Finish Line quarterly profit rises on strong sales
The Indianapolis-based retailer’s second-quarter profit rose 24 percent over year ago, to $20.9 million, helped by strong sales in stores open at least a year.
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Thousands volunteer to help with Super Bowl hospitality
Some 13,000 people have agreed to pitch in to help with visitors and events surrounding the game, slated for Feb. 5 in Indianapolis. More than 2,000 attended a training kickoff event on Wednesday.
Fear about world economy sends markets lower
Stocks opened sharply lower Thursday, extending a rout around the world. Indicators across the financial markets suggested investors were frightened that the global economy is in for a long slump.
Fines from House Dems’ boycott nearly collected
Indiana House records show that more than $100,000 has been collected from the 39 Democrats whose five-week boycott blocked legislative action.
Urban farm to provide produce for needy families
Gleaners Food Bank, Indiana University Health, the city of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Parks Foundation announced Wednesday they're teaming up on the project called Indy Urban Acres.
Indiana trade delegation leaves for Japan after delay
An Indiana trade delegation led by Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman is on its way to Japan after being delayed by a typhoon.
Big projects sought for chemical depot site
The group overseeing redevelopment of a former Army chemical weapons depot in western Indiana is targeting major projects for the 11-square-mile property.
Critics seek conditions on Progress-Duke Energy merger
Charlotte-based Duke Energy and Raleigh-based Progress Energy want to combine into one company with more than 7 million customers in the Carolinas, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.
UAW says deal with GM creates or keeps 6,400 jobs
A new four-year contract deal between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Co. will add or keep 6,400 jobs in the U.S. with a $2.5 billion investment, the union said Tuesday. In Fort Wayne, 150 jobs would be created or retained.
Connected law firm’s deal with Indiana grows
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration now will pay Barnes & Thornburg up to $8.05 million through next June to represent the administration of Gov. Mitch Daniels in the lawsuit with IBM Corp.
Typhoon delays Indiana trade mission to Japan
A trade mission by Indiana government and business leaders to Japan is being delayed because of a typhoon expected to hit the island nation.
Dillinger relative considers moving gangster’s home
A great nephew says he's talking with people in Greencastle and two out-of-state locations about sites for his collection of Dillinger items and possibly the farmhouse that is now in Dillinger’s hometown of Mooresville.
Indiana sets up special process for state fair claims
The state on Monday asked families of those killed or injured in a deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair to complete a new customized claim form by Nov. 1 so the state can expedite settlements.
Court upholds former pastor’s fraud sentence
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a 54-year sentence for a 67-year-old former pastor convicted of pocketing millions of dollars that investors believed would be used to build churches.
Daniels outlines fix for national debt in new book
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels writes in his new book that massive entitlement spending reform is needed to avert a national economic disaster.
U.S. airline flights are fuller than ever this year
Frontier, a division of Indianapolis-based Republic Airways, sold 91 percent of its seats in July and August, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who fought over an armrest this summer.
Libertarian Horning enters U.S. Senate race
The frequent candidate for political office in Indiana used his campaign announcement to assail the two-party system that dominates the American political system.
GOP candidates revive call to privatize Social Security
As President Barack Obama sidesteps ways to keep the retirement system viable, his would-be rivals are keen on letting younger workers divert part of their payroll taxes into some type of personal account to be invested separately from Social Security.
Obama to seek new income tax rate for wealthy
The president is going to call it the “Buffett Rule” for Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who has complained that rich people like him pay a smaller share of their income in federal taxes than middle-class taxpayers.
Foreign student enrollment hits record at Purdue
The university had 7,934 international students enrolled this month. That’s up 17.3 percent from last year and nearly 45 percent from 2008.