NCAA title game earns best TV rating since 2005
More than 48 million viewers watched at least some of Monday night’s game, the most since 50 million tuned in for Arizona-Kentucky
in 1997.
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Butler’s near-miss run captivates thousands of fans
It was the third runner-up finish for the city in the past six months. The Indiana Fever lost in the WNBA finals, the Indianapolis
Colts lost the Super Bowl and now Butler.
Indiana revenue up for first time in more than a year
March marked the first time in 17 months that monthly revenue collections exceeded the same period in the prior year. But year-to-date collections remain $867 million below a budget forecast last May.
State tax revenue up for first time in over a year
Tax collections in March totaled $908 million, or $7 million more than for the same month last year.
300,000-plus consumers take shine to Apple’s iPad
The glitzy gadget maker says it sold hundreds of thousands of iPads on Saturday, the day they debuted for more than $499 a
pop.
First Time Homebuyer tax credit expires next month
The Treasury Department says potential Indiana homeowners have only until May 1 to take advantage of the First Time Homebuyer
tax credit before it expires.
At Butler and Duke, ‘student-athlete’ means something
As is the case at Duke, Butler graduates about 90 percent of its players. As is the case at Duke, there’s more than mere lip
service paid to the classroom at Butler.
White House hails economic gains, foretells slow recovery
Buoyed by good news on the jobs front, the White House claimed credit Sunday for reversing the downward economic spiral while
bracing out-of-work Americans for a slow recovery.
Butler does it, again, and will play for title
Indiana and Purdue may be the state's traditional basketball powerhouses, but it's little Butler—enrollment 4,200—that's big time now. Butler is writing a Hollywood hoops script, a sequel to "Hoosiers."
Price of scrap metals surge upward
After plummeting along with the rest of the economy, the price of scrap metals is surging upward.
State releases $500,000 for recycling program
Indiana had suspended the fund for the Indiana Recycling Market Development Program last year. And last June, it shifted $11
million from the fund that finances loan and grant programs to attract recycling businesses to Indiana to the state's
main checking account.
Hillenbrand closes $435M K-Tron International purchase
K-Tron will become a unit of the Batesville company. K-Tron shareholders received about $150 per share in cash for their common
stock in the deal, which was announced in January.
License lapse led to uninspected amusement ride
The Xscape indoor amusement center in Indianapolis let its license expire in December, which state officials weren’t aware
of until last week’s accident that critically injured a 5-year-old.
NCAA outlines how 96-team tourney could work
The NCAA appears to be on the verge of expanding the men’s basketball tournament to 96 teams.
Lilly wins court ban on generic copy of Gemzar
Eli Lilly and Co. won a U.S. court ruling Wednesday that bars Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from selling a generic version
of the cancer drug Gemzar until November.
Purdue engineering degree to be offered at four sites
Starting next fall, Purdue will start offering the degree in Anderson, Kokomo, Richmond and South Bend. The school says the
new effort is intended to give students an opportunity to earn a Purdue degree while staying close to home.
Hill-Rom to cut 160 more jobs
The Batesville-based medical equipment supplier said it expects the cuts to save the company about $16 million a year.
Democratic leaders criticize state health care litigation
Indiana House Speaker Pat Bauer of South Bend and Senate Minority Leader Vi Simpson of Bloomington say the litigation wastes
taxpayer dollars at a time when the state is cutting its funding to schools.
Hometown Final Four rally draws crowd for Butler
Fans decked out in blue crowded Monument Circle and spilled onto Meridian Street in downtown Indianapolis, cheering on the
hometown Butler Bulldogs as they prepare for their first NCAA Final Four. Check out our photo gallery here.