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Bob & Tom Show to make TV debut

The Bob & Tom Show, the long-running morning radio show, will be shown on the WGN America network beginning Nov. 3, the show said today. WGN will broadcast highlights of the radio show from midnight to 1 a.m. Eastern Time. Locally, the program is being carried on WTTV-TV Channel 4. The show, which features comedy […]

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Tipton County Hospital leased by Clarian

Tipton County officials have unanimously approved leasing Tipton County Hospital to Indianapolis-based Clarian Health for 35 years. Clarian has managed the hospital for 10 years in a relationship that feeds patients to the sprawling Clarian system and, for Tipton, offers medical expertise and muscle to negotiate with insurers. Under the agreement, the county will continue […]

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Lowry replacing Wynns as Indy parks director

Stuart Lowry was named by Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard yesterday as director of Indy Parks and Recreation. Lowry replaces Joe Wynns, who resigned unexpectedly nearly a week ago after eight years on the job. Early this month, Wynns said he had been asked to cut $2.3 million from the department’s $17 million budget, although he […]

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Workplace deaths hit historic low

On-the-job injuries leading to death were lower last year than at any time since 1991, the first year the statistic was tracked, the Indiana Department of Labor said yesterday. The 127 fatalities were most heavily concentrated among truck drivers, farmers and construction workers, and 94 percent were male. The deaths occurred most frequently while the […]

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Northern Indiana auto-parts supplier to expand

Millennium Industries, an auto-parts maker in the northern Indiana town of Ligonier, plans to build an additional 30,000 square feet of production and warehouse space, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said yesterday. The expansion would create 170 jobs in addition to 250 existing positions. Millennium, which makes fuel rails and power-steering components, received $625,000 in […]

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412 to lose jobs as nerve gas operation closes

Parsons Corp., a Pasadena, Calif., company that is destroying the V-X nerve gas stored at the Newport Chemical Depot in western Indiana, has started closing down the operation as the three-year project nears completion. Parsons has informed the Indiana Department of Workforce Development that it will begin laying off 412 workers at the site in […]

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MD Logistics plans expansion

Plainfield distributor MD Logistics plans to expand its pharmaceutical warehouse and add 75 workers by 2012, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said today. The $1 million project would add 15,000 square feet of cold storage. MD operates three sites in Plainfield totaling more than 750,000 square feet.

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Escalade stops manufacturing in Evansville

Escalade Inc., an Evansville-based sporting goods manufacturer, plans to close its final Evansville plant in an effort to restore profits and boost a sagging stock price. Table tennis production will be moved to Mexico beginning Sept. 5, causing 30 workers to lose their jobs, according to the Evansville Courier & Press. In February the company […]

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Toyota sending some workers to Subaru plant

 The decision by Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana to stop assembling Tundra pickup trucks at its plant in Princeton will result in as many as 40 of its workers being transferred temporarily to the Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. assembly plant in Lafayette. Subaru, which assembles Camry sedans for Toyota, will absorb the Toyota workers as […]

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Big farmland auction planned

A farm auction scheduled near Frankfort is thought to be one of the largest in the state in the past couple of years. Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. Inc. of Columbia City plans to auction 1,222 acres from the estate of Ron Unger, a farmer who started from scratch and built the operation to […]

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OFS Brands buys hotel furniture maker

Huntingburg office furniture manufacturer OFS Brands Inc. has acquired Loewenstein Inc., a maker of hotel furniture headquartered in Pompano Beach, Fla., for undisclosed terms. Family-owned OFS said the deal opens a seamless expansion into the hospitality market, and that OFS would protect the character of the Loewenstein brand and allow it to operate independently in […]

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Pharmakon moving to Carmel in expansion

Indianapolis-based Pharmakon LTC Pharmacy Inc. will pay an average of $50,000 a year to each of the 52 employees it plans to add in the next five years. The institutional pharmacy will move to a larger headquarters and warehouse in Carmel as part of its expansion, Indiana Economic Development Corp. said today. The $1.2 million […]

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Finish Master profit hurt by economy

One-time events caused Finish Master Inc. profit to rise to $5.3 million in the second quarter from $4.6 million a year earlier, the Indianapolis company reported yesterday. However, the improvement was driven by proceeds from a lawsuit settlement and a non-recurring charge from the second quarter of 2007. Not taking those one-time changes into consideration, […]

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Delphi workers fear sweeping layoffs

Delphi Corp. plans meetings today with salaried workers at the company’s Electronics & Safety Division in Kokomo – meetings that employees fear will precede massive layoffs. Rumors of sweeping layoffs are unfounded, a Delphi spokesman told the The Kokomo Tribune. The Troy, Mich., auto parts maker learned Friday that that it must shift $1.5 billion […]

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Lafayette officials hoping for best on Lilly plant

Lafayette-area leaders anticipate meeting soon with Eli Lilly and Co. officials to try to play a role in the Indianapolis-based drug giant’s plans for the 54-year-old Tippecanoe Laboratories, according to The Journal & Courier of Lafayette. Lilly said July 30 that an announcement on the future of the plant would be forthcoming within a year. […]

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Former investment banker Nisbeth retires

Rick Nisbeth, a prominent investment banker in Indianapolis before leaving the city in 2002, has retired from Citrus Bank in Boca Raton, Fla. Nisbeth, 60, was Citrus chairman, president and CEO. The bank is a subsidiary of CIB Marine Bancshares Inc., which is headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Pewaukee. CIB sold Citrus to 1st […]

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CTI Group swings to loss

Indianapolis-based CTI Group Holdings Inc. reported $533,412 in red ink in the second quarter after turning a $48,957 profit a year earlier. The company, which focuses on software for enterprise networks and telecommunication services providers, attributed the loss to ongoing costs to enforce its patents. CTI stock, which closed yesterday at 34 cents per share, […]

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Polaris adding 80 jobs in expansion

Polaris Laboratories LLC, an Indianapolis company that analyzes oil, fuel and coolants, plans to create 80 jobs in the next six years, Indiana Economic Development Corp. said today. Polaris, which has 84 workers and is based at 7898 Zionsville Road on the far northwest side, will spend $1.65 million to add 10,000 square feet to […]

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Cummins looked outside state for office project

The 500-employee office complex Cummins Inc. is building near its headquarters in downtown Columbus might have ended up in another state had the city not offered to pay for a new parking garage. The claim came Tuesday during Mayor Fred Armstrong’s mid-year State of the City report, according to The Republic of Columbus. Armstrong’s remarks […]

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Dakota ethanol firm targets Indiana for new plant

Poet LLC, a Sioux Falls, S.D., ethanol distiller, wants to build a fourth plant in Indiana, according to The Journal & Courier of Lafayette. The $260 million plant would be located at West Lebanon, which is west of Lafayette, and produce 115 million gallons a year. Poet operates sites in Jay and Madison counties and […]

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