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Jim Kinman knew foreign competition was draining the U.S. furniture industry, but he hoped the trend that was shutting down factories would somehow spare the salesmen. “I’d hoped that I could sneak out a retirement,” said Kinman, a 58-year-old Greenwood resident. Kinman was regional sales manager for ATC Panels, a particle-board maker based in North […]
State Treasurer Richard Mourdock’s attempt to stand up for the rule of law in the Chrysler bankruptcy appears to have been futile, but we applaud the treasurer for trying. Mourdock went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve the rights of secured creditors in bankruptcy cases. Unfortunately, many national news accounts of […]
The tag line says it all: “Faculty Needed Now.” That’s the message Ivy Tech Community College is taking throughout the state to try to find 300 to 400 professors to teach its rapidly expanding student body. The school launched an online advertising campaign focused on the 75 cities and towns in which it operates. The […]
Residents of North Meridian Heights in Carmel watched for years as development inched closer to their neighborhood of 1950s ranch-style homes on spacious lots. St. Vincent Carmel Hospital opened to the north, upscale condos sprouted to the east, and a $100 million office, hotel and retail project called Meridian & Main began taking shape to […]
This is my hometown, which I am visiting for a few days. I love it, but can afford it for only a few days. We’ll see some relatives and some sights; some of our relatives are sights. One joy of New York is entering the city from the north via the Palisades Parkway on the […]
Bose McKinney & Evans’ defense of an Evansville company in a highstakes environmental-contamination lawsuit has degenerated into a fiasco, with a federal judge sanctioning both the client and law firm and ordering each to pay half the plaintiff’s legal bills. In a stinging 65-page order June 5, Indianapolis Judge Larry McKinney found Red Spot Paint […]
This week, balloons take visitors into Conner Prairie airspace, a wizard to and from Oz, and a grieving curmudgeon to animated adventures. The journey from here to there (wherever there may be) has inspired many an artist and adventurer. And flight-the soaring kind, not the running away kind-is often a key component. Over the course […]
It’s two weeks before the June 25 National Basketball Association draft, and Indiana Pacers head coach Jim O’Brien is leaving the house early. But the third-year Pacers coach isn’t off to watch video, conduct player tryouts, or meet with scouts in preparation for the upcoming draft. That will have to wait. Instead, O’Brien is off […]
ANDERSON-Tom Brewer has a recipe for reviving this city abandoned by the U.S. auto industry. Study satellite photography, groundwater flow and historic well records. Build wells to increase pumping capacity by millions of gallons daily. Then position that bounty in front of food processors-one of the thirstiest industries out there. “Food processors are notorious for […]
This week, balloons take visitors into Conner Prairie airspace, a wizard to and from Oz, and a grieving curmudgeon to animated adventures. The journey from here to there (wherever there may be) has inspired many an artist and adventurer. And flight-the soaring kind, not the running away kind-is often a key component. Over the course […]
A $65 million public-private plan for the redevelopment of a vacant downtown office building is raising eyebrows for its unusual approach and potential risk to taxpayers. The plan calls for a private developer to acquire the former Bank One operations center, surface parking lots and an adjacent parking garage from a private owner for $18.5 […]
“I’m biased,” Hizzoner said recently, “but I think Indianapolis winning the Super Bowl bid in 2012 was nothing short of spectacular.” That makes two of us, Mayor Ballard. Both in bias and thought. It was indeed a spectacular victory for our city on that May day in 2008, capstone of a 30-year effort to use […]
Indianapolis International Airport, already suffering from a 10-percent drop in passenger traffic and a projected $15 million revenue shortfall this year, is also feeling financial drag from its single most important tenant. FedEx Express cargo shipments, which amount to about half of the $25 million in airfield fees generated at the airport, fell 16 percent […]
Jeremy Efroymson considers himself a venture philanthropist. The 40-year-old arts enthusiast and adviser to the $127 million Efroymson Fund has backed a number of startup projects. One of his boldest moves was to help launch the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, or IMOCA, which has exhibited nationally known artists since 2003. He also started the […]
Ryan Hunter-Reay is jumping from the frying pan into the fire. An Indy Racing League press release today said in a “win-win situation for all involved,” Hunter-Reay is departing Tony George’s Vision Racing…
Masonic groups this weekend will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Indiana Freemasons’ Hall, formerly the Indianapolis Masonic Temple, at 525 N. Illinois St. The…
