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Law firms making green push: Environmental teams provide marketing boost

February 11, 2008

The next generation of environmental law is coming to a firm near you. Many law firms have existing practices that counsel clients on the complexities of complying with air and water permits or cleaning up contaminated properties. But now that the corporate sector is embracing “green” initiatives quicker than Al Gore accumulates carbon credits, environmental law is becoming as sexy as, say, intellectual property. Two of the city’s largest firms-Ice Miller LLP and Baker & Daniels LLP-recently unveiled so-called “green”…

Commentary: Morris: From hunger to hoops

March 3, 2008

How do you go from fighting world hunger to polishing the tarnished image of an NBA basketball team? That’s the task at hand for Jim Morris, who said to a recent breakfast gathering, “I reached a point in my life when I realized that nothing I would do going forward would be as important as what I just did.” I suppose a number of us reach a similar place in our careers when we realize we have “hit the peak”…

Need something? They’ll trade you: Industry consolidation is remaking bartering terrain

June 30, 2008

Marketing firm owner Lorraine Ball knows how to promote a business-a valuable commodity among cashstrapped entrepreneurs looking to bolster their bottom lines. So it’s little wonder that she is able to trade her expertise for services she needs, whether it’s help with an online video or time with a personal trainer. Ball is among a growing group of small-business owners embracing the age-old barter system, methaphorically scratching one another’s backs to save on cash and credit. Although Ball prefers to…

Ice Miller attorney departs, takes sports practice with him

July 14, 2008

Sports agent Andrew “Buddy” Baker has left locally based law firm Ice Miller and is taking with him the firm’s sports division,
IM Sports Services, which he wants to develop into a giant agency with a national reach. Baker’s new firm, Exclusive Sports
Group, starts with a list of high-profile clients.

Fair trade frenzy drives retailer’s sales: New store also helps not-for-profit Global Gifts’ revenue triple in five years

July 21, 2008

Times are good for Global Gifts Inc., a local not-for-profit that runs two boutiques where shoppers think globally and buy locally. The retailer is experiencing a growth spurt as it approaches its 20th anniversary-sales have more than tripled in the last five years and leaders are planning a third location to capitalize on the increasing number of central Indiana residents who embrace fair-trade shopping. Fair-trade retailers agree to a set of rules guaranteeing that their products-mostly crafts and agricultural goods…

Going mobile: Local executive carves niche as national expert on fast-growing banking-industry technology trend

July 28, 2008

Move over home computer, the more nimble mobile phone and competing handheld devices have taken the helm as the hippest ways to conduct banking business online. What’s more, an Indianapolis banking executive is at the forefront of the mobile-banking information movement and is promoting the benefits on a blog he created that is attracting scores of new viewers each month from around the world. Brandon McGee, 34, may keep bankers’ hours at the downtown office of the Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington…

Obama picks Biden, passes over Bayh

August 23, 2008

Barack Obama named Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate early Saturday, passing over Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who was informed yesterday that he was not the pick. The selection of Biden balances Obama’s ticket with a seasoned congressional veteran well-versed in foreign policy and defense issues. Obama announced the pick […]

Firm helps area high schools sell themselves

August 25, 2008

Continental Enterprises, an intellectual property consulting firm, launched a service this summer to help area high schools register their logos, names and mascots as trademarks and establish licensing programs, assuring that schools will get a cut of all merchandise sales bearing their mark. This month, North Central High School, one of the state’s largest, signed with Continental, and six to eight more schools are expected to follow suit within 60 days.

A greener afterlife: Cemeteries, funeral businesses are offering more options for those who want their burial to be more environmentally friendly

September 15, 2008

Some people think it’s always important to be kind to Mother Earth-even in death. A concept known as “green burial,” in which one is laid to rest in an environmentally friendly fashion, is gaining some popularity nationwide. Methods of green burial vary, but often involve a more natural interment of the body without the use of toxic embalming chemicals. Simple pine or cardboard coffins that will decompose quickly are used instead of steel caskets. Bodies are laid to rest in…

Residents to decide fate of township assessors

November 3, 2008

In this election, citizens must decide whether the assessing duties of the elected township assessor in the township should
be transferred to the county assessor.

