An activist group says it has conducted sting operations at CVS Caremark Corp. stores in Indiana and eight other states. The group has called a news conference tomorrow to disclose evidence it says will prove Indianapolis-area stores sell expired products. The group, Change to Win, says half of the Indianapolis-area stores it visited sold expired […]
Voters rejected millions of dollars in school projects in special elections yesterday in central and northern Indiana. In the Mooresville school district south of Indianapolis, voters rejected a proposed $50 million middle school, 2,689-1,674, and a $45 million high school renovation, 2,564-1,780. In the Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson school district that straddles Johnson and Morgan counties, a proposed […]
Elton John and Billy Joel bring their “Face 2 Face” tour to Conseco Fieldhouse tonight at 7:30 p.m. The legendary piano players will perform together and individually. The sold-out concert coincides with the 10th anniversary of the fieldhouse.
Westfield-based Standard Locknut LLC notified state officials Friday that it has laid off another 39 employees, following 35 who were idled in April. Standard Locknut, a manufacturer of bearings and steel components, said it laid off the employees after its largest customer began reducing inventory. The layoffs are expected to be temporary, but the company […]
Indy Parks and Recreation will host a public meeting tonight at 6 p.m. to discuss a plan to close the skating rink at Ellenberger Park. City officials say Indianapolis lost about $165,000 last year trying to keep the 47-year-old rink open.
Wet weather is continuing to frustrate the efforts of Indiana farmers to plant the state’s corn crop, which is now three weeks behind the average typically planted by mid-May. The weekly crop report shows 24 percent of Indiana’s corn crop had been planted by Sunday. That’s up from 11 percent planted the week before, but […]
Voters in three Indiana school districts head to the polls today to weigh in on several multi-million-dollar construction referendums. Officials from Mooresville Schools have submitted a $96 million plan to build a new middle school and renovate the existing high school. Voters in Trafalger are looking at a $26 million proposal to build an elementary […]
Indianapolis-based consumer ratings service Angie’s List announced today that it has signed on as a co-sponsor of Sarah Fisher’s team in this year’s Indianapolis 500. The company declined to divulge terms of the deal. Fisher, driving the No. 67 Dollar General car, will make her eighth start in Sunday’s race. She qualified 21st and will […]
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. is supporting Target Corp.’s efforts to maintain ownership of its real estate rather than transferring it into a separate company as an activist shareholder is suggesting. Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund engaged in a proxy battle with the Minneapolis-based retailer, is proposing that Target put its real estate […]
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. is supporting Target Corp.’s efforts to maintain ownership of its real estate rather than transferring it into a separate company as an activist shareholder is suggesting. Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund engaged in a proxy battle with the Minneapolis-based retailer, is proposing that Target put its real estate […]
Columbus, Ohio-based Franklin University has signed a lease in the Allison Pointe Office Park on the northeast side of Indianapolis and plans to offer classes beginning this fall, the college said today. The 107-year-old school, which has enrollment of 11,000 at its main campus in Columbus and three suburban locations, announced April 21 that it […]
Police in Cumberland, east of Indianapolis, are searching for people who set off a pipe bomb in Lions Park late last night. After neighbors reported an explosion, officers found a foot-wide crater in the ground and a smoldering duffel bag they believe contained at least one bomb. They found a second duffel bag with several […]
Uninsured drivers are on the road in increasing numbers these days, sticking legal drivers with the bill in accidents and boosting the cost of insurance. Fox 59 will have more at 10 p.m.
Indianapolis-based Interactive Intelligence Inc. has acquired AcroSoft Corp., a Columbia, S.C., firm that provides document-management services to the insurance industry, the companies announced today. Terms of the deal were not announced, but Interactive Intelligence said the all-cash acquisition is not expected to have a material impact on its financial results. AcroSoft, founded in 1996, has […]
Precise Path Robotics, ExactTarget and Scale Computing were among the big winners Saturday night at TechPoint’s Mira Awards, which honor the state’s top-performing companies, schools and individuals in technology-related pursuits. The annual awards were presented by the statewide business-development group at the Westin Hotel in downtown Indianapolis. Carmel-based Precise Path, the brainchild of local tech […]
Occupancy at Wishard Hospital was 98 percent before the recession and is still that high, and more people have been coming as inpatients and as mental health patients, forcing the hospital to come up with creative ways to handle the load.
A new scholarship to promote teaching math and science in “high-need” schools was awarded to . 59 recipients, and most of them are changing professions to become teachers.
Locally based Synergy Marketing Group Inc., which was founded in 2002, is making a name for itself with out-of-state companies
launching operations in central Indiana.
The Indiana Recycling Coalition scored big in the just-concluded session of the Indiana General Assembly with the passage
of House Bill 1589, which requires that electronics manufacturers help pay for recycling of their old televisions and computer
monitors.
The electronics accessories unit of Audiovox Corp. in Carmel is gaining from the rise in antenna sales ahead of the June 12
switch to all-digital TV broadcasting.
