Hopes slipping among state business owners
A survey of Hoosier business owners shows an increasingly a ho-hum outlook, with only one in seven optimistic for their own company and even fewer encouraged about the U.S. economy.
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U.S. unemployment rate falls to 7.8 percent, wages rise
The nation’s jobless rate fell from 8.1 to a 44-month low of 7.8 percent in September, according to government data, as employers added 114,000 jobs. Wages rose over the month, and more people started looking for work.
Operations start at Amazon’s new Indiana warehouse
Officials say Amazon.com Inc.'s new warehouse and distribution center in southern Indiana has started operations with more than 1,000 workers.
Electronics recycler adds 125 jobs in Plainfield
A recycling business that launched a local expansion project 18 months ago says the decision led to 125 new jobs.
WellPoint to add 100-plus local jobs for new Medicare contract
WellPoint Inc.’s National Government Services unit will add more than 100 jobs in Indianapolis beginning late this year or early next after the health insurance giant won a new contract with the federal Medicare program.
Local software developer plans to add 25 jobs
Connect Think LLC said it will add the jobs by 2016 and will invest $244,000 in equipment to continue its focus on mobile application development.
Women’s retailer plans $37M expansion, 242 jobs
New York-based Ascena Retail Group, whose female clothing brands include Justice, Lane Bryant, Maurices and Dressbarn, plans to transform its 794,000-square-foot warehouse in Greencastle into an e-commerce distribution hub.
Local services firm plans expansion, up to 100 jobs
Business services firm First Advantage said Tuesday that it plans to move its operational headquarters from St. Petersburg, Fla., to its local offices in Fishers, creating up to 100 jobs in the process.
Indiana auto-parts supplier set to add jobs
An auto-parts supplier in northeastern Indiana plans to expand its operations and create as many as 95 new jobs.
Food manufacturer plans $28.5M project, 400 jobs in Indiana
An Ohio-based food manufacturer announced Monday morning that it plans to spend $28.5 million to expand a vacant food plant in eastern Indiana, creating up to 400 jobs by 2016. The plant was formerly used by Really Cool Foods.
Architecture firm plans to expand, add 27 employees
Guidon Inc. said it will add the jobs by 2016 as part of a $545,000 expansion that includes upgrades to its facility at 2453 N. Delaware St. in Indianapolis.
IU study: Health majors have best shot at jobs
An Indiana University study has found that what people studied in college had a direct effect on their chances of employment during the Great Recession.
Packaging manufacturer plans to expand, add 32 jobs
Cicero, Ill.-based Royal Box Group LLC said it plans to add 32 employees by 2017 and spend $3.8 million to build and equip a new plant in Greenfield.
Web services firm plans downtown office, 300 jobs
San Francisco-based cloud-computing service provider Appirio Inc. said it will spend $2 million to open an office in downtown Indianapolis’ Pan Am building, where it will employ 300 by 2015.
Call center in Indiana plans to hire 600 workers
Americall Group Inc. officials say it is hiring at its Hobart call center is because of business growth with existing clients such as Sears and Comcast.
Bell Techlogix plans local expansion, 204 jobs
The provider of information technology services said it will lease, equip and renovate part of a 100,000-square-foot facility on the city’s northwest side as part of the $1.4 million expansion. Bell has about 450 employees in the metropolitan area.
RV parts suppliers plan to add 260 jobs in Indiana
Lippert Components Manufacturing Inc. and Kinro Manufacturing Inc., divisions of White Plains, N.Y.-based Drew Industries Inc., said they will bring the jobs to Elkhart and Goshen by 2015 as part of a $3.7 million expansion.
Marketing software firm CIK plans to expand, add 57 jobs
CIK Enterprises LLC, a marketing software and services firm, plans to add the jobs by 2016. The company will continue to lease a 30,000-square-foot facility on the city’s west side.
Manufacturer growing Shelby County plant
California-based manufacturer DrillingWorld plans to expand its operations in Shelbyville, adding as many as 30 jobs by 2015.
Hoosier economic engine poised to downshift
Hoosier employers added jobs faster than those in all U.S. states except two through the end of May, according to federal estimates.