IBJ Staff

Emmis Communications Corp. cut 91 full-time and 14 part-time jobs on Thursday because of “ongoing challenges of a struggling media sector.” The reductions represent 7.5 percent of the company’s work force. Those losing jobs included Dave “The King” Wilson, the afternoon drive-time host on WIBC since 1995. Taking over the shift will be Steve Simpson. […]

Scott [email protected] talks that started months ago between St. Francis Hospital’s parent company and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield are becoming more contentious – a situation that could lead to a breakup. Anthem, a unit of Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc., this week notified some of its business clients that its relationship with Mishawaka-based Sisters of […]

The Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament tips off at Conseco Fieldhouse today. Wisconsin and Northwestern universities were scheduled to play the first game at noon. Indiana University takes on Michigan afterward. The winner of that match will advance to play Purdue.

Two people are in the hospital after an early morning fight on the west side in the 800 block of South Belleview Place. Dispatchers say the female victim and her boyfriend fought with her ex-boyfriend and his father. The woman was beaten, pistol-whipped and stabbed. She was taken to Wishard Hospital with a punctured lung. […]

Indiana’s first Miss America is back in the Hoosier State. Katie Stam and Gov. Mitch Daniels met with a sixth grade class from KIPP Academy this morning and talked with students about health, and participated in several fitness activities at the National Institute of Fitness and Sport, 250 University Boulevard. At 3:30, Stam will speak […]

An Anderson man is behind bars, accused in what police are calling one of the most heinous cases of sexual abuse they’ve ever investigated. Randy Horton, 26, was arrested Monday on suspicion of molesting a 7-year-old girl. Horton is being held on $100,000 bond.

Brad Davis, the former CEO of Davis Homes LLC, has launched an Indianapolis-based residential construction business. Davis Building Group will build custom, on-your-lot homes for clients, and purchase vacant homes and remodel them for sale, it said. The company also will offer remodeling services. Davis Homes was one of the area’s leading home builders for […]

Clarian Health Partners and Bloomington Hospital entered into an agreement this morning to begin planning for a potential affiliation between the two health care providers. The 18-month planning process will include input from a 25-member community task force and be spearheaded by Kaufman Hall and Associates, a Skokie, Ill.-based health care consultancy hired by Bloomington […]

Brad Davis, the former CEO of Davis Homes LLC, has launched an Indianapolis-based residential construction business. Davis Building Group will build custom, on-your-lot homes for clients, and purchase vacant homes and remodel them for sale, it said. The company also will offer remodeling services. Davis Homes was one of the area’s leading home builders for […]

Despite the recession, local e-mail marketing firm ExactTarget Inc. is still growing fast. This morning the company announced it added more than 1,000 clients last year, including Advance Auto Parts, Priceline.com and Trip Advisor, boosting its revenue more than 50 percent. ExactTarget now has more than 7,000 customers. Revenue now has increased for 32 consecutive […]

Clarian Health Partners and Bloomington Hospital entered into an agreement this morning to begin planning for a potential affiliation between the two health care providers. The 18-month planning process will include input from a 25-member community task force and be spearheaded by Kaufman Hall and Associates, a Skokie, Ill.-based health care consultancy hired by Bloomington […]

Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has put its pharmacy benefits-management business up for sale, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The London-based business newspaper, citing sources familiar with the matter, said the business could be worth more than $1 billion and as much as $5 billion. A WellPoint spokeswoman told the newspaper that the company […]

Prescription-drug imports to the United States would be allowed under a bill introduced by former presidential candidate John McCain and two other senators, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. The plan, sponsored by McCain (R-Ariz.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), is supported by President Barack Obama’s budget, but is opposed by the nation’s pharmaceutical industry, […]

F.C. Tucker Co. has entered into an agreement with Shoopman Home Building Group in which 21 of its real estate agents will staff model homes in seven communities Shoopman is developing. Jim Litten, president of F.C. Tucker Co.’s residential real estate services division, lauded the arrangement as “one-stop” shopping for prospective homebuyers. “Consumers will be […]

Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, said today that its new beverage factory in Anderson would be expanded, creating 500 jobs in total once it’s completed in two years. The Nesquik and Coffee-mate plant, which opened today, will be enlarged from 880,000 square feet to 1 million square feet, Vevey, Switzerland-based Nestle said in […]

Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, said today that its new beverage factory in Anderson would be expanded, creating 500 jobs in total once it’s fully completed in two years. The Nesquik and Coffee-mate plant, which opened today, will be enlarged from 880,000 square feet to 1 million square feet, Vevey, Switzerland-based Nestle said […]

East-side Indianapolis business Marine Tech is almost a total loss after fire broke out at the company at 4232 Hull St. at 4 a.m. In addition to flames, firefighters battled cold temperatures, downed power lines and an electric fence. One firefighter suffered a minor shock. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Fox 59 […]

Supporters of new driver’s license requirements for teenagers are holding a rally today at the Indiana Statehouse. They’re trying to encourage lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 16, which is designed to help lower the number of deaths among teens involved in car accidents. The bill would ban teens from using cell phones while driving. It […]