Property tax billing and collection were at their most confusing during the recession, when businesses were experiencing lost revenue, poor projections and, in general, toughing it out as best they could.
Sen. Lugar, although I think of myself as conservative, I disagree with you on some points [in your May 23 Forefront column].
No one obviously wants the government to raise our children, but it is clear to me that someone needs to step up and create real reform in the state’s largest school district.
I couldn’t agree with [Greg Morris commentary, June 6] more about bringing Dillard’s to Indianapolis.
I write in response to [Julia Vaughn’s Forefront column June 13] titled “State protects insurers better than consumers” and its mistaken view that insurance commissioner Stephen Robertson’s support of medical loss ratio reform does nothing to protect consumers.
The recently announced 16 Tech District adds a new tool to Indianapolis’ strong life sciences arsenal.
In economic terms, consider a business that has a “sustainable competitive advantage” that serves as a moat against the competition. A business that can stave off the competition is likely to produce attractive profits.
In essence, the body of research tells us that longish periods of unemployment compensation tend to cause longish periods of unemployment.
In business ownership, individual performance is the key indicator of success.
What we gain by having the Colts and Pacers is mainly a psychological benefit. We feel that we are big league because we have big-league teams carrying our name.
Entrepreneurship is a grand game and money is simply a means of keeping score. The essence of entrepreneurship is the joy of the game.
There was no rejoicing when word of The Indianapolis Star’s most recent round of layoffs reached the IBJ newsroom, no celebratory toasts to the continued erosion of our once-mighty daily competitor.
I know this is a sports column. Allow me to veer somewhat off course.
In a meeting last week, I found myself reminiscing with my first client about a conversation we’d had with then-Indianapolis mayor Steve Goldsmith 17 years ago.
Last in a month-long series of reviews of “heated” eateries.
Greetings from California, where the question of the week was, “Is L.A. a theater town?
The prince made a point of hiring a woman, born in the holy city of Mecca, and training her to be the pilot of his private jet.
For the first time in a decade, it seems, the Republican Party doesn’t know where it stands on foreign policy.
It was amazingly radical, not just for its time, but for any time; it didn’t so much reform banking as upend it.
Someone needs to say to those who want Social Security and Medicare to continue on unchanged: “Don’t you understand? The money is not there any more.”
