Illinois-based medical waste disposal firm Stericycle Inc. will expand its Indianapolis operations, creating as many as 109
jobs by 2011, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. announced Wednesday.
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. reportedly joined fellow health insurance giants to fund TV ads as insurers tempered their
support for reform.
Jim Kittle Jr., the company’s owner and chairman of the board, will be less involved in daily operations, giving two executives
more responsibility.
The Batesville holding company said it will purchase K-Tron International Inc. in New Jersey for about $435 million, including
$45 million in K-Tron debt and cash on hand. The deal is expected to close by the end of March.
Commercial Office Environments gets larger with its purchase of Area 4 Office Furniture. Operations of the two companies will
be consolidated at Commercial Office Environments’ facility on Zionsville Road.
An upstart audio products company with offices at Purdue Research Park at AmeriPlex has brought in big guns to launch sales.
Health spending is growing slower than it has in 48 years, but whether health care reform will continue the trend is the
subject of debate here and around the country.
The organization responsible for attracting new businesses to Marion County and helping companies already
located here with expansion secured 11,135 job commitments and $157 million in private investment from
45 companies in 2009.
Bobby Joe’s Beef and Brew, a popular home-grown restaurant at Southport Road and Interstate 65,
has closed. Riviera Maya, billed as an authentic Mexican restaurant, is slated to replace Old Town Ale
House in Fishers
With a year to go before completion of a 1,600-seat concert hall, Executive Director Steven Libman added Jeremy Hatch as development
director.
Greg Shaheen, NCAA senior vice president of basketball and business strategies, said the deal needs tweaking
because Lucas Oil Stadium was in the conceptual stages when Indianapolis won the bid to host the 2010
Final Four.
The Children’s Bureau Inc. has moved into offices in the Gene Glick Family Support Center.
The move represents the first time in 50 years that Children’s Bureau administrators have worked in the same building
that
houses their programs for families and children in crisis.
The company’s return to profitability under CEO Sardar Biglari can’t be overlooked. But neither can strong signals
that Steak n Shake’s CEO is using the venerable restaurant chain as a cash machine to finance his
bigger goals.
Zimmer Holdings Inc. develops, manufactures
and markets orthopedic and dental reconstructive implants, spinal implants, trauma products and other related surgical products.
Wanda Robertson was sentenced to eight years in prison, with four years suspended, after pleading guilty Wednesday.
John J. Greisch was most recently president of international operations at Baxter International Inc.
MedTech, whose flagship campus is located on the city’s northeast side, provides degrees in biotechnology and nursing, as
well as in other health-care related programs.
A Hungary radio station operated by Emmis until late last year might broadcast again following a court decision.
