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Sign Craft Industries, a full-service sign-making company headquartered in Indianapolis, has acquired cross-town sign maker Sign Studio for an undisclosed price, the companies announced today. Sign Studio specializes in electric signs. The acquisition will raise Sign Craft revenue to a projected $6 million this year. It was 4th on IBJ’s 2007 list of the largest […]
Since “The Sopranos” staged its final hit, “Desperate Housewives” became, well, desperate, and “American Idol” lost some of its water-cooler luster, I’m hearing fewer people outside of the media talk about television shows. (Except for…
An advertising blitz launched by Shelbyville officials to lure workers arriving at the Honda Manufacturing of Indiana plant in nearby Greensburg is working, one of its backers says. Dan Theobald, executive director of Shelby County Development Corp., is aware of at least seven families that have settled in Shelbyville as a result of the campaign, […]
Author Solutions Inc. will transfer jobs from China to its home base in Bloomington as part of an expansion announced today. The provider of self-publishing services will spend $4.5 million on the consolidation, which will add 140 jobs to its headquarters. Author Solutions already employs 230 in Bloomington, and another 50 in Indianapolis. It maintained […]
Health advocates beamed with a â??told-you-soâ?? response this week when state officials announced that cigarette
sales dropped dramatically after taxes were raised last July.
Sales fell nearly 18 percent, apparently a direct result of boosting the tax 44 cents to a…
The Indiana Pacers will host a party at Conseco Fieldhouse on June 26, where fans can watch the 2008 NBA Draft and hear from Pacers executives about the team’s draft. This marks the…
A Laborers International Union strike in Lafayette has brought construction on a $200 million hospital Clarian Arnett Health is building there to a grinding halt. Clarian Arnett is a partnership between Clarian Health in Indianapolis and Arnett Health System, a multi-specialty medical practice in Lafayette. Laborers Local 274 escalated its protest from informational picketing on […]
Sunrise Greetings, a unit of Hallmark Cards Inc., plans to stop manufacturing cards in Bloomington in early 2009, eliminating as many as 60 jobs there. Sunrise told employees yesterday that card manufacturing will be consolidated into a plant near Hallmark’s headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. About 160 workers will stay in Bloomington. Those workers are […]
The Metropolitan Development Commission approved a $15-million Broad Ripple redevelopment project by a 9-0 vote this afternoon, disagreeing with a handful of vocal remonstrators. In siding with the developer,…
Columbus-based Cummins Inc. is the only Indiana company to make this year’s list of the world’s 100 most ethical companies as determined by Ethisphere magazine. The list was decided through analysis of such characteristics as corporate citizenship and government, innovation contributing to public well-being, executive leadership, and regulatory track record. The companies are not ranked. […]
Handleman Co. plans to close the music portion of its warehouse near 56th Street and Georgetown Road, the Troy, Mich., company said this week. A notice filed with the state said 248 workers would lose their jobs. The last day for managers will be Aug. 29. CEO Al Koch said the warehouse at 5445 Guion […]
I’ll admit that I never quite got a handle on Sheryl Crow. As catchy as some of her songs are, her hits always seemed all about the chorus. No harm there—just nothing that made me want to go out…
Baker & Daniels, one of Indianapolis’ three largest law firms, has finally opened a Chicago office, years after its local rivals did so. Chicago is known as one of the most difficult markets in the nation to break into. Baker & Daniels announced this week that it lured seven lawyers from the midsize Chicago firm […]
The vital statistics are in from last week’s NBA pre-draft camp. It’s official: Eric Gordon is nowhere near 6-foot-4— the measurement used by Indiana University when he played there last season—not even in…
United Way of Central Indiana will award more than $25 million in unrestricted giving to human care agencies this year, a new record based on generous giving in 2007. Despite a sluggish economy, the distribution is up $1.2 million from the previous year. United Way will start passing along the funds to 103 agencies in […]
Subaru of America Inc. reported a 13-percent increase in sales of its vehicles in May, the company’s largest single-month increase and an indication of stability for workers at a Lafayette plant where several of the lines are assembled. The Lafayette plant produces Outback and Legacy cars and the Tribeca sport-utility vehicle. While sales of the […]
New Jersey-based DialAmerica Marketing Inc. has closed an office in Bloomington, displacing about 50 workers, most of whom were part time, according to The Herald-Times. One long-term employee told the Bloomington newspaper he thought business at the telemarketing firm had fallen off in recent months.
The Horizon League and Nelligan Sports Marketing Inc. announced that they have agreed to a long-term extension to their partnership agreement that continues the New Jersey-based company’s exclusive rights to manage the Horizon League’s corporate sponsorship and marketing rights.
“We are…
Lots of Indiana towns will do almost anything to get a factory or warehouse. That often means skipping pointed
questions about corporate citizenship for fear of losing the project.
A Lebanon city council member isn’t looking the other way, though.
Dick Robertson…
Also noted:Indiana’s lone Sharper Image store at the Fashion Mall at Keystone will close for good in the next few weeks. The bankrupt electronics chain is closing all 86 stores. But if you plan on shopping, take note: Sharper Image…
