SKARBECK: Now’s the time to reflect on investment results, costs
With 2012 now in the books, it is a great time to undertake an analysis of your financial results.
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HICKS: Middle class, education and income inequality
The United States has always had something like a middle class, but for most of our history it has been a distinction not necessarily dependent on income or wealth.
APPEL: Mergers and acquisitions will accelerate by midyear
Savvy Indiana business owners rightly wonder about the merger-and-acquisition and capital market outlook for 2013. Unfortunately, it is likely mixed, with a sluggish outlook for the first half of the year. However, many hope that, by midyear, there will be a pickup to end the year strong.
MAURER: New life for classic lines from big screen
Guys love to quote “The Godfather.” It’s no wonder, with lines like “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse” and “Leave the gun—take the cannolis.” These and other memorable movie quips are relevant today, just with new voices.
EDITORIAL: IPS chief leaves mixed legacy
Eugene White is a towering man with an outsized personality to match. When he took the helm of the troubled Indianapolis Public Schools seven years ago, he seemed to have the confidence and determination to steamroll through the changes the district badly needed.
New Celadon CEO sharpening management
New Celadon Group CEO Paul Will wants to increase productivity at the trucking firm, not just through more sophisticated customer-relationship and tracking software, but also by improving the acumen of the company’s nearly 4,000 employees.
ADELOWO: Biggest business casual problem is its tricky definition
When it comes to business casual, we can all agree on one thing: No one really knows what it is.
DINING: Bar or restaurant, Drake’s serves up fun menu choices
New Clearwater Crossing venue Drake’s straddles the increasingly blurry line between restaurant and bar, beckoning patrons with the promise of fun. “Come play,” its tag line implores. Its ambitious menu, meanwhile, hints at more.
LOU’S VIEWS: Hoosier writers’ novels transcend novelty
Recently, I dug into the books of three Indiana writers who beat the odds.
FEIGENBAUM: Range of non-fiscal issues may take center stage
While taxes and spending (and related work-force and economic development matters) will consume the bulk of legislative attention in coming months, several other major issues will dot—or blot—the agenda, and should bear your attention.
Respect emotions in gun debate
Commentaries by Peter Rusthoven as well as others in Forefront [Jan. 7] do not treat two sides of fear.
Another side of the income debate
I read [in the Dec. 31 IBJ], with great dismay, that a millionaire lawyer is not able to charge his clients as much as an attorney in another state.
BENNER: When our heroes fail, we love to take it personally
Few things rouse us more than a fall from grace, and the more precipitous, the better. Sports so deliciously delivers grist for our grindstone time and again.
LANGELLIER: Pounce on this tech opportunity
For several years, the national media and venture capital investment community have focused myopically on consumer Web and social Web companies like Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and others.
RUSTHOVEN: Double standards on Israel
Like many conservatives, I am struck by the liberal media double standard on issues involving Israel. Two recent events bring this to the forefront.
KIM: Look for ways to invest without following the herd
We don’t waste time trying to anticipate events that are uncontrollable. Still, some highly experienced and skilled investors make unconventional predictions I think are worth noting.
HICKS: Leaders steer us toward government shutdown
We appear to be headed for a government shutdown as our leaders in Washington, D.C., find themselves at an impasse on the largest question facing the nation: how to cut spending.
MORRIS: To trim debt, hike taxes and cut … ?
As Brent Musburger said when he spotted Miss Alabama in the crowd at the BCS National Championship game— “Whoa!”
EDITORIAL: City government’s good vibrations
The Indianapolis budget accord announced Jan. 7 by Mayor Greg Ballard and City-County Council leaders is worth at least some polite applause.
ALTOM: Being present at work doesn’t have to mean being there
Employers have to contend with a new generation of workers who expect to work from home at least part of the time, and entirely from home when feasible.