Visit Museum of Art for ‘China’s Ming Dynasty Exhibit,’ and the Phoenix Theatre for political one acts

November 10, 2008

This week, low-key dynasty dynamics at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and a mismatched couple at the Phoenix Theatre.

Ball State hopes for gold as students follow profs into new media ventures

January 12, 2009

Students, commerce and emerging media have moved to the forefront of Ball State’s mission under President Jo Ann Gora, attracting corporate dollars to the university.

Revisiting “Movin’ Out”

February 17, 2009

When you appreciate a musical or play a lot better the second time you see it, it’s sometimes difficult to sort out why.

It could be that the piece just grows richer on repeat viewings. It could be that the change of…

Rolls-Royce inks $400M helicopter engine deal-WEB ONLY

February 23, 2009

Rolls-Royce PLC’s new 10-year, $400 million agreement to produce helicopter engines brings another surge of business to the company’s Indianapolis manufacturing plant. Rolls-Royce said today it will supply Fort Worth, Texas-based Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. with Model 250 engines for Bell 206 and 407 helicopters for most of the next decade. It was the second […]

Medical records bonanza?-WEB ONLY

March 7, 2009

Grab a partner and dance. Fast. The stimulus bill passed last month essentially sets a five-year time line for doctors to start using electronic medical records and for states to figure out how to exchange those records from doctor to doctor. That has prompted Indiana businesses and not-for-profits that deal in medical records to look […]

Medical records bonanza?-WEB ONLY

March 7, 2009

Health care IT firms rushing to grab share of stimulus

March 9, 2009

The stimulus bill has prompted Indiana businesses and not-for-profits that deal in medical records to look for partners to
help them meet the challenge of making those records electronic in five years.

Truly Green Energy-WEB ONLY

March 14, 2009

The coffee pot was broken at Stellarwind BioEnergy. It was probably just as well, since most of the liquid percolating at its home-in the former Hoosier Orchid Co.-is green and algae-ridden. It’s in water-cooler jugs and 64-ounce Coke bottles backlit by fluorescent tubes, back in the lab. But the main act at Stellarwind is “the […]

Local company out to turn algae into fuel of future

March 16, 2009

Stellarwind is believed to be the first algae-oil company in Indiana and among dozens of others around the country at the
forefront of what’s being called the third wave of biofuels production.

Indiana shoots for clean-coal leadership-WEB ONLY

March 25, 2009

Gov. Mitch Daniels signed a bill into law yesterday that allows the state’s finance authority to negotiate long-term contracts to buy and sell synthetic natural gas from a planned southern Indiana coal-gasification plant. Daniels said the law would save Indiana’s natural gas users billions of dollars by ensuring a steady supply of synthetic natural gas […]

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Law firms making green push: Environmental teams provide marketing boost

Commentary: Morris: From hunger to hoops

Need something? They’ll trade you: Industry consolidation is remaking bartering terrain

Ice Miller attorney departs, takes sports practice with him

Fair trade frenzy drives retailer’s sales: New store also helps not-for-profit Global Gifts’ revenue triple in five years

Going mobile: Local executive carves niche as national expert on fast-growing banking-industry technology trend

Obama picks Biden, passes over Bayh

Firm helps area high schools sell themselves

A greener afterlife: Cemeteries, funeral businesses are offering more options for those who want their burial to be more environmentally friendly

Residents to decide fate of township assessors

Visit Museum of Art for ‘China’s Ming Dynasty Exhibit,’ and the Phoenix Theatre for political one acts

Ball State hopes for gold as students follow profs into new media ventures

Revisiting “Movin’ Out”

Rolls-Royce inks $400M helicopter engine deal-WEB ONLY

Medical records bonanza?-WEB ONLY

Medical records bonanza?-WEB ONLY

Health care IT firms rushing to grab share of stimulus

Truly Green Energy-WEB ONLY

Local company out to turn algae into fuel of future

Indiana shoots for clean-coal leadership-WEB ONLY