AUGUST 13-19, 2012
This week, find out why fast-growing Slingshot SEO is changing course and take video peek at the City Market catacombs. In Focus, read about in-house attorneys' newfound respect. And in A&E, Lou Harry tries something new at the Indiana State Fair—food that isn't fried.
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Alzheimer’s quest puts Lilly to test
Odds are long that Eli Lilly and Co.’s leading Alzheimer’s drug will show positive results when its Phase 3 trial results are released within a few weeks, but even the smallest improvement in the cognitive impairment of test patients would be a home run for Lilly.
Read MoreSuper Bowl bid might spur new downtown hotel
Downtown is short of the four- and five-star hotel rooms preferred by National Football League sponsors and partners for a 2018 Super Bowl host, but local tourism officials are hesitant to add more hotel space just to secure a second Super Bowl.
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Slingshot SEO branches out after Google throws it for a loop
Search-engine optimization remains part of Slingshot SEO’s name. But one of the region’s fastest-growing tech companies is abruptly shifting strategy—in part because changes by Google have undercut its core business.
Read MoreCity Market hopes catacombs tours spur interest in redevelopment
City Market officials are giving public tours of the catacombs beneath the marketplace, in the hope that someone will be interested in transforming the 20,000-square-foot space into a restaurant or event venue.
United Way’s Annala planning ambitious final months
Ellen Annala has less than a year to lead United Way of Central Indiana through a multimillion-dollar fundraising campaign and launch a five-year strategy. At the same time, the not-for-profit’s board has its own challenge: finding someone to take over when Annala retires April 1.
Read MoreNew student-loan effort adding to ITT backlash
For-profit school operator ITT Educational Services Inc. told investors late last month that it had worked out a tentative deal with an outside party that would provide $100 million in loans to its students.
Read MoreFormer chamber head Dorson joins startup ViewYou
Startup ViewYou, which launched in October 2011, provides matchmaking services for job-seeking college students and companies with open positions.
Read MoreFlood-control project could mean more trees get ax along Central Canal
The latest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan for a $14.4 million floodwall and levee from Butler University to Kessler Boulevard is both good and bad news for woodland advocates.
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In-house lawyers gain more respect
Prestige rising along with greater workload, national study shows.
Read MoreIndianapolis law firms ratchet up marketing to women
It’s out with sporting events and in with fashion shows as firms try to make female clients feel more welcome.
Read MoreIndiana agencies drawing right-to-work rules
The new law is only the latest to hit unions with broadsides.
Read MoreFew regulations for Indianapolis food trucks to keep
Owners, restaurateurs are hoping to avoid new ordinances.
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EDITORIAL: Time to break TIF logjam in Indianapolis
Republican Mayor Greg Ballard’s aides says delayed action on funding proposals could jeopardize pending economic development proposals.
Read MoreMORRIS: Charging for online content makes sense
A business model that provides mostly free digital content can’t continue in the long term.
Read MoreKENNEDY: Respect the process, and people
One of the things I try to explain to students is the importance of process. This is, of course, a central principle of civil liberties.
Read MoreAHLRICHS: Embedding strategy in the ranks
Multiple organizations, from St. Vincent Health to Emmis Communications Corp. to Buckingham Cos. to Riley Children’s Foundation, have added a “chief strategy officer” to their ranks.
Read MoreALTOM: Death of paper has been greatly exaggerated
When I was a kid, eager futurists predicted what wonderful technologies we’d all have someday.
Read MoreHICKS: All this clucking over chicken reveals fallacies
The hullabaloo over gay marriage and Chick-fil-A exposes three astonishing falsehoods of modern political economy that distract us from weightier issues.
Read MoreSKARBECK: Does focus on stock prices hurt companies in long run?
A new book, “The Shareholder Value Myth,” by Cornell law professor Lynn Stout, is ruffling feathers in the field of corporate governance.
Read MoreBenner again misses mark
Once again, Bill Benner [July 30] misses a key point in the NCAA’s handling of Penn State when he applauds the NCAA’s “courage and swift response” in his hypothetical reaction to it being his son subjected to sodomy in the Penn State locker room showers.
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Dog treat startup wins challenge
Self-proclaimed “foodie” Sherri Campbell knew she was onto something when she started making frozen treats for her three dogs, but even she didn’t expect to win the inaugural Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Challenge.
Read MoreThree local accounting firms crack national top-100 list
Blue & Co. LLC, Katz Sapper & Miller LLP and Kemper CPA Group LLP are the only three locally based accounting firms to make Inside Public Accounting’s latest annual top-100 list.
Read MoreIndiana pension system is country’s most conservative
The Indiana Public Retirement System has cut its assumed rate of return from 7 percent to 6.75 percent, becoming the first large pension system in the country to go below 7 percent.
Read MoreIndianapolis airport power contract up for bid
Proposals from firms seeking to manage and operate Indianapolis International Airport’s central energy plant must be received by 2 p.m. Sept. 5.
Read MoreMarketing software firm CIK plans to expand, add 57 jobs
CIK Enterprises LLC, a marketing software and services firm, plans to add the jobs by 2016. The company will continue to lease a 30,000-square-foot facility on the city’s west side.
Read MoreNFP of NOTE: MCCOY Inc.
MCCOY Inc. champions the positive difference of youth through leadership on key issues and supports the youth-worker community.
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