In times of trouble, encountering a chance to let it be
I went to church Sunday night. It wasn’t a religious experience â?? wasn’t supposed to be, anyway.
I went to church Sunday night. It wasn’t a religious experience â?? wasn’t supposed to be, anyway.
Six experts in green issues shared their outlook on businesses’ environmental responsibilities during IBJ’s Power Breakfast Feb. 13.
The key legislative item at this point remains House Bill 1001, the budget bill.
Although the Kernan-Shepard report focused on local government efficiencies, it is also clear that the management of Indiana’s
public resources and assets at the regional and state level has not kept pace with the technological and socioeconomic advances
of the last century.
Several venture capitalists — a generation younger than most in the profession — are establishing themselves in Indianapolis.
Young & Laramore, the city’s largest advertising agency, has launched a division focusing on digital and design work.
My weekend included the “European Design Since 1985” show at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, “The Ladies Man” at the IRT, and “Mauritius” at the Phoenix. Plus, semi-related to the later, I finally saw the film version of David Mamet’s…
Merck & Co. plans to acquire Schering-Plough Corp. for $41.1 billion in a deal that gives the companies more firepower to compete in a drug industry facing slumping sales, tough generic competition and intense cost pressures. The two New Jersey pharmaceutical companies are rivals of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. The latest proposed combination comes […]
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has selected Sodexo Inc. to replace Wolfgang Puck as its restaurant operator and to share museum catering responsibilities with Kahn’s Catering in Carmel. The IMA’s announcement this morning culminates a six-month search following the museum’s decision in September to restructure its food-service operations. Based in Maryland, Sodexo employs 120,000 people […]
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has selected Sodexo Inc. to replace Wolfgang Puck as its restaurant operator and to share museum catering responsibilities with Kahn’s Catering in Carmel. The IMA’s announcement this morning culminates a six-month search following the museum’s decision in September to restructure its food-service operations. Based in Maryland, Sodexo employs 120,000 […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board approved cutting an additional $1.5 million from its annual budget today and may have moved a step closer toward funding its annual operating budget with an increase in hospitality taxes. Local sports teams have been reluctant or noncommittal about shouldering a bigger financial load, CIB officials said. As a result, […]
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has tapped the head of Jacksonville, Fla.’s airport authority as its new executive director and CEO. John D. Clark III also serves as chairman of the Airports Council International North America, the primary trade group for airports. Clark will replace John Kish, who will head the redevelopment of a municipal stadium […]
The city’s Capital Improvement Board approved cutting an additional $1.5 million from its annual budget yesterday and may have moved a step closer toward funding its annual operating budget with an increase in hospitality taxes. Local sports teams have been reluctant or noncommittal about shouldering a bigger financial load, CIB officials said. As a result, […]
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has tapped the head of Jacksonville, Fla.’s airport authority as its new executive director and CEO. John D. Clark III also serves as chairman of the Airports Council International North America, the primary trade group for airports. He appointment will be effective April 13, pending formal approval at the March 20 […]
A federal review of the nation’s coal ash storage sites includes 14 Indiana power plants where the byproduct of the state’s reliance on coal for power is stored in a series of ever-growing ponds and landfills. Several utilities that own or co-own those 14 coal-burning plants must provide the Environmental Protection Agency with detailed descriptions […]
President Obama’s budget chief isn’t sugarcoating his message to health insurance executives: the party is over. White House Budget Director Peter Orszag said yesterday in Washington, D.C., that the government will no longer overpay companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans, the privately run portion of the government health program for seniors. Orszag spoke at the […]
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard announced this morning that he and city officials will travel to Brazil in May to explore renewable-energy production, in hopes of making the city a leader in the technology. The United States and Brazil are the world’s top two ethanol producers. American ethanol is made from corn and Brazilian ethanol is […]
St. Elmo Steak House is a downtown dinner destination that typically has little trouble attracting patrons tempted by its signature shrimp cocktail. The next four days will be no different. But this weekend’s reservation list is heavy on out-of-town guests hungry for both filet mignon and Big Ten basketball. All told, visitors in town for […]
St. Elmo Steak House is a downtown dinner destination that typically has little trouble attracting patrons tempted by its signature shrimp cocktail. The next four days will be no different. But this weekend’s reservation list is heavy on out-of-town guests hungry for both filet mignon and Big Ten basketball. All told, visitors in town for […]
Now that IU is out of the Big Ten basketball tournament, local organizers and tourism officials have to hope that Ohio State can make a run. A successful run by Purdue probably wouldn’t hurt either, but history has shown that…