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State Rep. Pat Bauer says employment figures provided by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. are a good start but insists
the
agency is not revealing everything it can.
San Francisco-based Canconier performs music from the time of Vlad the Impaler.
There’s more time for Illinois-based JD Norman Industries to hammer out a deal to buy a General Motors stamping plant
in Indianapolis, potentially saving hundreds of local jobs.
There are few things harder in entertainment than the creation of new musical theater.
Poet LLC plans to reopen the former Altra Biofuels plant in nine months, creating as many as 45 jobs.
Critics have argued that the law, which requires voters to show a photo ID to cast a ballot, violates the state constitution
because it isn’t applied equally to all voters. Those who vote by mail don't have to prove their identity.
United Auto Workers official Maurice "Mo" Davison is making one last attempt
to put a deal together for a Chicago-area firm to buy the General Motors stamping plant southwest of downtown Indianapolis,
which is slated to close in 2011.
A state official says General Motors could scuttle plans to sell an Indianapolis stamping plant marked for closing unless
a local union agrees to consider pay cuts.
Steven Stolen, managing director of Indiana Repertory Theatre, reveals his favorite how-to text and secrets
for
developing donors.
A new report says school superintendents who want voters to approve requests for additional district funding need to become
campaign savvy.
Senate Democrats are working on a new way to jump-start their stalled election-year jobs agenda while saving unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of laid-off workers. The plan combines in one bill the unemployment benefits with an extension of a popular tax credit for people who buy new homes.
Eli Lilly and Co. released a raft of studies Monday about its newest diabetes medicines, Byetta and its
once-weekly cousin Bydureon, which has yet to win market approval from regulators. The upshot of the studies: Patients have
lower blood-sugar levels on Bydureon than those on competing drugs or, if they don’t, they lose more weight on Bydureon.
Also, Lilly and its development partner on Byetta, Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., issued a study of 25,000 patients that concluded
the drug causes inflammation of the pancreas no more than other diabetes medicines. In late 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
publicized and raised concerns over a few patients who died of pancreatitis while on Byetta, but did not conclude the drug
causes pancreatitis. Meanwhile, at least one analyst predicted Indianapolis-based Lilly would acquire San Diego-based Amylin
in the next two or three years.
Good news for orthopedic implant companies: Industry bellwether Biomet Inc. recorded a 10-percent spike
in sales during the three months ended May 31, the Warsaw-based company announced Monday. Its peers, including Warsaw-based
Zimmer Holdings Inc., will report their financial results about a month from now. Biomet enjoyed strong sales growth in its
bread-and-butter hip and knee replacements. Hip sales rose 10 percent and knee sales jumped 15 percent. Sales were boosted
by about 2 percent due to favorable foreign exchange rates compared with a year ago. Sales for the quarter totaled $703 million,
up from $639 million during the same quarter a year ago.
WellPoint Inc. expects the health insurance market to become an “oligopoly,” according to a
presentation by the company’s vice president of investor relations. Michael Kleinman told investors last week in Boston
that the health reform law is moving the industry even more quickly toward dominance by just a few players. “There are
going to be smaller insurers that are not going to be able to survive in this marketplace,” he said. Indianapolis-based
WellPoint already insures 33 million Americans, or about one in nine. The company’s chief financial officer, Wayne DeVeydt,
said previously that he expected to be able to acquire smaller insurers, but not until after health reform fades a bit as
a political issue.
Katz Sapper & Miller LLP hired Grant D. Byers as a director in its health care resources group. Byers
will lead the Indianapolis accounting firm’s efforts to assist hospitals and multi-provider systems obtain higher reimbursement
from payers and improve their financial performance.
Isaac M. Willett has joined Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels LLP’s health care and life sciences
group. Willett, who earned his law degree at Indiana University in Indianapolis, formerly practiced at Indianapolis-based
Bingham McHale LLP.
Dr. Stephen Eric Rubenstein has joined St. Francis Medical Group Oncology & Hematology Specialists.
Rubenstein, who earned his medical degree at Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, previously practiced in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Dr. David O. Kovacich has been selected as assistant medical director of cardiovascular practices for St
Francis Medical Group.
As doctors threaten to drop Medicare patients, Congress delays cuts for another six months.
A day after doctors were alerted to a black-box warning that could slow sales of Effient’s main competitor,
Plavix,
a medical journal published research showing that patients suffered 43-percent more cancer tumors on Effient than on Plavix.
FedEx Corp. won partial dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought by contract drivers who contend they are entitled to full
benefits because the company treats them as employees.
The Indianapolis Museum of Art screens the Barbara Stanwyck classic “Stella Dallas,” July 2.
Details
here.
Conner Prairie goes patriotic with its annual in-the-period celebrations, “Glorious Fourth,”
July 2-4. Activities include sack racing, Declaration signing, card making for soldiers, barn dancing and more. Details here.
I’ll be hosting an out-of-this-world spelling bee at InConjunction, the annual science fiction and
fantasy convention, July 2-4 at the Indianapolis Marriott East. Details here.
BB King celebrates the Fourth of July at Southern Indiana’s Horseshoe Casino. Details here.
Concerts on the Canal presents Tad Robinson and Indianapolis Municipal Band July 4 outside the Indiana History
Center. Details here.
The President Benjamin Harrison Home hosts its annual July 4th Ice Cream Social. The program includes a
re-enactment of Harrison’s 1888 nomination acceptance speech. Details here.
Vans Warped Tour brings We The Kings, All-American Rejects and more to Verizon Wireless Music Center, July
6. Details here.
Santana and Steve Winwood pair up for a concert at Verizon Wireless Music Center July 7.
Details here.
July 7-Aug. 1
Carmel Community Playhouse
Speedway native Bradley Reynolds, recently nominated for a Tony Award as a producer of the Broadway revival of “Ragtime,”
returns to town as a performer. He’s part of the company celebrating the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein in the revue
“A Grand Night for Singing,” being staged by Actors Theatre of Indiana. Details here.
July 2-4
Conner Prairie Amphitheatre
There’s enough firepower in those Conner Prairie cannons for a three-day celebration of Independence Day. Alfred Savia
leads the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra for performances of music from “The Patriot” and “Gettysburg”
and, of course, the “1812 Overture.” Assistance will be provided by Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall
T. Shepard on the Gettysburg Address, re-enactors from the Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, a Civil
War honor guard, and the 163rd Field Artillery Unit of the Indiana National Guard. And baritone Daniel Narducci. And fireworks.
Details here.
July 2
Verizon Wireless Music Center
Two music legends team up on this tour. And, yes, Clapton has been playing “I Shot the Sheriff,” “Wonderful
Tonight,” “Cocaine” and “Layla.” And Daltry has been performing hits by The Who. Details here.
