Indiana State Bar Association names new president
Bingham McHale partner Roderick Morgan has been named president of the association. He is the first black lawyer to lead the
ISBA.
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Indiana bank CEOs get bigger pay hike than peers
For banks, the last two years have been among the most tumultuous in history. Financial institution CEOs across the country
responded by trimming their raises in 2009. But in Indiana, bank chiefs didn’t follow form.
Lilly, WellPoint CEOs pin health care reform hopes on Senate
After the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a sweeping health care overhaul, leaders of Indiana’s two
largest health care entities turned their hopes to the U.S. Senate to give them a bill more to their liking.
EDITORIAL: Wise decision on federal rail funds
Local advocates of high-speed rail are understandably disappointed that the Indiana Department of Transportation has dropped
the Chicago-Indianapolis-Cincinnati corridor from its application for federal rail funds, but the logic
behind doing so seems sound.
PROXY CORNER: Noble Roman’s Inc.
Noble Roman’s Inc. sells and services franchises for non-traditional and co-branded food service operations under the trade name Noble Roman’s Pizza.
Hill-Rom’s fourth quarter profit exceeds expectations
The Batesville-based maker of hospital equipment reported profit of $26.4 million, or 42 cents per share, in the period ended
Sept. 30.
Vera Bradley gives another $10M to IU cancer center
Previous gifts from the foundation to the cancer center have been used to hire 10 researchers working on breast cancer.
Fortune ekes out another profit on falling revenue
Indianapolis-based Fortune Industries Inc. managed a small profit in its latest quarter, its fourth straight profitable quarter,
the company announced Thursday morning.
Lilly to pay Utah $24 million to settle Zyprexa suit
Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay Utah $24 million to settle a lawsuit claiming the company improperly marketed the antipsychotic
drug Zyprexa.
Losses grow for EnerDel parent, but sales rise
New York-based Ener1 reported late Monday that it suffered a third quarter loss of $15.8 million.
Voters OK Hamilton Southeastern school-funding tax hike
Voters in the Hamilton Southeastern school district on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bump to their property taxes to provide
the growing system an extra $5.5 million in funding each year for the next seven years.
Air Force awards Rolls-Royce $8.5 million contract
Rolls-Royce Corp. said Monday that the U.S. Air Force has awarded its Indianapolis operations an $8.5 million contract to
provide spare engine parts for the C-130J military transport aircraft.
Adesa parent turns profit on lower revenue
Carmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc. on Monday said the company turned a profit in the third quarter, although revenue decreased
slightly.
Council resurrects workplace smoking ban proposal
Two weeks after reaching a stalemate on a proposal that would broaden the city’s workplace smoking ban, City-Council
Council members voted Monday night to resurrect the measure.
Frozen-food firm plans to add 350 jobs at New Albany plant
New Albany-based Kemper Foods International LLC announced Tuesday morning that it will expand its food-production center in
southeast Indiana, creating more than 350 new jobs by 2012.
UPDATE: Life science firm to add 100 jobs at Park 100
California-based life science firm Beckman Coulter Inc. is moving its precision plastics injection molding operation
to the Park 100 business park on Indianapolis’ northwest side, making what it calls a multimillion-dollar investment in the
operation.
EDITORIAL: Tough love from taxpayers fed up with school spending
Across Indiana, in more than a dozen different school districts over the past year, taxpayers have sent a message to administrators:
We are no longer giving you a blank check.
FinishMaster profit, sales decline as accident claims fall
FinishMaster Inc. on Thursday afternoon reported a drop in third-quarter profit and revenue compared to the same period a
year ago.
Companies fined over death at convention center site
The Indiana Department of Labor has completed its investigation into the death of a construction worker at the expansion site
of the Indiana Convention Center and fined four local companies a total of $31,000 for safety violations.