COVID-19 uncertainty makes economic predictions more difficult
Economists are struggling to understand how bad the fallout might get and how long it might take to recover.
Economists are struggling to understand how bad the fallout might get and how long it might take to recover.
David Simon and Bobby Taubman are battling now in court over whether Simon Property Group is obligated to complete the $3.6 billion purchase of Michigan-based Taubman Centers that it announced in February.
The “blank check company”—formed to acquire one or more businesses and merge with them as a way to take those companies public—closed its funding round in May and is looking for a business to buy.
The International Council of Motorsport Sciences, established in Indianapolis in 1988, will relocate from Texas later this month after hiring veteran motorsports exec Tom Weisenbach as its new executive director.
Sales of eye makeup are on the rise as Americans look for ways to express themselves behind face masks while staying six feet apart.
Automakers essentially halted production for eight weeks—from mid-March through mid-May—as the pandemic wreaked havoc on supply chains and sparked concern for autoworker safety.
So far, the program has enrolled 275 people with diabetes. Health workers in the neighborhoods have completed more than 2,300 check-ins with them—helping them set up doctors’ visits, coaching them on how to shop for food, and helping them with dozens of related problems, from transportation needs to medical insurance.
Given the uncertainty, good decisions today need to incorporate farsighted thinking versus narrowband thinking. These complex decisions require a thoughtful and intentional process to increase the odds of having a favorable outcome.
Jack Russell, interim president since late March, was picked to succeed Mo Merhoff to lead the joint chamber of commerce for Carmel and Fishers.
On the same day Gov. Eric Holcomb announced he was easing more restrictions in Indiana two days ahead of schedule, more than a dozen other states were reporting new highs in the number of positive coronavirus cases or hospitalizations.
Fomer Dean Steve Sandifird in March accepted a new job as Peoria, Illinois-based Bradley University’s president. His contract there begins next week.
An April survey by Indiana INTERNnet, an online portal that matches students with employers seeking interns, found that 37% of the 181 employers surveyed no longer planned to hire interns this summer, while 48% still planned to but with program changes.
Bike shops are benefiting as the public thirsts for something that will roll away the lockdown monotony and provide a little exercise.
More citizen participation in the political process is obviously good for democracy. So why is the GOP hysterically claiming—despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary—that encouraging vote-by-mail will enable fraud and “rig” election results?
It is too hard being black in this city, and black people are tired.
Development Corp., is helping raise money for a women-focused cancer research initiative. The campaign, which will run through June, is in its second year.
The one-two punch of the pandemic and protest-related violence raises questions about whether downtown can recover. Experts and community leaders say yes—but only with concerted effort and strong leadership.
Indiana was the only state to land two National Science Foundation grants. Together, the schools received half of the funding that was available.
The Carmel City Council might force organizers of a proposed film and music festival to find funding elsewhere if they insist on holding it in May 2021.
The biggest portion of the funds will go toward a $30 million grant program called the Small Business Restart Fund.