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The chairman and CEO of unprofitable Chromcraft Revington Inc. will resign at the end of the month, the West Lafayette-based furniture maker announced late yesterday. Benjamin Anderson-Ray and the company arrived at the decision together, Chromcraft said. “At this time it is appropriate for me to step out of the leadership of the company to […]
Since I’m out of town, I had to miss the Tuesday IBJ Night at the Movies preview of “Get Smart.” So if you were there, enlighten me. What did I miss?
Someone must’ve been drinking when they came up with this: A proposal submitted to the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission last month called for three 10-foot-tall, protruding kegs with taps facing the…
It’s been about a decade since I’ve been to Washington, D.C., but memories rush back.
On a junior high field trip, a kid sticking his hand in front of my Super-8 movie camera as I tried to film a “Hard Day’s…
The Indiana Department of Insurance is asking insurance companies doing business in the state to temporarily delay canceling Hoosiers’ policies due to late payments if the policy holders live in counties hit by tornados or flooding. The grace period applies for 60 days beginning May 30. The department also will allow a 60-day grace period […]
Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s toothpaste plant in Clarksville closes at the end of the month, but the landmark still has no buyer. The price on the 52-acre site near Louisville has been slashed to $9 million from $13 million, according to The Courier-Journal of Louisville. Observers say tight-fisted lending practices resulting from the credit crisis are likely […]
The Indianapolis Indians are one of the most stable teams in this region in one of the most stable leagues in the country. The International League will celebrate its 125th anniversary this week…
Locally based HotBox Pizza plans to introduce its pies to a nationwide audience. The pizza chain won regulatory approval last week to begin selling franchises in Indiana, Michigan and Texas. The chain is…
The Indianapolis Colts’ marketing nightmare involving Marvin Harrison’s possible participation in a shooting incident in his hometown of Philadelphia appears far from over.
Philadelphia District Attorney Lynn Abraham this week asked police to reinterview witnesses in the case, a police department source…
A planned merger of Bloomington Hospital into Indianapolis-based Clarian Health was approved 403-149 last night by the Bloomington facility’s governing body, the Local Council of Women. The Local Council, which founded the hospital more than 100 years ago, had to revise hospital bylaws to clear the way for the merger. Clarian will receive 51 percent […]
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office on
Monday filed three felony charges against Christopher P. White, the founder of bankrupt development firm Premier Properties
USA Inc.
Indiana‘s economy expanded only 0.3 percent, to $246.4 billion, last year, new figures from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show. The growth is on top of inflation. Only seven states performed worse. Indiana was hit hard by the slowdown of the Detroit auto industry, according to a blog written by Bill Testa, a vice […]
Drive through areas hit by the deluge of rain in the past few days and youâ??ll see mind-boggling soil
erosion.
At the base of myriad fields lie deltas of sediment washed downhill from elsewhere in their respective watersheds.
Not only was…
Three outpatient magnetic resonance imaging centers in Indianapolis have been sold by their Atlanta-based owner, American Health Imaging Inc., to the Minneapolis-based Center for Diagnostic Imaging. The price was not disclosed. The centers were called Indianapolis Health Imaging. American Health Imaging is exiting Indianapolis as well as Ohio as it grapples with a challenging business […]
Arcadia Resources Inc. narrowed its losses in its fiscal fourth quarter, the Indianapolis-based home health care company reported today. Arcadia also grew its net revenue by nearly 8 percent to more than $37 million. The company recorded a net loss of $3.1 million in the quarter ended March 31. In the same period a year […]
It’s difficult to say which challenge will be more daunting for Indiana University’s athletic department—the king-size sinkhole in the school’s football field or the self-inflicted wound to the image of its men’s basketball…
St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers settled a contract dispute with Cigna HealthCare and its Sagamore Health Network last week, days before their old contract expired June 15. The new reimbursement contract will run through 2011. Indianapolis’ fourth-largest hospital system made public its feud with the Philadelphia-based health insurer in early May. The agreement allows […]
A consultant hired to help Bloomington decide how to replace lost manufacturing jobs recommends storing data for companies. Boyd Co. Inc. said in a recent report that Bloomington ranked third in a list of 45 cities in suitability for hosting data storage centers, according to The Herald-Times of Bloomington. The centers, which generate well-paying jobs, […]
German industrial giant Robert Bosch GmbH said late last week that it plans to buy CST/berger, a West Lafayette-based maker of laser tools, for $205 million. The deal must be approved by regulators. CST/berger is owned by The Stanley Works of New Britain, Conn. Its tools for measuring, detection and leveling help contractors and homeowners […]
A busy weekend for me included spending quality time with “Some Men” at the Phoenix Theatre, an afternoon visit to the Indy Jazz Fest, finally getting to see “Iron Man” at the movies, a trip to Bollywood courtesy of the Gregory…
