OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 3, 2013
In this week's issue, Anthony Schoettle explores whether the lack of a five-star hotel in Indianapolis hampers the city's chances of landing another Super Bowl. Dan Human profiles five up-and-coming tech firms that could be attractive acquisition targets. Chris O'Malley explains why TV's syndicated "Family Feud" is devoting an inordinate amount of airtime to Hoosier contestants. And in A&E, Lou Harry cases the new Studio Movie Grill for its cinematic bona fides and family-friendly eats.
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Ritzier hotels may lure top events, but year-round demand unclear
Indianapolis lacks a five-star hotel, a fact some hospitality experts think could hurt the city’s chances of landing the 2018 Super Bowl. But there’s no consensus on whether the city should go more upscale.
Read MoreHealth law fuels modest rise in costs
It’s long been known that Obamacare would make health benefits more expensive for most employers. Now, it’s finally becoming clearer by how much: about 9 percent, on average, according to a series of actuarial studies.
Read MoreFive tech firms with varied niches are on promising trajectories
Reaching the publicly traded level might not happen for anyone in the next year or two, but Indianapolis has several companies (including Jeff Ready’s Scale Computing) that have hoisted themselves out of the often-shaky startup phases and are ready to take off.
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Indiana contestants getting heavy airtime on ‘Family Feud’ game show
At least eight central Indiana families are contestants this season for the syndicated television show “Family Feud,” according to WNDY-TV Channel 23, where the show airs locally. But that number belies the real interest in the show.
Read MoreTech deal escalates battle of titans
The CEOs and of four cloud marketing companies–two national and two local–might make Indianapolis into a bridge between two feuding Silicon Valley giants. Or put the city in the middle of an aggressive arms race in one of the tech industry’s hottest markets—cloud marketing.
Read MoreCarmel firm’s bird feeders perched in 2,700 Walmarts
Sisters Jan Long and Chris Mowery had little more than an idea in 1995 when they trekked to Kmart’s corporate headquarters to pitch a product they thought had potential: a recyclable bird feeder their father had designed to promote his plastics business. They left with their first big contract.
Read MoreForeclosure suit tests HDG Mansur on a new front
HGCC Lender LLC this month filed a $4.8 million foreclosure suit and asked a court to appoint a receiver for Hamilton Proper’s 279-acre Hawthorns Golf & Country Club.
Read MoreLegacy Travel Club lands members but still pursuing big investors
A proposed membership-based airline that had hoped for a 2013 launch has signed up lots of members but has yet to pull in the big investors it needs to put its own plane in the sky.
Read MoreFeds decline to press charges against former prosecutor Brizzi
Federal prosecutors have declined to press criminal charges against former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi after a three-year investigation failed to yield sufficient direct evidence he accepted bribes while in office.
Read MoreMeridian Mark buildings in Carmel expected to hit market
The two eight-story, granite-clad buildings are highly visible along the North Meridian Street corridor, which has become attractive to investors as the market’s vacancy rate continues to fall.
Read MoreInvestors pour $5 million into beer technology firm
Carmel-based SteadyServ Technologies expects to roll out its keg-sensor system early next year and trigger an aggressive hiring phase.
Read MorePROXY CORNER: Shoe Carnival Inc.
Evansville-based Shoe Carnival Inc. operates 367 shoe stores in 32 states and Puerto Rico, in addition to selling through its website, shoecarnival.com.
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Home insurers changing policies, raising premiums in wake of losses
Big claims in recent years are driving up prices of policies in Indiana and causing some insurers to cut back coverage.
Read MorePences settle into 1928 Governor’s Mansion in Butler-Tarkington area
The state’s first couple are adding small personal touches and raising money to continue making improvements.
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EDITORIAL: Indy Chamber embraces arc of history
Few contemporary political skirmishes break down so cleanly into two sides: The right side of history, and the wrong.
Read MoreMAURER: Costumes that are sure to be a hit
Some of them are heroes; others will scare the living daylights out of you.
Read MoreMADDOX: Five years later, little progress made
For many, the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 was the formal commencement of the Great Recession. Within days, we learned that American International Group and Merrill Lynch would be next in line.
Read MoreRUSTHOVEN: Coats is GOP voice of sanity
In 1957, then-Sen. John Kennedy published “Profiles in Courage,” chronicling stories of senators who (in Kennedy’s rendition) risked careers to do the right thing in the face of political pressure. Eleanor Roosevelt, who thought JFK more a show horse than a work horse, remarked that Kennedy himself needed “less profile and more courage.”
Read MoreHicks: Odds of Affordable Care Act failure keep rising
It is far too early to call the rollout of the Affordable Care Act a failure; most new programs have rocky starts. But this one has most of the signs of inevitable failure. If the situation doesn’t remedy itself quickly, the complete redo of the law will be hastened considerably.
Read MoreKim: Our failures pave way for a lifetime of success
Successful people’s paths are often littered with failures. It isn’t that they are immune to failure; it is how they react to and apply the lessons learned from their failures that ultimately leads to their success.
Read MoreCultural Trail is ‘premier bicycle facility’
I really enjoyed Kathleen McLaughlin’s “Bike City” article [Oct. 14], with one exception.
Read MoreAsians help economies
Your [Oct. 14] editorial encouraging Asian immigration was spot-on. I have been saying for years that the United States, and Indianapolis in particular, should encourage Asians to migrate here.
Read MoreManage aging process
Thank you for including the [Oct. 7] article on the Global AgeWatch Index and the need for societies to better prepare for the impact of an aging population.
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Franciscan hospitals to eliminate 925 full-time positions
The Indiana-based system that operates three hospitals in the Indianapolis area said it is trying to cut its expenses by as much as $500 million, or 20 percent.
Read MoreEmmis’ Smulyan honored as ‘giant of broadcasting”
The Library of American Broadcasting gave the award at a ceremony in New York City this month.
Read MoreWork starting on French Lick Resort expansion
A ceremony was held Monday to mark the start of a $15.5 million expansion of the events center at the French Lick Resort in southern Indiana.
Read MorePizzeria plagiarism? Napolese suing Crust over close likeness
Cafe Patachou founder Martha Hoover contends the owner of newcomer Crust in Carmel has stolen the look of her Napolese pizzerias and is confusing customers.
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