The root of Indiana’s myriad problems
Longtime economist Morton Marcus says the objective truth is that Indiana is in decline. He also insists the solution is a change in the culture, not just job creation.
Longtime economist Morton Marcus says the objective truth is that Indiana is in decline. He also insists the solution is a change in the culture, not just job creation.
An Indianapolis company has developed Web-based software that allows college students to read and electronically mark up textbooks, articles, chapters of books, etc. It also has a business model that its owners think will make more money for publishers and slash students’ textbook costs—which average $1,200 a year—in half.
Forty years ago, Indianapolis and Louisville were both known as one-event towns. But Indy moved on while Louisville stayed put.
Thoughts on the Noise! cabaret, Bands of America’s Grand National Championships, and Blue Man Group.
Indiana was rejected earlier this year for federal funding for its part of a Chicago-to-Cleveland route.
The issue may not be a lack of jobs, but a lack of interest by young people to live in Indiana. It may be a nice place to visit as a post-secondary student, but not a place where one wants to live.
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Athenaeum Theatre
Julliard-trained electric violinist Drew Tretick, who will be joining the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra for this month’s concert, has taken the stage at such impressive classical venues as the London Palladium. On the other hand, he’s also played for the tourists on the faux streets of Downtown Disney in Orlando.
That’s not the only way Tretick shows range. His recent CD devoted to cinematic compositions covers the familiar (“Over the Rainbow,” “The Way We Were”) and the more esoteric (from the scores for “Cinema Paradiso” and “Quartiere,” for instance). Details on the concert can be found here. And, for your listening pleasure, here’s Tretick stopping Disney foot traffic with “Flight of the Bumblebee.”
The first of three meetings to encourage minority- and women-owned companies to pursue 2012 Super Bowl contracting opportunities is Tuesday evening at the Madame Walker Theatre Center.
At 78, L. Gene Tanner is one of the longest-serving investment advisers working in Indianapolis. Tanner spoke with IBJ's Norm Heikens about why he shifted to City Securities, his brush with convicted Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff, and how his investment strategy has changed.
Indiana University’s James Madison is “marginally optimistic” Americans have the fortitude to tackle what could grow to become an emergency ranking with the Civil War, the Great Depression and World War II.
A 36-hour dance marathon raised about $1.6 million for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis over the weekend.
Benchmarking has exploded with the industry’s propensity to slice and dice and categorize every segment of the overall investment pie.
An Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission-mandated initiative to help electric customers cut consumption and save money may wind up costing them $65 million more than necessary. At least that’s the claim of a consulting firm that lost its bid to administer the program.
Court papers reveal officers and directors of the holding company for the failed Columbus-based bank will soon be defendants in a $40 million suit.
Local design junkies know a Studio AMF piece by its painstakingly finished woodwork embedded with specks of sterling silver. That type of branding is difficult to achieve without using a giant logo, and Allison Ford is one of few, if not the only, local designers to pull it off.
College basketball season is upon us. Thank goodness. Here in Indiana, it can serve to take our minds off college football.
The firm ranked 85th in The National Law Journal’s annual listing of the nation’s 250 largest firms, up two spots from its previous position.