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Crossroads Industrial Services Chief Operating Officer Curtiss Quirin has a certain sense of urgency as he looks to buy a business to add revenue to the not-for-profit contract manufacturer, because Crossroads provides jobs for people with disabilities, and generates a surplus that feeds the revenue-starved parent organization, Easter Seals Crossroads.
As a college student who places a high priority on doing my homework, I take exception to Jake Bonifield’s one-sided column “Ballard and Kennedy’s Striking Contrasts” [Aug. 22 Forefront].
Why is not our expectation that councilors come up with original ideas and solutions to the daily problems our communities face so we know they are qualified?
Yearbook-and-class-ring maker Herff Jones on Aug. 1 bought Memphis-based Varsity Brands, the top supplier of cheerleader uniforms, as well as the force behind cheerleading’s evolution into a stand-alone sport. Varsity will bring Herff about $250 million in annual revenue through its uniform sales, training camps and competitions.
It is important to remember that online sales taxes would not be a new tax. Sales taxes are currently owed on every retail purchase made over the Internet—they’re just not being paid.
Residents of the Anderson area—when they paid with health insurance provided by an employer—spent 76 percent more on health care in 2009 than the average American with employer health insurance, highest among all metropolitan areas in the nation.
Although it was otherwise indistinguishable from other Christian wedding ceremonies I’ve attended, my friend and his life partner walked out of church still strangers in the eyes of the law.
Agapé Therapeutic Riding Resources Inc. is committed to providing a comprehensive, experiential equestrian program for those who have disabling conditions or are at risk.
Many neighborhood leaders have hailed Mayor Greg Ballard’s initiative to raze some 2,000 abandoned homes by the end of 2012 as a long-overdue means of tackling urban blight. But some residents and experts fear rampant demolition—without a clear plan for how to redevelop the properties—will fail to improve neighborhoods.
The class is being launched Oct. 3 with the goal of getting tens of thousands of front-line hospitality workers—from hoteliers, caterers and restaurant servers to cab drivers and airport employees—prepared for the barrage of Super Bowl visitors coming in February.
Mobile-phone-answers service ChaCha Search has dialed up its largest expansion yet—entering the United Kingdom and contracting with New York City’s “311” municipal information service.
In this environment of near-zero short-term interest rates, money-market fund operators have to work very hard just to earn a few bucks on the substantial sums of money entrusted to them.
On this anniversary of 9/11, I think we would do well to acknowledge that we have relinquished too little of ourselves in the years since the attacks.
Abound officials are quick to reassure that the company is on track with its original business plan, which calls for adding a huge amount of manufacturing capacity in Tipton in 2012 or 2013 and hiring 900 to 1,200 people.
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is likely to be sidelined for at least eight weeks and possibly all season after having his third neck surgery in 19 months.
Kokomo Humane Society leaders are looking for people to care for most of the 109 small dogs seized from a central Indiana home last week. Director Jean McGroarty said all the dogs taken from the home on Friday survived and some have been placed in foster care. Eight of the dogs are at an animal clinic and may not make it. The family was using its house as a rescue shelter, but complaints led officials to the home, where they found what they called “deplorable” conditions.
The Indiana Attorney General's Office is getting involved in Franklin Township's controversial busing policy. The office has been asked to provide a legal opinion on whether state law allows the township to outsource busing operations to a private company. The school district eliminated free school transportation after a referendum failed earlier this year. A private business now charges nearly $500 per student to ride the bus to school.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a woman suspected of robbing a Key Bank branch just before noon on Wednesday. The suspect, described as a female in her late 40s or early 50s, wore a red cap and a blue bandana over her face. She fled the bank at 12591 E. Southeastern Ave. in Pleasantview in a dark-blue Pontiac Grand Am with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police say the dye pack in the money bag exploded, which means the money and possibly the suspect’s car will be stained with red dye.
In this era of change, it's time for the Big Ten to make radical changes or get left behind.
