Consumer spending posts weak April reading
The Commerce Department said Friday that consumer spending was unchanged last month, the weakest showing in seven months.
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It’s another scaled-back summer for vacationers
More people are expected to hit the road than did last year, but their budgets will be tighter because of high unemployment,
stock markets in retreat and a still-fragile economy.
Ivy Tech summer semester enrollment up 17 percent
Enrollment during the period rose 17 percent, to more than 57,000 students as of Monday, the first day of the summer semester.
Purdue to host 3 international conferences in July
The three simultaneous gatherings are expected to draw about 600 scientists and researchers from some 30 countries to the
West Lafayette campus from July 12-15.
Fort Wayne makes new push to keep Navistar operation
Fort Wayne officials are working to persuade Navistar to keep its truck design center with more than 800 workers in the city
after the company dropped plans to move its operations to a Chicago suburb.
Economic rebound slowed last quarter
The economic recovery last quarter turned out to be slower than first thought, one of the reasons unemployment is likely to
stay high this year.
Indiana biofuel firm strikes ethanol licensing deal
A Purdue University-based company has reached a deal giving Chinese and Danish firms access to a patented product that makes
it easier to turn wood chips, grasses and other agricultural wastes into ethanol.
Seven years of work expected for central Indiana highway
Work is to start next year on upgrading the highway through Carmel and Westfield to interstate standards in phases through
2017.
Suspended Kruse hopes to keep famous auction going
Kruse’s attorney said his 69-year-old client would like to find some way to keep the annual auction alive, possibly by finding
another auction company to run this year’s event.
Mays among ‘Living Legends’ to be honored in July
An orchestra conductor, a black newspaper publisher, a nurse and a federal judge will be honored as Indiana living legends
in July.
Governor backs card counter banned by casino
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels used the story of a blackjack player’s lawsuit in telling Franklin College graduates about using
skill to push the odds in one’s favor.
Stocks plummet on economic worries
The Dow Jones industrials plunged below 10,000 Tuesday as traders turned away from stocks amid worries about the global economy
and tensions between North and South Korea.
Justice retiring after 14 years on Indiana high court
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Theodore Boehm will step down this fall after 14 years on the bench.
Zoning board nixes clothing-optional campground
The Morgan County Board of Zoning Appeals denied the request Monday night during a meeting where many in the crowd of more
than 100 people spoke against it.
Mourdock to run for re-election as Indiana treasurer
State treasurer Richard Mourdock, a Republican who gained attention last year as he took a fight against the Chrysler bankruptcy
proceedings all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, says he'll run for re-election.
Expiring tax credits boost home sales nationally
Sales of previously owned homes rose 7.6 percent in April, the best showing in five months.
Girl Scouts to sell Boone County camp, three others
The Girl Scouts of Central Indiana says a study found that the four sites need significant renovations to reach current safety
codes.
Lilly spent $2.3M lobbying in first quarter
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. spent about $2.3 million in the first quarter of 2010 lobbying the federal government
on health care reform, Medicare reimbursement and trade issues among other topics.
Indiana 4 to 6 weeks behind its weatherization goal
The delay is pushing back the release of the second half of the $132 million in stimulus funds the state got for energy-saving
retrofits to homes of thousands of low-income residents.
Moody’s lowers Eli Lilly outlook to ‘negative’
Moody's Investors Service on Friday lowered its rating outlook on drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. to "negative"
from "table" due in part to the looming expiration of patents protecting key drugs from generic competition.