Today, there are some small “notebook” machines on the market that mock the high prices of their bigger siblings. These can be had for $200 to $400, and have enough features to make them real business tools if you’re not too demanding.
Westfield-based Green Illuminating Systems sees a bright future in LED lighting as a way to reduce electricity consumption.
The biggest remnant of the former Thomson consumer electronics operation in Carmel is cashing in on the digital TV transition
with a higher-tech version of the rabbit ears.
The Indiana Recycling Coalition scored big in the just-concluded session of the Indiana General Assembly with the passage
of House Bill 1589, which requires that electronics manufacturers help pay for recycling of their old televisions and computer
monitors.
The electronics accessories unit of Audiovox Corp. in Carmel is gaining from the rise in antenna sales ahead of the June 12
switch to all-digital TV broadcasting.
My stony heart melted when Susan Boyle got a spontaneous, thunderous standing ovation from the skeptical crowd at "Britain’s
Got Talent," the latest United Kingdom contribution to the TV talent show genre.
Back when the automakers were on a roll, Powerway Inc. looked so promising that a public offering seemed around the bend.
Now Powerway itself is gone—at least in name.
Ma quande lingues coalesce, t va semblar un simplificat Angles, quam un skeptic Cambridge amico dit me que Occidental es.
Critics say the Legislature’s plan to shore up the insolvent Indiana Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund places the bulk of the financial
burden on already ailing businesses with the least ability to pay.
Though plagued by debt, Allison Transmission recently plowed millions of dollars into experimental technology that could lead
to new products.
A friend of mine is a minister and an expert on church management and growth. During one of our discussions, it struck me
how much starting and running a church is very like running a business. There are the same problems with morale, with retention,
with site selection, finance, marketing and growth pains. And with technology.
In 2009, blogging is not optional. If you have a business, you
must have a Web site. If you have a Web site, you must have a blog!
While military contractors scramble to protect big projects from Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ budgetary ax, Indianapolis
engine-maker Rolls-Royce is sitting pretty.
Last week, I made a presentation about social media to several hundred people at a Carmel Chamber of Commerce luncheon. We talked about Facebook and Twitter, YouTube and Flickr, LinkedIn, blogging and more. I didn’t answer the "how-to" question. I answered the "whether-to" question. With some important cautions, my answer was "yes."
ChaCha Search Inc. co-founder Brad Bostic has stepped down as president of the human-assisted Internet search company, which
is struggling to turn a profit in a dismal advertising climate, but he hasn’t left. "Brad is still engaged with the company
as a director, co-founder and consultant," said co-founder and CEO Scott Jones.
Indiana’s growing shipments to China averts a reversal in exports for the state, but core transportation equipment takes a
hit.
An industrywide bar-code identification system should be developed so that component objects used in manufacturing can be easily devolved and reused.
Dick Beltzhoover, a private investor in Omnicity Corp., a Carmel-based wireless broadband provider, has quietly taken the
company public and has lofty plans to expand nationwide.
Hoosier economic development officials are working to attract police-car maker Carbon Motors to Connersville.
With economists predicting the statewide unemployment average will reach 10 percent this year, the experience of a hard-hit
city like Connersville offers a glimpse of what lies ahead for other manufacturing-reliant Hoosier communities.
