Ball State University’s Indiana econometric model predicts that earnings in all of Indiana’s
major economic sectors except health care will decline in the next three months.
Despite the recession, Hamilton County continues to enjoy economic growth from both old companies and new ones.
The Big Three and the United Auto Workers do not appear to be serious about making the concessions and changes that are necessary
to make them a viable entity for the long haul.
New car dealers, usually among the most resilient of all small businesses in weathering economic downturns, are hanging on
for dear life this time around, portending a shakeout among Indiana’s 520 dealers.
Young & Laramore is making what it says are “significant” staff cuts in the wake of losing the Steak n Shake account.
With a growing labor market in Indiana, it would seem this recession, thus far, is an economic shock that may be of shorter
duration and severity than the 1982 decline.
The Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has launched an online business networking site called Indylink.com.
The corporate name change to ‘That’s Good HR’ strengthens the identity of staffing firm.
Chip Ganassi’s NASCAR team is teaming with Dale Earnhardt Inc. where Max Siegel has served as president of global operations
since early 2007, and the former Baker & Daniels attorney may be among many laid off in the merger.
The fixes for poverty, and low-wage workers, are hard, deliberate and done family by family. This is why the cost of the welfare
program reforms implemented in 1996 didn’t plummet with lower enrollment.
Proposed national legislation that simplifies business unionization is more likely to be adopted during the Obama administration,
experts agree.
In September, Jeff Bockelman launched CareerScribe LLC, a local Web forum where users can "virtually" manage their
resumes.
Students donning caps and gowns this May will find jobs aplenty, college career officers and others say. Some industries–like
health care, accounting, engineering, computer science and sales–are more flush with jobs than others. But students receiving
liberal arts degrees also are in high demand because of their well-rounded education.
