A federal agency has filed a lawsuit against shopping mall owner Simon Property Group Inc., alleging it discriminated against Hispanic employees at its Forum Shops at Caesars on the Las Vegas Strip. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the civil rights lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas. The suit claims the Indianapolis-based […]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League corporate partners are wondering what the future holds after Tony George suddenly vacated his roles as boss of both of those organizations yesterday. IMS and IRL officials were working the phones this morning to reach out to constituencies and allay fears about massive changes, said Speedway spokesman Fred […]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indy Racing League corporate partners are wondering what the future holds after Tony George suddenly vacated his roles as boss of both of those organizations yesterday. IMS and IRL officials were working the phones this morning to reach out to constituencies and allay fears about massive changes, said Speedway spokesman Fred […]
This afternoon’s announcement that Tony George no longer would be president and CEO of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and other companies owned by the Hulman-George family had been anticipated for more than a month. On May 27 – three days after this year’s Indianapolis 500 – SpeedTV correspondent Robin Miller reported that the board had voted […]
Directors of Hulman & Co. and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this afternoon announced that a new management team comprised of veteran IMS executives W. Curtis Brighton and Jeffrey G. Belskus will head the Hulman-George companies effective July 1. Brighton, currently executive vice president and chief legal counsel, will become president and CEO of Hulman & […]
Directors of Hulman & Co. and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this afternoon announced that a new management team comprised of veteran IMS executives W. Curtis Brighton and Jeffrey G. Belskus will head the Hulman-George companies effective July 1. Brighton, currently executive vice president and chief legal counsel, will become president and CEO of Hulman & […]
It's official. As reported by SpeedTV and IBJ more than a month ago, Tony George has stepped down from
his leadership role at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The biggest question remaining is what will…
The wife of a Marion County judge faces forgery charges after police say she signed a phony court document with another judge’s name to avoid a mortgage payment. According to investigators, Kristina Nelson, 43, has admitted to making up a dramatic story in which she and her husband, Judge William Nelson, were victims of an […]
Fast-growing AIT Laboratories says it will make “a major announcement” tomorrow with Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock – perhaps the state’s biggest booster of employee stock ownership plans, or ESOPs. A spokesman for Mourdock and an AIT spokeswoman would not comment on whether AIT is forming an ESOP, a structure that would shift ownership of the […]
Just when you’ve made it through another unfocused prison break sequence or another bank job more about the
sound of the machine guns then the strategy or risk of the heist, “Public Enemies” gives a glimmer of hope
it’s going…
Federal authorities are pressing a probe of 10 associates of Bernard Madoff despite a sentence that means the mastermind of one of the biggest financial frauds in history will spend the rest of his days behind bars, The Associated Press has learned. A person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, […]
Historic swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison today for a fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to potential imitators and to victims who demanded harsh punishment. Scattered applause and whoops broke out in the crowded Manhattan courtroom after U.S. District Judge Denny Chin […]
Police have arrested Marco Artego, 17, in connection with last week’s home break-in at Center Grove’s Golden Grove subdivision, the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department said this morning. Investigators say one of the victims was hit in the face during the armed robbery. Prosecutors plan to charge Artego as an adult. Fox 59 will have more […]
University Loft Co. has agreed to pay the federal government $400,000 following an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department alleging the Greenfield-based company violated trade agreements. The Justice Department said Friday that a settlement with University Loft resolves allegations that the company knowingly sold Malaysian-made furniture to government agencies, which violates the Trade Agreements Act. […]
University Loft Co. has agreed to pay the federal government $400,000 following an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department alleging the Greenfield-based company violated trade agreements. The Justice Department said Friday that a settlement with University Loft resolves allegations that the company knowingly sold Malaysian-made furniture to government agencies, which violates the Trade Agreements Act. […]
Bernard Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for his multibillion-dollar fraud scheme. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin handed down the sentence in New York this morning.Prior to his sentencing, Madoff apologized and said he “will live with this pain, this torment, for the rest of my life.” Before the apology, numerous victims […]
Another unfortunate outgrowth of our litigious society is the increasing tendency of insurers and policyholders
to settle claims in court.
Cummins is tussling with several insurance companies to try to recover damages from a flood a year ago that
inundated some…
For all the heat and sunshine, July can be a cold, dark hole in the Indianapolis
sports calendar. Other than the ever-beloved Indianapolis Indians, sometimes there’s not much going on.
Coaches Tavern, MacNiven’s Restaurant and Bar, and The Jazz Kitchen are among Indianapolis bars that recently limited or banned
smoking. Those establishments join a short list of bars that already buck the trend in Indianapolis. Smoking in public places,
including restaurants, has been banned in Marion County since 2006, but it’s still OK to puff away in places that don’t admit
minors.
Were you first in line to see the boy king at the Children’s Museum? Check out more Rickeys at the Indianapolis
Art Center? Or take advantage of the no-cover Friday night performance at the now-smoke-free Jazz Kitchen?
I caught up with…
