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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Q&A: What you need to know about the CDC’s new mask guidance
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Carmel distiller turns hand sanitizer pivot into a community fundraising platform
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Lebanon considering creating $13.7M in trails, green space for business park
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
Reining in bouncers
Thereâ??s nothing like a menacing bouncer to keep the peace at some nightclubs. Now, though, cities weary of
bouncers causing more havoc than calm â?? think beatings and assaults â?? are forcing them to get licenses.
San Diego…
Goldsmithâ??s latest venture
Former Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith, never one to let grass grow under his feet, has started a not-for-profit
with one-time presidential candidate Howard Dean to promote Goldsmithâ??s pet cause of public-private partnerships.
The Council of Project Finance Advisors aims…
An outsider cautions Indianapolis
Before you hear Ed Morrisonâ??s warning for Indianapolis, itâ??s helpful to know the Cleveland-area resident is
a fan.
Morrison, who was hired by Purdue University a couple of years ago to help Hoosiers think of new ways of
solving problems, believes…
Bargaining away the reserve
In his five-minute address last night, Mitch Daniels referred to other statesâ?? fiscal woes no fewer than
four times.
Daniels, who is so fiscally conservative that one wonders whether he darns his own socks, is rightfully proud
that his state hasnâ??t…
Downsides to city sponsorships
As the city of Indianapolis continues to explore selling sponsorships to help bridge a yawning budget gap,
some interesting ideas are turning up.
As IBJ writer Riya V. Anandwala reports, proposals include sponsoring abandoned lots, underwriting the salting
of city…
GM’s looming bankruptcy
So, three decades of decline has come to this for General Motors: a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition expected
to be filed Monday.
Lots of problems contributed to its downfall, but now the carmaker faces an extremely steep climb.
The bankruptcy…
Happy, unhappy teachers
Teachers in private schools are happier â?? much happier â?? than their public school counterparts, according
to a new study by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice.
The Indianapolis foundation, created by one of the 20th Centuryâ??s most influential…
The recession hits churches
Churches, which tend to ride out recessions better than many other institutions, are struggling to finish
building projects, reporter Kathleen McLaughlin writes in this weekendâ??s IBJ.
The recession and stock market downturn have forced parishioners to scale back commitments,…
Stressed college grads
A new poll shows college grads are worried about finding jobs â?? no surprise there, considering the sorry
state of the economy.
But the poll, taken by Edison Media Research, also shows a third of them fretting about their…
Health care, Mayo Clinic style
Mention Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic and Clarian Health in the same breath, and you have a front-page story,
which is just what reporter J.K. Wall wrote in this weekâ??s IBJ.
Clarian is moving ahead with plans to mimic the…
Bye-bye, billable hour?
A staple of professional services, the billable hour, is beginning to erode. Law firms increasingly are being
asked to shoot a set price for a specific service, and now the movement is spreading to advertising, as
Coca-Cola announced…
Report: Life sciences rocks
Indiana University handed the stateâ??s life sciences industry a nice love letter today in the form of a study.
Pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and health care supplies were responsible for nearly a fourth of all jobs
created in the state…
Swine flu overblown?
Swine flu dominated the news a couple of weeks ago as the virus spread out of Mexico and ultimately to
more than 30 countries. Indiana now has 22 cases.
However, once it became apparent the flu wouldnâ??t turn into a full-blown…
Scott Sanders on the recession
One of Indianaâ??s better-known living authors, Scott Russell Sanders, has spent most of his career writing
about our relationship to the environment and our sense of place.
Sanders newest book, â??A Conservationist Manifesto,â?? published last month by Indiana University…
Race in the corner office
Just when one hopes racial stereotypes are in retreat, along comes another study suggesting otherwise.
Now weâ??re told that black CEOs with â??baby facesâ?? fare better than black CEOs with more “mature”-looking faces
when it comes to results at…
Reflections on the Hockett family
Auto auction veteran Mike Hockett couldnâ??t have been happy yesterday about news that one of his sons, Scott
Hockett, has signed a document saying he will plead guilty to charges of federal bank fraud.
A few years earlier, another of…
The future of anger management?
A prediction by a military historian in a recent issue of Foreign Policy has something for everyone, including
people interested in companies right here in Indiana.
Writing in a special section about the future, Martin van Creveld notes that…
Lessons from a small bank
Sometimes one extreme sheds light on another extreme, and in a day when the nationâ??s financial system is
under the microscope for making all manner of rotten loans, the experience of tiny Kentland Federal Savings
& Loan Association might be…