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Downtown advocacy group rebrands, releases report findings
About 66% of respondents to the newly-named Downtown Indy Alliance’s annual survey said downtown is better than it was five years ago.
Profit margin on flipping a home hits 17-year low, report says
A chronic shortage of homes on the market and heightened competition for lower-priced properties are helping drive up investors’ acquisition costs.
Indiana nonprofit to facilitate development of ‘A Beautiful Mind’ musical
Discovering Broadway will host workshop sessions for adapting the story of mathematician and Nobel Prize winner John Nash, featured in the 2001 Oscar-winning film.
Panel hears warnings on rising Indiana prison population, local corrections funding shortfalls
Indiana lawmakers heard stark warnings that the state’s prison population is again nearing capacity while funding for local alternatives is shrinking.
Fed’s favored inflation gauge accelerates slightly
The increases in the Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, price index were what forecasters had expected.
National consultant joins Indiana group supporting independent candidates
IBJ spoke to Will Conway, a New York City-based veteran of multiple independent campaigns and movements, including that of Andrew Yang’s Forward Party.
IBJ names Ellspermann, Hathaway as first winners of new career, mentorship awards
The Career Achievement Award and the Women of Influence Mentorship Award will make their debut on Oct. 21 at IBJ’s 19th Women of Influence event.
Scott Dorsey to Rally crowd: AI age reminiscent of dawn of the internet, but ‘so much faster’
At the annual Rally innovation conference, High Alpha founder Scott Dorsey joined Colorado-based tech entrepreneur Godard Abel for a chat about who will win—and who will lose—in the age of artificial intelligence.
Hoosier farmers celebrate Taiwan’s pledge to buy $6B in U.S. corn and soybeans
With Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith on hand, leaders of Indiana’s corn and soybean lobbies signed letters of intent with officials from Taiwan on Thursday.
New-home applications see sharp August decline in central Indiana
The year-over-year decline in single-family building permits was the first since March in the nine-county area.
Christel House International to open schools in Nepal, Colombia
The educational not-for-profit founded in 1998 by the late businesswoman and philanthropist Christel DeHaan is making its first major global expansion since her death in 2020.
Judge approves $1.5B copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors
About 465,000 books are on the list of works pirated by Anthropic, according to Justin Nelson, an attorney for the authors.
Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership
Much is still unknown about the actual deal in the works, but President Trump said at a White House signing ceremony Thursday that Chinese leader Xi Jinping has agreed to move forward with it.
Trump to put import taxes on pharmaceuticals, kitchen cabinets, furniture and heavy trucks
Trump said on Truth Social that the pharmaceutical tariffs would not apply to companies that are building manufacturing plants in the United States, which he defined as either “breaking ground” or being “under construction.”
Heartland film fest documentary looks back at Indiana’s inventive dog-show journalist
New documentary “Sincerely, Ric” shares the rags-to-riches-and-back-again story of Montpelier native Ric Routledge, founder of the Canine Chronicle newspaper and “Canine Chronicle Video Magazine.”
Rokita to deny state contracts to law firms that use DEI practices
Starting Oct. 24, the policy will allow the attorney general to block a state agency’s request for outside counsel if the law firm engages in discriminatory practices.
Amazon to pay $2.5B to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
The Seattle company will pay $1 billion in civil penalties—the largest fine in FTC history, and $1.5 billion will be paid to consumers who were unintentionally enrolled in Prime, or were deterred from canceling their subscriptions, the agency said Thursday.
Economy expanded at faster-than-expected pace in 2nd quarter
U.S. gross domestic product—the nation’s output of goods and services—rebounded strongly in the spring from a 0.6% first-quarter drop.
Column: Indianapolis Colts owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon is acting like a boss, no notes
Carlie Irsay-Gordon’s presence on the sidelines provides the antithesis of the way NFL broadcasts normally present femininity, writes The Washington Post’s Candace Buckner.