JULY 29-AUGUST 4, 2013
This week, read about a series of EEOC complaints filed against WTHR-TV--seven since 2005--by female employees alleging sex discrimination and meet the three Colts employees who have been on the team's payroll since it called Baltimore home. Also, examine the IU medical school's progress in the research realm. And in Focus, see how Indiana's tourism spending stack up against other nearby states looking to draw visitors.
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String of EEOC complaints dogs WTHR
A case brought early this year by the executive assistant to WTHR-TV Channel 13’s former president was the seventh since 2005 by a woman alleging sex discrimination at the NBC affiliate
Read MoreTrio’s tenures with Colts predate infamous move from Baltimore
The only three employees still with the Colts since the team’s move to Indianapolis 30 years ago could not have envisioned what the franchise—and the community where it resides—would become in the last three decades.
Read MoreUnder-the-radar utility-locating firm scores nearly $1B sale
Indianapolis-based United States Infrastructure Corp. just changed hands for the third time in five years—but not because it’s a hot potato nobody wants. Quite the contrary, as the latest sale price—nearly $1 billion—demonstrates.
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Bank seeks abatement to construct office space along I-69
Economic development leaders in Fishers are asking the Town Council to OK a six-year property tax abatement to help First Internet Bancorp construct as many as two office buildings.
Read MoreWellPoint expects Obamacare to boost revenue to $90B by 2016
Health care reform, long perceived as a huge threat to WellPoint Inc., is now being embraced by the insurer as a huge growth opportunity.
Read MoreSoftware firm finds beer business is a frothy market
Carmel-based Blue Horseshoe Solutions develops software that manages supplies, warehousing, deliveries, worker productivity and other logistical complexities connected with any number of goods-producing businesses, but about 25 percent of its business falls within the beverage category.
Read MoreDeveloper HDG Mansur battling in court with former client
A local real estate fund manager sued by a former client is fighting the charges by claiming in a countersuit that it’s owed more than $20 million in fees.
Read MoreIU med school’s research efforts have multiplied, but so have peers’
Retiring Indiana University School of Medicine Dean Dr. Craig Brater has, in his 13-year tenure, doubled the school’s number of research-oriented faculty to 700, doubled the amount of space for them to work in, and doubled the revenue from research grants and contracts. But all that effort has hardly budged IU in national rankings.
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HENEGAR: Proposed panhandling ban appears unconstitutional
The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana believes in the power of the First Amendment to give the powerless a voice. Our constitutional right to free expression allows us to confront our greatest challenges, including poverty and homelessness.
Read MoreIndy attracts more visitors than much-larger Houston
A comparison of convention and tourism cities.
Read MoreIndy tourism officials take aim at close-in target
New program is designed to lure Indiana residents to capital city with large discounts at hotels, attractions
Read MoreDEGARIS: Ballard’s cricket plan makes good business sense
The mayor’s $6 million plan to renovate an east-side park to accommodate cricket, rugby, hurling and lacrosse has generated a lot of controversy, with the idea of cricket in Indianapolis receiving particularly close scrutiny.
Read MoreIndiana tourism spending is fraction of nearby states’
As Indiana slashed its tourism budget, Michigan increased its widespread Pure Michigan ad campaign from $17 million to $27.4 million. Illinois, where budget problems have earned the state the nation’s worst credit rating—A3 by Moody’s Investors Service—spends more than twice as much as Michigan.
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EDITORIAL: Marian’s bold act is inspirational
About a decade ago, when Marian University came up with the outlandish idea of starting a medical school, few imagined it would really happen.
Read MoreMORRIS: Accentuate the positive for good results
Attitude isn’t everything, but it helps in the battle against circumstances you can’t control.
Read MoreKENNEDY: Public safety is still Job One
The murder rate in New York City is 3.4 per 100,000. The murder rate in Indianapolis is 17.5 per 100,000.
Read MoreGUY: Don’t purge good volunteers
Not-for-profit staffs and boards occasionally stub their toes by “firing” or replacing longtime volunteers.
Read MoreALTOM: Relax, your cell phone isn’t out to get you
Don’t believe the stories of danger and destruction. Cell phones in America aren’t likely to explode in your ear.
Read MoreHicks: China’s economy colliding into great wall
For more than three decades, China’s economy has dazzled observers, with annual growth frequently sneaking into double digits. But the wide-eyed narrative of boundless wealth that has accompanied this growth is suffering a couple of hiccups.
Read MoreSkarbeck: Bankruptcy sends Detroit into uncharted waters
The legal playbook for a large municipal Chapter 9 bankruptcy is largely undeveloped. Thus, the Detroit saga will establish new ground in the field of municipal bankruptcy.
Read MoreZinn opens our eyes to another American point of view
Of course Rusthoven would write this biased piece [July 22]. He’s speaking on behalf of the GOP. How can Howard Zinn’s book be anti-American? If anything, it is American.
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MainGate scores huge Super Bowl merchandising deal
Indianapolis-based MainGate beat out more than a dozen bidders to sell merchandise at 40 NFL-sanctioned hotels during the 10-day Super Bowl festivities next season.
Read MoreHome Loan Bank taps CFO for top job
Cindy Konich is the new CEO of Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis. She succeeds Milton J. Miller, 57, who retired July 1.
Read MoreIndianapolis council stalls panhandling ban
Democratic council Vice President John Barth says Tuesday's decision by a council committee was based on worries about lawsuits over such a ban.
Read MoreSMALL BUSINESS
A bipartisan group of lawmakers formed to address the needs of small businesses will conduct a series of meetings across the state in August and September. The Small Business Caucus wants to meet business owners and discuss what government can do to help their operations grow. Caucus co-chairs are Reps. Terri Austin, D-Anderson, and Tom […]
Read MoreBidders lining up to build key I-69 leg
Five global financing and construction teams want to build the next stage of Interstate 69 from Bloomington to Martinsville.
Read MoreNFP of NOTE: Rock Steady Boxing Inc.
Rock Steady Boxing maximizes the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s disease by using non-contact boxing to fight the deterioration of motor skills, balance, speech and sensory function.
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