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Women’s Fund backs home for teen girls

A group of volunteers who hope to open a home for pregnant teens will soon hire an executive director, thanks to a $25,000
grant from Women’s Fund of Central Indiana.

Stimulus could help medical exchange

 President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus bill provides a big opportunity for the Indianapolis-based Indiana Health Information Exchange to spread its expertise around the country.

You-review-it Monday

Yes, there was the amazing football game. But, for me, the weekend also included LA TheatreWorks’ production of “The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial” at Clowes and InterAction Theatre’s “Durang-o-Rama” at the IndyFringe space.

While well acted, “Monkey Trial” fell between two stools. At its…

SPORTS: In hard times, is big-time sports willing to budge?-WEB ONLY

On Jan. 27, the Indianapolis Colts pinkslipped 25 front-office employees. The next day, the Capital Improvement Board announced that operating costs for Lucas Oil Stadium and Conseco Fieldhouse are running millions of dollars in the red. Both brought to mind a column I wrote a while back, wondering when big-time sports, both professional and collegiate, […]

Lilly’s new twist-WEB ONLY

To survive in an uncertain future, Eli Lilly and Co. needs drugs that develop faster and cheaper and that perform better. Biotech drugs, Lilly executives insist, fit that bill. That’s why Lilly shelled out $6.5 billion to buy the biotech fi rm ImClone Systems Inc. in November, six months after it opened its own $1 […]

EDITORIAL: Reform has many benefits-WEB ONLY

Saving money may be the bottom-line reason for reforming local government, but that’s only one of the benefits. Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard made that point clear Jan. 27 in a speech to the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, outlining a reform plan called Unigov 2.0 that emphasized efficiency, transparency and accountability. Ballard, the latest mayor to […]

A passé profession?-WEB ONLY

It’s hard to imagine a more discouraging environment to lure high school students into manufacturing work. The uncertain future of Detroit automakers casts a pall over thousands of workers in central Indiana. Companies of all sorts, from hospital equipment maker Hill-Rom Inc. to office supplies maker Defl ect-O Corp., are shedding workers left and right. […]

Banks reel in real estate-WEB ONLY

The unfinished eight-story luxury condo building at 707 E. North St. is on track to get a reluctant new owner: Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bancorp. The stalled Beilouny Luxury Properties development near Massachusetts Avenue could join dozens of properties-from undeveloped residential lots to half-vacant office buildings-to land on the books of banks during one of the […]

A&E: Theater in NYC-WEB ONLY

This week, an ogre’s beloved, a troubled and troubling mother, and a cad’s catch highlight a sampling of the current Broadway season. Yes, the stories you’ve heard are true. The lights have gone out on much of Broadway. With a long list of shows shutting down, the pickings are slimmer for anyone who goes to […]

Retail boss: Zero debt huge plus-WEB ONLY

It isn’t easy being a retail CEO in a deep recession. Glenn S. Lyon, the new head at The Finish Line Inc., has plenty to tackle. Traffic is down at Finish Line stores, sales have slowed and competitors are slashing prices. But the home-grown retailer has at least one major advantage: Lyon, the ‘s president, […]

Indiana still not INShape-WEB ONLY

Bill Wisniewski, a salesman from Munster, has shed 86 pounds in the past year with help from the “Ready, Set, Walk” campaign run by the INShape Indiana program. The 56-year-old said INShape’s e-mail tips helped him set a routine and work through pain as he ramped up to walking 70 minutes a day. As the […]