Indy-area home sales perk up
Buyers signed deals for 1,702 homes in January, a 4.7-percent gain over the same month last year. Average home prices and the inventory of listed homes each inched up about 1 percent.
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Local data-analysis startup plans to add nearly 50 workers
Perscio LLC announced Tuesday that it hopes to add 48 full-time employees making an average wage of $43 per hour by the end of 2019.
Couple’s estate gives $6 million to DePauw University
With the gift, commitments to the DePauw Trust, which focuses on making the university affordable for students of all income levels, have surpassed $56 million.
PROXY CORNER: The Finish Line Inc.
The Finish Line Inc., 3308 N. Mitthoeffer Road,?Indianapolis, www.finishline.com, is a specialty retailer of brand-name athletic and leisure footwear, activewear and accessories. The company operates 850 stores across the United States.
EDITORIAL: Welcome new sharing services, keep the protection
The genie of service businesses consumers can connect with on their smartphones—like ride-sharing and room-sharing—can’t be put back in the bottle. Particularly popular with millennials, such services are here to stay. Indiana would be wise to create a welcome business climate for them, while protecting the safety of local residents. Legislation wending its way through the General Assembly looks on track to maintain that balance.
GOVERNMENT
Despite a slating process that’s supposed to prevent primary contests, Indianapolis voters will see more than one name on the ballot for mayor if they vote May 3. The Republican candidates are Jocelyn-Tandy Adande, Lawrence Shouse, Darrell Morris, Terry Michael and Charles Brewer. Adande, Shouse and Morris all have sought office before; Shouse and Morris […]
Vectren offers rebate for using smart thermostat
Vectren, the gas utility serving most of central Indiana, will offer $100 rebates on WiFi-enabled programmable thermostats in 2015.
Lots of names to appear on GOP mayoral ballot
Despite a slating process that’s supposed to prevent primary contests, Indianapolis voters will see more than one name on the ballot for mayor if they vote May 3.
Southwest adds nonstop flight from Indy to Dallas
Southwest Airlines on Thursday announced the addition of nonstop flights to Dallas from 10 cities, including Indianapolis.
Area homebuilding off to strong start in 2015
Builders filed 318 single-family permits in the nine-county metropolitan area last month, a 6-percent increase from the previous January.
CNO earnings in line with analyst expectations
CNO Financial Group Inc. saw a decline in revenue and profit in the fourth quarter, but the results met or exceeded Wall Street predictions.
Costco files plans to build its first south-side store
The retailer is asking the city to rezone nearly 11 acres on County Line Road near Emerson Avenue to build the store, fueling center and tire center.
Julia Carson home could receive landmark status
Indiana Landmarks has awarded a matching grant to start the nomination process to get the former congresswoman’s home in Fall Creek Place listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fishers, Carmel chambers of commerce plan merger
If approved, the new chamber will be called OneZone. The combined organization would have about 1,200 members.
Rolls’ Plainfield facilities land work for F-35B fighter
The Indianapolis-area Rolls-Royce production facilities will handle the bulk of the work for three contracts totaling up to $442 million.
Kite swings to profit, but results disappoint Wall Street
The Indianapolis-based real estate company said the $5.1 million gain translated to 6 cents per share. The firm’s revenue more than doubled for the year with the acquisition of a rival’s properties.
Public comment sought in IPL rate-hike case
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor is inviting written comments from Indianapolis Power & Light customers about the utility’s pending request to raise electricity prices.
Longtime Chase exec Quintana to exit bank, launch new career
Maria Quintana, a Chase Bank Indiana executive widely credited with helping establish the bank here, is retiring at the end of the first quarter, the company announced.
Report: Tourism pumps $10B into state economy
The economic impact data from 2013 show travel and tourism supports more than 187,000 jobs in Indiana and contributes $10.3 billion in revenue.