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INSI Game on Locals are starting a motorsports trade show to compete with a giant event that left Indy for Orlando. 3 Volunteers line up For not-for-profits, free help from out-of-work professionals is a happy byproduct of the economy. 3 Not a caretaker Westfield’s first mayor, Andy Cook, is backing an ambitious development to diversify […]
You’ve heard all the nonsense from the mainline advisers and brokers. They say a buy-and-hold approach is the answer, the
market always comes back, and diversified investing is the key to long-term success. You are starting to get the sense that it’s all bull. Here’s why.
When Mr. G’s Liquor opened in 1977, the wines du jour were Madera and Blue Nun. Bartels & Jaymes wine coolers were all the
rage, and few of us had heard of craft beer. Today, Mr. G’s is in its third location, where a 36-foot wall of whiskeys, vodkas
and gins is rivaled only by the kiosks fully laden with local, domestic and imported wines and beers chilling in coolers.
ChaCha Search Inc. co-founder Brad Bostic has stepped down as president of the human-assisted Internet search company, which
is struggling to turn a profit in a dismal advertising climate, but he hasn’t left. "Brad is still engaged with the company
as a director, co-founder and consultant," said co-founder and CEO Scott Jones.
As a (former full-time) ink-stained wretch, witnessing the demise of the daily newspaper is heartbreaking.
I can’t imagine a day without the "morning miracle" in my hands over a cup of coffee.
The Grand Prix at Long Beach April 19 scored a 0.5 TV rating for the Indy Racing League, according to New York-based Nielsen
Media Research. That’s the same rating the race earned last year on ESPN 2 when it was the swan song for CART.
Still stinging from the city’s loss of the giant Performance Racing Industry trade show in 2004, a group of local motorsports
business advocates is racing to put on a competing event.
These days, the "buy local" crowd seems to have a stronger voice. I am gleeful about this for a variety of reasons, but it
is helpful to view some of their claims with a bit of skepticism. At least that is what economists should do.
Hoosiers identify many factors contributing to our state’s long-term economic difficulties. It is fashionable to blame our
workers. It is easy to decry a lack of natural amenities: no mountains, no coral reefs. Our public schools are inferior and
perhaps our higher education is overrated. Our taxes are too high but we have substandard government services. We ain’t got
no culture. Rarely do we hear anyone say that our problem is management.
With enrollment surging in vocational schools around the country, Indiana Business College has launched an expansion into
Ohio and likely into other states as well. The Indianapolis-based for-profit school also is changing its name.
Architecture and urban design students from Ball State have created a vision for urban renewal that is arguably more compelling
than the Central Indiana Regional
Transit Authority’s principal, utilitarian goal of reducing northeast-side highway congestion and air pollution by running
a diesel commuter train atop the old Nickel Plate Railroad corridor.
There’s a smorgasbord available for small businesses in the federal stimulus package. The trick is figuring out how to get a plate. Plenty of local experts are serving up access to the buffet. And some entrepreneurs are digging in. But others consider the
stimulus warmed-over leftovers.
Fitness center shrinks, perseveres Service: fitness center Address: 4202 W. 56th Place Phone: (office) 222-4878, (cell) 332-0138 E-mail: [email protected] site: www.brickhousefitness.com Founded: February 2008 Owner: Rick James Owner’s background: James, 37, grew up in New Albany and graduated from IUPUI in 1999 with a degree in biology. Then he spent eight years as a manager […]
Analyst: Expect prasugrel OK by May Eli Lilly and Co. should win regulatory approval for its blood-thinner prasugrel by the end of the month, according to one Wall Street analyst. Dr. Tim Anderson, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., made the prediction in a note to investors April 21. He added that Wall […]
RETAIL Noblesville adds Muzak Shopping in downtown Noblesville will now sound more like shopping at a mall. If it’s true that people spend 30 percent more while shopping to music, the city’s recent purchase of a Muzak system could be a good thing for the merchants. The system comes with access to a 7-million-song library, […]
Avon/Brownsburg area Race car teams could live, work in same place Residents in fast-growing western suburbs such as Brownsburg and Avon also have expressed interest in a commuter rail line, with a number of abandoned rail corridors running all the way to downtown. Ball State student Amber Agan, who is a race car driver, wants […]
East 30th Street and MacPherson Avenue Development in a square is long on efficiency, culture Imagine a square, three- to four-story building with an immense courtyard in the middle-sort of like a fort. It’s slashed diagonally with an active rail line paralleling the Monon recreational trail. Roofs of the apartment square would have vast amounts […]
Simons are an asset to the community I found offensive the [April 20] article, “Simon says, city does.” The article goes on to question if the city got a raw deal from the Simon family, given all the tax breaks and other incentives extended to them, over the years, for the many projects that they […]
Indiana advancing in alternative energy The convergence of technology, coupled with advances in renewable and bioenergy, is creating a profound impact on the national and global energy agenda. One can easily identify over 100 prominent national organizations that are working diligently on these efforts; the list ranges from research at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, […]
CORRECTION Ken Skarbeck’s Investing column on page 22 last week incorrectly linked the Indiana Bond Bank with bonds issued on behalf of the city’s water utility in 2005. The Indiana Bond Bank had no involvement in the transaction.
