The peanut-borne salmonella outbreak of 2009 raised awareness about the risk of illness from unlikely sources. Unfortunately,
that wasn’t the last time a seemingly innocuous ingredient made people sick, and prompted recalls.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is joined by conductor Brent Havens and a tribute rock band to perform “Music
of Pink Floyd” March 20 at Conseco Fieldhouse. Details here.
Yo-Yo Ma, March 23 at IU Auditorium, Bloomington. Details here.
Jay-Z: The BP3 Tour, March 20 at Conseco Fieldhouse. Details here.
Free performance by Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company 2, March 18 at the Arthur M. Glick JCC. Details here.
Great Big Sea, March 18 at the Vogue. Details here.
The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis presents 1990 Silver Medalist Marco Rizzi March 21 at the Indiana History
Center’s Basile Theater. Details here.
David Gray, March 24 at Old National Centre. Details here.
Indianapolis-based beverage distributor plans to merge with Republic National Distributing Co. to fend off out-of-state heavyweight.
Companion Diagnostics Inc. moves from Connecticut to the IU Emerging Technologies Center, hopes to create 30 high-paying jobs
by 2014.
The forecast doesn’t include the possible impact of federal health care reform, WellPoint said.
Indianapolis-based health insurer expects revenue, profit to fall as persistently high unemployment reduces employer-sponsored
insurance enrollment.
Simon Property Group Inc. is considering raising its $10 billion buyout offer for rival shopping mall owner General Growth
Properties Inc. as early as this week.
Despite a 20 percent attendance increase at this year's men's Big Ten tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse, there are still cities looking to steal the event from Indianapolis.
Airport’s new hires include Gov. Mitch Daniels’ chief legal counsel and a former Simon Property Group senior vice president.
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., the nation's largest health insurer based on membership, spent $1.2 million lobbying
the federal government in the fourth quarter of 2009 as it weighed in on several topics tied to the health care overhaul debate.
The voice-mail system at the Murat already greets callers with this message: You have reached the Old National Center, a Live
Nation venue.
Michele Thomas Dole has been a wealth adviser at JP Morgan Chase and development director of the IU Foundation.
The cuts, both in Bloomington and Indianapolis, come as part of an effort to trim $2.4 million from the fund-raising group’s
$26 million operational budget.
Indiana banks soon might have to pay the state as much as $300 million in new fees for deposit insurance at a time the industry
is experiencing its deepest woes in decades.
I am replying to the article in the March 1 IBJ where [Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association President
Don] Welsh made his nebulous claims that Indy’s weak smoking ban hurts his ability to market the city to visitors and
convention business.
“Too little, too late” is the standard objection to the economic stimulus program now in effect. That criticism
is based on opinion, not fact. It will take several years to know whether the stimulus (or stimuli, because there was more
than a single stimulus) worked.
Much work remains before the city’s water and sewer utilities are sold to Citizens Energy Group, but the general outline
of the deal makes sense and deserves support—not political posturing—as final terms are hammered out.
Citizens Energy Group’s plan to buy the city’s water and sewer systems will require the utility to raise $262 million in new
bond debt and inherit $1.5 billion in debt. Yet Citizens executives maintain the financial load should not impair the bond
ratings of its principal utilities, Citizens Gas and Citizens Thermal.
Midwest Fashion Week Berny Martin says the 2010
event, which runs through March 20 at the Scottish Rite Cathedral, is less about the party and more about the business. Online
extra: Runway preview photo gallery.
The concept of more being better could be coming to a couple of institutions we know well.
