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Memory Gardens lawsuit seeks $20 million

February 11, 2008

An Indianapolis law firm has filed a class-action suit seeking more than $20 million from a pair of financial-services firms
it says facilitated the transactions that allowed a New Jersey couple to plunder cemetery trust funds. Cohen & Malad LLP filed
the lawsuit late last month on behalf of thousands of customers of Indianapolis-based Memory Gardens Management Corp., which
owns Memory Gardens in Greenwood, Lincoln Memory Gardens in Boone County and other cemeteries. The defendants are the company,
New York-based…

Knight moves make waves

February 5, 2008

Bob Knight leaves a tsunami-like wake wherever he goes. Even in retirement, the waves from his larger-than-life persona are being felt from Lubbock to Bloomington and beyond. The business impact of Knight’s retirement looms large locally. There are numerous central…

A&E: At Herron Gallery, you win some with Wirsum

February 4, 2008

Usually, the only souvenir you can take home from a gallery exhibition is an artists’ catalogue. Visitors to “Karl Wirsum: Winsome Works(some)” at the Herron Galleries can also buy Karl Wirsum ball-and-paddle toys. Get the message? This show is supposed to be fun, folks. And it is-without diminishing the fact that it celebrates the work of an important artist-in some ways the Midwest’s answer to Andy Warhol. Like Warhol, Chicago’s Karl Wirsum makes significant use of flat, bright colors with…

Speedway shows popular on Joost Web network

February 4, 2008

Shows provided by IMS Productions, the video production arm of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, are among the top draws for Joost, a high-profile Internet provider of television content launched last October.

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: More businesses can benefit from a doctor in the house

February 4, 2008

Fifty years ago, a sick or injured worker in a manufacturing plant did not have to leave work to get care-the worker simply went to the plant clinic and saw the company doctor. Today, the idea of the company clinic is making a come back, but with a new emphasis on wellness and prevention. health recommendations and concerns. In some cases, these routine visits can lead to the discovery of potentially serious conditions that might have otherwise gone unnoticed and…

SPORTS: NFL retirees want to help banged up brethren

February 4, 2008

Before Bob Sanders, the last strong safety wearing a Colts uniform to achieve Pro Bowl status was Bruce Laird. Laird played from 1972 through 1981 for the Baltimore Colts, then closed out his career in 1983 with the San Diego Chargers. Like Sanders, Laird was known for “laying the wood” to opposing players. Translation: He was a hard hitter. These days, he still feels those tackles. “I felt great until I was 47, then, all of a sudden, nothing worked,”…

New Zyprexa lawsuit targets Lilly honchos: Shareholders ask directors, officers to pay company

January 28, 2008

The latest shareholder lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Co. over its drug Zyprexa gets personal. The shareholders blame Lilly’s board and top brass, both past and present, for what they call Lilly’s illegal marketing of Zyprexa. In all, the lawsuit asks 18 directors and officers to pay the company for at least the $1.2 billion it has spent to settle Zyprexa lawsuits and to return all compensation they received during an unspecified period when the marketing took place. They name…

Indianapolis entrepreneur finds way to combine exercise and work

January 28, 2008

Jerry Carr studied turf at Purdue University-how to grow some of Mother Nature’s best and how to design the artificial kind. After graduation, his jobs mostly kept him outside and active. But when he moved into a desk-bound sales job in 2006, he noticed more than the inevitable weight gain. “I couldn’t wait to exercise at the end of each day,” said Carr, 47. Feeling restless and unfocused, he brought a treadmill into his office. But he found that switching…

Judge to settle mayoral dispute

January 21, 2008

Judge to settle mayoral dispute MADISON COUNTY – A judge in New Castle has been appointed to oversee a challenge brought by five Anderson residents over the eligibility of Kris Ockomon to serve as the city’s new mayor. Ockomon, a Democrat, upset incumbent Kevin Smith, a Republican, in the November election. The five plaintiffs filed […]

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Patent ruling a big victory for biotech, drug industries

January 21, 2008

Last Halloween a federal court in Virginia gave the biotech and pharmaceutical industries a big treat when it preliminarily halted the Patent and Trademark Office, or PTO, from implementing new rules governing certain aspects of patent prosecution. This ruling was significant because it prevented the PTO from imple menting new rules governing patent applications that many thought would weaken protection of important biological and chemical inventions. Several local life sciences businesses and entities with significant numbers of patent applications in…

FUNNY BUSINESS: Oklahoma has a state meal. What about Indiana?

