the Central Indiana Affiliate of Susan […]
A number of academic studies have concluded narcissistic CEOs make poor choices that can cause the company and your investment to perish.
A most remarkable book, “Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can’t Explain the Modern World,”, says all the explanations of the explosion of economic growth that occurred about 300 years ago are inadequate.
A plan to make vouchers more widely available to families has met a roadblock: So despite the momentum, lawmakers say they want more time to look at the voucher program approved two years ago.
The Indianapolis pharmaceuticals giant said Thursday that it would lay off hundreds of U.S. sales reps, as it prepares for the loss of patent protection on two of its best-selling drugs.
A man was killed in an apparent drive-by shooting Wednesday night on the east side of Indianapolis. The victim was found shortly after 7 p.m. in a Pontiac Grand Prix parked near East 38th Street and Gladstone Avenue. An autopsy was set for Thursday to determine the victim’s identity.
Search warrants show that a man accused of orchestrating a fatal house explosion in Indianapolis removed belongings from the home a week before the blast. Records released Thursday show police sought cell phone records that would confirm a Nov. 2 call in which Mark Leonard allegedly told a friend that his house had exploded. The call came a week before the actual blast following an alleged unsuccessful first attempt to destroy the home. Leonard, his girlfriend, Monserrate Shirley, and his brother, Bob Leonard, are charged with murder in the Nov. 10 explosion that killed a couple living in the house next door.
Simon Crookall, who ended an often-stormy, seven-year run at the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2012, has been hired to take over the Hawaii Opera Theatre in May.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a $14.5 million award of damages against State Farm Insurance to a Fishers-based construction firm. The award is one of the largest defamation awards in U.S. history, according to the court.
Franklin officials are soliciting bids to purchase and renovate the “Old City Hall” building in the downtown area of the city south of Indianapolis. The starting offer is $212,500 for the former U.S. Post Office built in 1936.
Scott Miller, 45, will leave the Indy Chamber after a short tenure that included leading the body through mergers with several like-minded groups. He tells IBJ he felt that he had already accomplished his major goals and wanted to shift to the private sector.
Indiana, Michigan and South Carolina saw the steepest declines in employer-backed coverage from 2000 to 2011, according to a study released Thursday.
Indians Chairman Max Schumacher is the first baseball representative and Bill Mallory becomes the second IU football coach to win the Thomas A. Brady Lifetime Achievement Award. Colts Coach Chuck Pagano is headlining the ceremony.
State Sen. Jim Merritt wanted to help an eastside Indianapolis church gain possession of some long-abandoned, derelict houses, tear them down and establish a park. The difficulty in doing so led to a bill that would make such improvements easier.
Hoosier Energy will invest about $27 million in 83,000-square-foot facility. The city of Bloomington has approved a 10-year tax abatement for the project.
Construction of the $119 million Carmel concert hall was halted in mid-2009 after an inspection revealed a rip in the structural steel supporting the venue’s signature domed roof.
Rep. Matt Ubelhor, R-Bloomfield, successfully pushed an amendment Wednesday that would shield the southern Indiana project from the review sought by the plant's opponents, who contend it could saddle ratepayers with higher bills.
Indiana's A-F grading system for individual schools would be scrapped and implementation suspended on a national set of reading and math education standards under a bill the state Senate approved Wednesday.
