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Kim and Todd Saxton: Go for the gold! But maybe not every time.
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Local senior-living complex more than doubles assisted-living units in $5M expansion
The merits of earthquake coverage
Everyone has a story to tell today about this morningâ??s earthquake, which came from West Salem, Ill., and
measured 5.4 on the Richter scale. People were awakened. Things moved.
This quake was a piker compared to the devastation the…
Is Lechleiter the fall guy?
CALPERS, the big pension fund, doesnâ??t want Eli Lilly and Co.â??s new CEO, John Lechleiter, to be voted onto
the board at Lillyâ??s annual meeting on Monday.
Lechleiter was a high-level player within Lilly in recent years while the…
About that other airline
As postmortems fly on ATAâ??s second, and final, nosedive into bankruptcy, another Indianapolis airline is
doing
a lot better and getting hardly any attention.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. isnâ??t a household name because it quietly flies regional routes on…
Would you miss ATA?
Barring a small miracle, ATA Airlines is dead, now that itâ??s lost a major military contract.
The carrier was headquartered in Indianapolis until it moved to the Atlanta area late last year.
How big a blow would ATAâ??s demise be…
Where are you from?
The terms we use to describe local geography are changing.
â??Central Indianaâ?? is cropping up more often for television stations, Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and
other organizations that extend well outside of Indianapolis. The term can sweep in as much as…
Judge this elevator speech
Results are in for Purdue Universityâ??s second annual Elevator Pitch Competition, and a transcript of the winning
pitch for the graduate-level division is below.
Bob Caswell spit this out in less than two minutes, less time than the ride to the…
Full circle on panhandlers
Does the political party of Indianapolis mayors influence how they deal with panhandlers, or is it just coincidence?
Steve Goldsmith, a Republican, used the police to crack down on panhandlers, pushing many of them out of
downtown.
In his eight years, Bart…
Lechleiter’s reign at Lilly
Tomorrow, John Lechleiter takes over from Sidney Taurel as CEO of Eli Lilly and Co.
A chemist who came up through Lillyâ??s labs, marketing and finally, as president and chief operating officer,
Lechleiter faces major pressure.
Lilly stock has trended…
Death ponds
It hardly seems like a week goes by anymore without another story about someone sliding into a suburban
retention pond and losing their life or at least coming uncomfortably close.
Some ponds have become dumping grounds for cars, and now Plainfield…
Chelsea Clinton’s response
Chelsea Clinton has been widely praised for her response to a question at Butler University yesterday about
how Monica Lewinsky might have affected her motherâ??s candidacy for president.
â??I donâ??t think that is any of your business,â?? Chelsea Clinton shot back.
The…
What ails Brown County?
What Hoosier hasnâ??t been to Brown County for the fall colors, to shop in Nashville or tromp on the trails
at Brown County State Park?
Yet, as IBJ correspondent Jonathan Hiskes reported in this weekendâ??s edition, prosperity is coming harder and…
Angie’s List takes on health care
As of today, youâ??ll be able to scour Angieâ??s List for ratings on doctors, health insurance and other
health
services.
The Indianapolis company made its name by rating plumbers and other home repair services.
Will the same approach work with…
Indiana’s forgotten corridor
Draw a line from Richmond in east-central Indiana toward the Chicago area, and youâ??ll find some of the
most
depressed space in the state.
The stretch includes the once-mighty manufacturing centers of Anderson, Gas City, Muncie, Kokomo and Logansport.
Factories and…
Clinton and Obama on NAFTA
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama suggested to voters before the Ohio primary election early this month that
the North American Free Trade Agreement should be renegotiated because Rust Belt workers are getting a raw
deal.
The extent to which Clinton and…
Valuing the FFA convention
The National FFA put out a release today saying its national convention in Indianapolis in October created
a $40 million impact. Lump out suppliers from outside the area, and the local impact amounted to $34.5 million.
Global Insight Inc., a respected…
Tax legislation to become law
Gov. Mitch Daniels is set to sign the property tax legislation tomorrow.
Daniels got most of what he proposed last fall. Homeowners get a tax cut, future bills will be capped and
the sales tax rises to compensate.
Are you happy with…
Ticket to the middle class
Forget outsourcing. A Michigan research group says the larger problem for manufacturing will be finding enough
domestic workers to navigate the complexities of modern factory floors.
The Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor contends in a recent report that while…
Hysteria or playing it safe?
Lots of people laughed last week at the Fort Wayne law firm that called police about a suspicious gift
bag it received. The suspicious package had come from a man who was being sued by a client of the…