Opinion – Page 359 – Indianapolis Business Journal

MAURER: Marriage equality going mainstream

May 23, 2013

When will Indiana become known as a state that welcomes all regardless of sexual orientation?

EDITORIAL: Open the Market Square Arena process

May 23, 2013

Mayor Greg Ballard should reverse his decision to keep the redevelopment proposals for the former Market Square Arena site under wraps.

Finish Line’s cash hoard could make it alluring target

May 23, 2013

The Indianapolis-based retailer is debt-free and has amassed $227 million in cash on its balance sheet. That works out to $4.63 per share.

DINING: Libertine liberates diners from bar food norms

May 23, 2013

Last in a month-long series of Cultural Trail restaurant reviews.

HETRICK: In Pendleton, living the good life on the edge of an edge city

May 23, 2013

If Carmel epitomizes edge city in central Indiana, then I’m now living on the edge of the edge.

LOU’S VIEWS: Jim Gaffigan’s book offers notes on parenting from a funnyman father

May 23, 2013

The stand-up comic—and Indiana native—puts five kids’ worth of experience into book form. Plus, thoughts on Dance Kaleidoscope’s ‘Barefoot Renegades.’

BENNER: One Hoosier tradition is back; another has miles to go

May 23, 2013

The Indiana Pacers have returned from the depths, but the Indianapolis 500 might never reclaim its glory.

Kim: What investors should learn from Facebook’s IPO fiasco

May 23, 2013

Facebook’s initial public offering on May 17, 2012, was the most highly anticipated IPO since Google’s in 2004. As we know now, Facebook’s $38-a-share IPO turned out to be a fiasco from the moment NASDAQ catastrophically botched the opening of trading.

Hicks: International trade is the exact opposite of war

May 23, 2013

Among economists of all stripes, it is well understood that international trade increases wealth, reduces poverty and generally makes everyone better off in the long run. The only real question is whether the total economic benefits are immediately realized or take just a few years to mature.

Skarbeck: Financial markets brace for era of social media

May 16, 2013

Two recent episodes have regulators scrutinizing the role social media plays in the investment markets.

Hicks: Firing of Heritage researcher shows cowardice

May 16, 2013

A recent study by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, sheds a great deal of light on the sausage mill of policy research, and the courage and integrity of the process of policy research altogether.

EDITORIAL: CEOs should buy their own perks

May 16, 2013

It’s no secret that CEOs of public companies make a lot of money.<br><br>And in general, they earn it: It takes talent, hard work and vision to oversee thousands of employees, answer to impatient shareholders, guard against competitive threats, and keep the trains running on time, particularly at behemoths like Eli Lilly and Co., WellPoint Inc., Cummins Inc. and Simon Property Group Inc.

Spate of banking mergers may be just the beginning

May 16, 2013

First Merchants Corp. CEO Michael Rechin thinks a wave of bank mergers is coming—driven by financial institutions’ quest to increase profits in an environment where super-low interest rates continue to squeeze margins.