Marketing firm MB2 Advertising lands high-profile global account
The local firm will provide Georgia-based EyeLevel Interactive with a variety of media services.
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Hall Render is country’s second-largest health care law firm
The Indianapolis-based firm has held the rank the past three years and has been listed among the top-five health care firms since 2004.
Marion County could get windfall from property tax sale
The sale of tax-delinquent properties brought in $13 million above the city’s expenses.
Kurt Vonnegut library battles book bans
The library is giving copies of “Slaughterhouse-Five” to students in Republic, Mo., where school officials have deemed the book inappropriate.
EDITORIAL: Software Artistry a success story all can celebrate
The help-desk software maker spawned at least 15 tech startups here … and unleashed a torrent of investment capital and talent that continues to fuel a critical sector of the local economy.
PROXY CORNER: Calumet Specialty Products
Indianapolis-based Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP processes crude oil into a variety of customized lubricating oils, solvents and waxes, as well as into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Judge denies Plowman request to overturn convictions
Former City-County Councilor Lincoln Plowman had asked a judge to overturn his attempted extortion and bribery convictions after a jury found him guilty of the charges Sept. 15.
Fortune Industries reports annual profit growth
The publicly held Indianapolis-based professional employer organization’s profit in fiscal year 2011 more than doubled from the previous fiscal year, to $1.3 million.
Brightpoint opens logistics facility in Plainfield
The 200,000-square-foot center is Brightpoint’s third “reverse logistics” and repair facility. The others are in Puerto Rico and Fort Worth, Texas.
Postal service union workers plan rallies around Indiana
Organizers from the AFL-CIO say the rallies in 13 locations around Indiana are part of a national effort seeking support for congressional action to shore up the struggling agency.
Indianapolis tech firm BidPal receives $5.6M infusion
The investment from Allos Ventures in Carmel and MK Capital in Northbrook, Ill., will help the company expand into more cities. BidPal uses wireless handheld devices to automate charitable auction bidding.
IBM adds 175 jobs at Delaware County call center
The new employees are located at the company’s Heartland Business Center in Daleville, where IBM already has about 500 employees.
Circle Centre resolves lease dispute with Cinnabon
An attorney for the downtown Indianapolis mall has filed to dismiss the complaint, saying the two sides have resolved the dispute through an out-of-court settlement.
Comcast announces layoffs, hirings in Fishers
Cable TV giant Comcast Corp. has notified the state of Indiana that it plans to eliminate 57 customer-retention employees in its Fishers office by the end of the year, but also plans to add 37 customer-service workers during the same time period.
Interactive Intelligence hits 1,000-employee mark
The Indianapolis-based software firm said it has added 190 jobs in Indiana since the beginning of 2010—a 46-percent growth rate in its state employment.
City-County Councilor Nytes named library CEO
City-County Councilor Jackie Nytes was chosen as the next CEO of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library on Thursday night by the system's board of trustees.
MainGate signs deal to handle merchandise for Big Ten
The company will be the exclusive retail and merchandising company for the organization’s football championship games and basketball tournaments through 2016.
Local tech company supports education
ExactTarget plans to start a private foundation in 2012 that will support charities working on childhood hunger, education and entrepreneurship.