Upstate bank headed for Fishers
A Warsaw-based bank will build in Fishers its second Indianapolis-area office.
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EDITORIAL: ExactTarget deal will send tech ripple
A toast is in order: The $2.5 billion sale of ExactTarget Inc. to San Francisco-based Salesforce.com is the most lucrative exit yet for an Indianapolis technology company.
Downtown steam-plant customers face steep rate increase
About 200 downtown business and industrial customers would pay an average of 12.9 percent more for steam services under a rate-increase proposal by Citizens Energy Group.
PROXY CORNER: Emmis Communications Corp.
Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. is a media company that owns radio stations and magazines.
Miller Pipeline plans $5.3M expansion, more jobs
The Indianapolis-based subsidiary of Vectren Corp. plans to construct a 52,000-square-foot building at its 34-acre corporate campus at 8850 Crawfordsville Road.
State charter schools leader takes national job
Russ Simnick, president of the Indiana Public Charter Schools Association since 2008, has taken a job with the Washington, D.C.-based National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, the IPCSA announced Tuesday.
Former Q-95 executive lands gig in Chicago
Marty Bender, who spent more than 20 years guiding local classic-rock radio powerhouse WFBQ-FM 94.7 as program director before his abrupt firing in 2010, has been hired as at WILV Chicago.
EDITORIAL: Learn right lessons from scandal
Predictably, just days after U.S. Attorney Joe Hogsett’s May 21 announcement that five people had been indicted in an alleged kickback scheme involving Indy Land Bank, the General Assembly announced it would make land-bank regulation the topic of a summer study committee.
Cornerstone, partners reap $120M selling medical properties
Cornerstone plans to use sale proceeds to help finance projects in the works in Indianapolis, Noblesville, Bloomington and West Lafayette, in addition to one in Mississippi.
Land bank legislation could get lost in shuffle of deep agenda
Legislative leaders recently assigned House Bill 1317 to the standing commission, which is also due to tackle such subjects as township assistance, agricultural land valuation and a motorsports commission.
NFP of NOTE: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana provides children facing adversity with strong and enduring professionally supported 1-to-1 relationships that change their lives for the better.
DialAmerica plans local call center with 170 workers
DialAmerica said Wednesday that it has opened the facility near Interstate 465 and Michigan Road on the city’s northwest side, giving the company 24 call centers in 14 different states.
500 Festival hires Atlanta marketing exec as CEO
Bob Bryant, a veteran sports marketing executive from the Atlanta area, has been named president and CEO of the 500 Festival, the Indianapolis-based organization announced Wednesday morning.
City fires indicted DMD employees, hires special attorney
The city terminated two employees indicted this week on fraud charges stemming from a bribery scheme involving the Indianapolis Land Bank. It also hired a veteran attorney to review city policies and handle communications about the scheme.
Broad Ripple project takes heat at Village meeting
Jeering and catcalls greeted officials from Browning Investments, which has proposed the $18 million residential and retail development along the Central Canal.
Pike Township audit focuses on misused gas card
A former secretary in the Pike Township trustee’s office could face criminal charges after an internal investigation and state audit found that she used a township credit card to fill up her own gas tank.
Indianapolis Indians seeking new ad agency
Indianapolis-based Hirons & Co. has held the contract for 10 years. But earlier this year, the Indians decided it was time to see if Hirons or another agency had new ideas.
EDITORIAL: Open the Market Square Arena process
Mayor Greg Ballard should reverse his decision to keep the redevelopment proposals for the former Market Square Arena site under wraps.