January 21, 2008

I hate to be the bearer of news like t h i s – e s p e c i a l l y when the legislators are in town and looking for ways to distract themselves from having to make real decisions-but Our Beloved Indiana is falling behind at least one other state. We don’t have a state meal. We have a state bird (cardinal, same as 35 or 40 other states). We have a state rock (limestone-what else?)….

Former Colt wants to rehab Anderson housing

January 17, 2008

Former Indianapolis Colts tight end Ken Dilger, in a plan pitched yesterday to Anderson city officials, said he aims to buy and revitalize foreclosed houses, and then sell them to low- and moderate-income buyers. The Spencer County native, who played seven seasons with the Colts, owns Legends Title, a title insurance company, and Dilger Financial […]

Real estate exec with lavish lifestyle accused of $160M fraud

January 14, 2008

A high-flying Carmel businessman who moved his base of operations to Miami a couple of years ago is accused of burning through
$160 million of investors’ money in the collapse of his real estate empire.

NY Times job helps ACS Sign gain attention

January 14, 2008

ACS Sign System’s unusual approach to sign-making–some are not strictly signs at all–has helped the company grow its revenue
and expand its footprint beyond Indiana. In recent years, sales outside its home state have grown from 20 percent of total
revenue to almost half.

A&E: Laughing in the new arts year

January 14, 2008

If you’ve seen stage farces under less-than-optimal conditions, you know how difficult they can be to pull off. Off-color jokes slide into offensiveness. Characters slip into stereotypes. And the harder the push for laughs, the more desperate it all seems. Because in farce, it’s not about unique characters, it’s not about surprising plots and it most certainly isn’t about any sort of insight into human behavior. It’s about creating a mechanism that makes an audience laugh until its collective sides…

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Property-tax abolition isn’t off table after all

January 14, 2008

Lawmakers had their individual and collective eyes opened last summer by scores of organized and impromptu property tax rallies across Indiana. While many who carried a sign, marched in the streets, or wrote a letter to the editor about the situation simply thought their individual taxes were too high, a good number of them (and several of the organizers of such events) had a special goal: the elimination of property taxes. Even after the municipal elections woke up the few…

Burn foundation targeting campus fire deaths: Federal grant will help carry DVD’s message to thousands of colleges

January 7, 2008

A local not-for-profit has received a $1 million grant to help keep college kids safe from fires, some of which are set as pranks. The People’s Burn Foundation will begin pilot testing a DVD video on fire prevention and mail a final version to nearly 5,000 colleges and 38,000 fire departments, starting in April. The video was funded largely by a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It’s the latest in a string of grants received…

Rash of deals saves Gazelle venture-capital fund

January 7, 2008

Back in 1999, investors in Gazelle TechVentures expected a sprint to spectacular profits. Instead, they got a marathon slog.
According to Gazelle Chairman and largest investor Scott Jones, it was like training for a race on a sunny day, then running
it through a blizzard.

State ads try to lure Illinois, Michigan businesses

January 7, 2008

Indiana’s friendly economic development rivalry against Michigan and Illinois is heating up. Confident that its business costs
are lower, Indiana has begun a six-month advertising campaign designed to attract companies across the state line.

Colts’ suite holders devise ways to maximize boxes’ value

January 7, 2008

In a meeting that had more X’s and O’s than Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy’s game-day war room, FedEx District Sales
Manager Doug Knowles and his lieutenants decided which clients and prospective clients would be invited to the FedEx suite
which game, which FedEx employees would accompany them, and what ancillary activities would be planned.

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Memory Gardens lawsuit seeks $20 million

Knight moves make waves

A&E: At Herron Gallery, you win some with Wirsum

Speedway shows popular on Joost Web network

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: More businesses can benefit from a doctor in the house

SPORTS: NFL retirees want to help banged up brethren

New Zyprexa lawsuit targets Lilly honchos: Shareholders ask directors, officers to pay company

Indianapolis entrepreneur finds way to combine exercise and work

Judge to settle mayoral dispute

VOICES FROM THE INDUSTRY: Patent ruling a big victory for biotech, drug industries

FUNNY BUSINESS: Oklahoma has a state meal. What about Indiana?

Former Colt wants to rehab Anderson housing

Real estate exec with lavish lifestyle accused of $160M fraud

NY Times job helps ACS Sign gain attention

A&E: Laughing in the new arts year

STATEHOUSE DISPATCH: Property-tax abolition isn’t off table after all

Burn foundation targeting campus fire deaths: Federal grant will help carry DVD’s message to thousands of colleges

Rash of deals saves Gazelle venture-capital fund

State ads try to lure Illinois, Michigan businesses

Colts’ suite holders devise ways to maximize boxes’ value