Pacers revive draft party
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…
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Strike halts Clarian project in Lafayette
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 […]
Hallmark to stop making cards in Bloomington
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 […]
Update: Monon Place approved
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,…
Cummins makes list of ethical companies
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. […]
Michigan music distributor closing local unit
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 […]
Crow kicks off Lawn season
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 tries its hand in brutal Chicago
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 […]
NBA measures IU’s Gordon
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 unrestricted giving to hit record
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 […]
Strong Subaru sales are good news for Lafayette
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 […]
Bloomington telemarketing office closes
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.
Horizon League hunts sponsors
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…
Making companies say, ‘I do’
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…
The man who improved improv
Half my lifetime ago, I journeyed across the country from East Coast to West and found myself on my own for a few days in Los Angeles. Looking for some cheap entertainment, I picked up a $6 ticket to see…
Allied Solutions buys Kansas City company
Carmel-based Allied Solutions LLC, which sells insurance, lending and market products to financial institutions, said today it has acquired a similar company headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., for an undisclosed price. The Kansas City company, MJB Insurance Services Inc., operates in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. MJB owner Mike Button is remaining with Allied Solutions as […]
Return Weir Cook to airport title?
Weir Cook has been dead a long time, since 1943, but a military veterans group wants to bring his name
back to what is now Indianapolis International Airport.
The war heroâ??s name was on the airport from 1944, a…
Fun with tax abatements
A couple of development projects that would include tax abatements are up for hearings Wednesday at the Metropolitan Development Commission:
Community Hospital of Indiana Inc. plans to spend $3.7 million updating and expanding…
Bloomington coupon company acquired
A private equity firm has bought the coupon redemption operations of Bloomington-based International Outsourcing Services for undisclosed terms. Los Angeles-based Marlin Equity Partners announced today it has formed a company, ProLogic Redemption Solutions, that will help retailers recover the value of coupons used in stores. Marlin said the new company’s headquarters will be in Los […]