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Indianapolis-based YourEncore has launched new services designed to help life sciences companies plan for and obtain regulatory approval for new products. To run its regulatory services, YourEncore hired Carol Crowley, a 25-year veteran of the drug and device industry. Prior to joining YourEncore, Crowley was vice president of global regulatory operations for France-based Aventis SA, […]
Midland Arts & Antiques Market plans to open a 12,000-square-foot location in Carmel off of 126th Street between Meridian Street and Keystone Avenue. Midland’s flagship store occupies an historic former door factory and…
Autoline Industries Inc., an Indian parts supplier to car, recreational vehicle and tractor manufacturers, has acquired the North American jack and tool-kit business of Dura Automotive Systems Inc. of Rochester Hills, Mich. The sole location where the Dura unit makes the jacks and tools is in the northeastern Indiana town of Butler. The 140 employees […]
The president of Elanco Animal Health, a subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Co., will leave to become a special adviser on corporate development to the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Lilly announced today. Pat James had led Lilly’s animal health division since 2001 and worked at Lilly since 1978. He will be replaced Jan. 1 […]
A study put out yesterday by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University says that about two in three
American households made donations in each of the three years it followed.
The center also found that slightly more than half of…
White River State Park has selected Indianapolis-based Borshoff Inc. to handle its public relations and marketing for the next two years. The contract is for a minimum of $382,000, including a $312,000 advertising budget from the Imax Theater and $70,000 in dollars pooled from all the park’s venues. The co-op pool may increase its funding […]
Indiana will experience rising wages along with low inflation and unemployment in 2008 as the economy improves from a sluggish 2007, two Ball State University economists predicted yesterday in the university’s annual forecast. Michael Hicks, whose column about the economy appears in IBJ, and Gary Santoni said high oil prices and worries concerning the subprime […]
Chicago-based Union Tank Car is laying off 100 of its 472 production workers, according to the Post-Tribune of Merrillville. The layoffs will be split between its plants in East Chicago and Sheldon, Texas. The manufacturer said the market weakened after the ethanol boom prompted a surge in production of cars to carry the fuel. As […]
A study put out yesterday by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University says that about two in three
American households made donations in each of the three years it followed.
The center also found that slightly more than half of…
Kansas-based restaurant chain Houlihan’s has inked deals for new diners at Castleton Square Mall and Hamilton Town Center and hopes to open two other restaurants in Plainfield and Greenwood. The chain also has…
Star money manager David Knall has agreed to a one-year suspension to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges that he committed insider trading in Galyan’s Trading Co. stock three years ago. Under the settlement, which the SEC announced today, Knall, 63, did not admit or deny wrongdoing. The deal also calls for him to make […]
Locally based Mansur Real Estate Services Inc. has been picked by the Speedway Redevelopment Commission to be master developer for the $500 million “Speed Zone” redevelopment project. Mansur President Charles R. Cagann said in a statement that the project would be “…one of the most ambitious, exciting and challenging we will ever have the privilege […]
Health Systems International LLC has received an equity investment from Great Point Partners LLC, a private investment firm headquartered in Greenwich, Conn., that focuses on health care. The amount was not disclosed, but Great Point said today that the funding will help the Indianapolis company bankroll acquisitions. Great Point Managing Directors Christopher M. Laitala and […]
Indiana relies heavily on gambling to fund state and local government. Nearly $1 billion is generated for
government by riverboats, the lottery, and taxes on parimutuel wagering and charity gaming.
Just how long the state will be able to keep the…
The state has reached a deal to buy more than 150 miles of abandoned rail lines for new trails, a deal that would nearly double Indiana’s 170 miles of rail-trails. The governor…
Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. has received approval from the Lafayette City Council for two tax abatements on more than $100 million in new equipment and real estate investments at its Lafayette plant, according to the Journal & Courier. The 10-year abatements will save the automaker nearly $1.2 million in the first year of the […]
Forty-five jobs from a Nyloncraft Inc. operation in Bowling Green, Ky., will be shifted to a plant in the company’s headquarters city of Mishawaka in northern Indiana, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said yesterday. Nyloncraft will invest $2 million in the Mishawaka plant and receive $150,000 in state incentives. The autoparts supplier makes plastic components […]
Pickets at the construction site of a Hilton Garden Inn in the northwestern Indiana town of Hobart slashed 14 tires, cut a telephone line to a trailer and put glue in locks late last week, the project superintendent claims. The superintendent, Kim Lackey, also said the union-based picket line hurled racial and sexual slurs at […]
The Indiana Historical Society will pilot a series of interactive history lessons at its Indiana History Center next year before closing the facility for most of 2009 to make it more visitor-friendly.
The state plans to hand management of its college-savings plan to a new company after the existing manager attracted attention for charging hefty fees. The Indiana Education Savings Authority announced yesterday that it has chosen to begin intensive negotiations with Upromise Inc. to take over the Indiana version of the 529 offering. Upromise, based in […]
