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Indiana Manufacturers Association CEO Pat Kiely spent last evening at the governor’s residence until 1 a.m. The mood was celebratory, he said, but Gov. Mitch Daniels didn’t spend much time on revelry. Instead, he worked the phones, making calls around the state to learn whether key seats in the Indiana House of Representatives had swung […]
Indianapolis-based Miller Pipeline Corp. has made its second acquisition since June, this time snagging Dover Contracting Inc. Headquartered in its namesake town in Ohio, Dover is an underground pipe contractor, and has 50 employees. The company serves gas utilities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia. Miller is owned by Evansville-based electricity and natural gas […]
One of the more convenient excuses given for not going to cultural events is the cost.
Well, with the 25th anniversary Zoobook now in release, that excuse has once again been mitigated.
Yes, I know that there are those of you…
I’ve said it before, but you have to give the Indiana Pacers sales and marketing department props for creativity. Today, the Pacers launched their “Teeth for Tickets” promotion, in honor of forward Danny…
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels’ landslide re-election, despite the national Democratic tide, buoys central Indiana business leaders’ expectations of success on key issues. Those issues include installation of constitutional caps on property taxes and comprehensive local government reform. Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce President Roland Dorson said Hoosiers overcame their resistance to the more controversial aspects […]
A Dayton, Ohio, television station is reporting that a company that helps home-school parents develop curriculum has narrowed its choice for a relocation to the eastern Indiana city of Richmond or a city in Iowa. WHIO-TV Channel 7 didn’t identify the company or its source of the report. However, the station said the company would […]
Change agents Barack Obama and Mitch Daniels won over Hoosiers yesterday, but from different ends of the
political spectrum.
Barack Obama took the state after a campaign in which he promised to increase regulations on business, raise
taxes on…
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels will be staying in the Statehouse for a second term. The Associated Press declared Daniels, a former Eli Lilly and Co. executive, the winner over Democrat Jill Long Thompson at 7:05 p.m. Thompson, a former U.S. representative from northern Indiana, was running close to Daniels as of this summer, but polls shows […]
Heartland Bancshares Inc. said today it lost $323,000 in the third quarter because it set aside additional reserves in anticipation of two used car lots’ not repaying their loans. The Franklin-based parent of Heartland Community Bank said it increased its loan loss provision to $1.1 million from $60,000 in the same quarter last year. Without […]
To keep this post topical, I’ll start with a link to this week’s Real Estate Weekly. The news has been slow lately, but my colleague Chip Cutter still managed to dig up some good nuggets. The real…
Watching the Dallas Cowboys struggle recently under the leadership of back up quarterback Brad Johnson and the Pittsburgh Steelers flourish behind second-stringer Byron Leftwich during the second half of their game last night has…
Eli Lilly and Co. could face a delay on the highly anticipated weekly version of its diabetes drug, Byetta. Data for a once-weekly version of Byetta did not adequately show that batches of commercially manufactured Byetta were comparable with batches manufactured earlier for use in clinical trials. That’s what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
While most Hoosiers are headed for the polls this election day, Indy Racing League teams and officials are headed to Las Vegas for their post-season banquet at The Palms Casino Resort tomorrow.
Word coming from series officials as they get ready to…
We live in the country that invented the light bulb, put a man on the moon and cracked the human genome,
but weâ??re still standing in line to vote.
Election Day is evolving into Election Month as more people make decisions…
Here, for your entertainment, some fictional election match-ups (ignoring party affiliations). Who gets your vote?
Peter Sellers in “Dr. Strangelove” vs. Michael Douglas in “The American President” vs. Morgan Freeman in “Deep Impact”?
Next round:
Martin Sheen on “The West Wing” vs. Donald…
Indianapolis Colts officials said ratcheting up the noise inside Lucas Oil Stadium had nothing to do with the decision to close the large window on the north end of the stadium for last…
Kevin Wampler, chief financial officer of The Finish Line Inc., has joined Dollar Tree Inc. in the same role. Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Dollar Tree, headquartered in Chesapeake, Va., is a retailer specializing in selling items for less than $1. Wampler will be replaced on an interim basis by Finish Line Chief Operating Officer Steven J. […]
Indianapolis-based insurer OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc. has received upgrades from Moody’s Investors Service along with a lavish dollop of praise. Moody’s bumped the senior debt rating to Baa1 from Baa2. OneAmerica’s main insurance arm, American United Life Insurance Co., was pushed to A1 from A2. Profit and stability have improved as OneAmerica exited the reinsurance […]
