16 Tech District holds great promise
The recently announced 16 Tech District adds a new tool to Indianapolis’ strong life sciences arsenal.
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SKARBECK: Businessws with ‘moats’ more likely to succeed
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.
HICKS: Jobless compensation and the incentive to work
In essence, the body of research tells us that longish periods of unemployment compensation tend to cause longish periods of unemployment.
JOSEPH: Is working for yourself or for others riskier?
In business ownership, individual performance is the key indicator of success.
MARCUS: A tale of Colts, Packers and Longhorns
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.
MAURER: Eskenazi blazed path worth following
Entrepreneurship is a grand game and money is simply a means of keeping score. The essence of entrepreneurship is the joy of the game.
EDITORIAL: Star newsroom layoffs shortsighted
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.
BENNER: Morning daily’s losing streak is bad for all of us
I know this is a sports column. Allow me to veer somewhat off course.
HETRICK: Does then and there top here and now?
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.
DINING: Heat, drink and be merry at Fireside Brewhouse
Last in a month-long series of reviews of “heated” eateries.
LOU’S VIEWS: In the City of Angels, the stars aren’t only on screen
Greetings from California, where the question of the week was, “Is L.A. a theater town?
DOWD: More camels’ noses getting under the wheel
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.
DOUTHAT: Rising stars Rand, Rubio diverge on priorities
For the first time in a decade, it seems, the Republican Party doesn’t know where it stands on foreign policy.
NOCERA: The miraculous Glass-Steagall banking law
It was amazingly radical, not just for its time, but for any time; it didn’t so much reform banking as upend it.
SOWELL: Too many Americans dodge today’s realities
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.”
STOSSEL: Puerto Rico’s lessons for cutting spending
[Gov.] Fortuno’s predecessors had grown Puerto Rico’s government to the point that the state employed one out of every three workers. By the time he was elected, Puerto Rico was broke.
FARGO: Taking government transparency up a notch
The Internet has changed our expectations about the availability of information. We now expect information to be at our fingertips when we want it.
MAHERN: A call to properly honor civic giant Hudnut
Save for a bust in the lobby of the City-County Building, you would never know he had ever been around.
MYERS: Keep fighting the winning battle against HIV
Research is paying off; prevention is working better than before; fear and discrimination have lessened.
LADWIG: Chambers of commerce have lost their way
At best, many Indiana chambers see themselves as middlemen smoothing the government licensing and regulatory processes.