The government’s latest count of stimulus jobs significantly overstates the effects of the $787 billion program, raising fresh
questions about the process the Obama administration is using to tout the success of its economic recovery plan.
Goodwill Industries executive Keith Reissaus has been tapped to run Washington, D.C.-based Leapfrog Group, an industry coalition.
Reissaus gained control of health care costs by giving employees incentives to care about their health.
CEO Kevin Modany and his management team have become accustomed to regulatory uncertainty—and to growing the business
at a pace most executives can only dream about.
Doctors are considering their options as health care reform gains momentum.
We review this year’s Heartland Film Festival offerings. Check back often as we add entries throughout the event, which starts
Oct. 15.
A federal food stamp administrator has told Indiana’s human services chief that his staff must be consulted before the
state rolls out its troubled welfare-automation program to additional regions.
Our many national concerns are manifest in the widespread transportation industry. The level of
economic activity determines the demand for transportation services and equipment.
The Humane Society of Indianapolis is shopping for donors to support construction of a $3 million spay/neuter clinic in the
Fountain Square area.
Fitch and other rating agencies are concerned that the phase-in of property tax caps will further strain the city’s finances.
Charter Homes owner Jerry Jaquess fancies himself a white knight for King Park, a neighborhood once known mainly for its rampant
crime, boarded-up homes and vacant lots. But as he’s constructed a slew of homes and carriage houses there, the local
builder has stirred up several lawsuits, dozens of liens and persistent questions about whether his business is legit.
Cristi Melson started Purrs & Gurrs 2-1/2 years ago with an idea and some fliers she distributed door to door. She
didn’t have a formal business plan then and still doesn’t.
Indianapolis physicians are mixed on the merits of a government-run, "public" health insurance plan. How reforms
might affect their pay is another major concern.
The elderly woman sat before me nervously straightening the seams of her dark gray stockings.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra’s messy split with Mario Venzago is not expected to hamstring its search for a new music
director.
As concern grows among medical providers that health care reform augurs lower payments, St. Francis
Hospital & Health Centers has agreed to absorb a large group of cardiologists that bring lucrative heart patients to its
facilities.
Hotel sales and marketing executive Michelle Travis is joining the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association
as vice president of sales.
WorkPoint, an Indianapolis firm entrusted to handle finances for not-for-profits, has lost several clients in the past 12
months, and all for the same reason—missing money.
MoveSmart LLC works with business clients looking to make better use of their space, helping to design, furnish and adapt
their offices for maximum efficiency.
For four decades, Jim Ashby worked as a manufacturing floor manager, first for General Motors Corp., then, after a buyout,
for an Ingersoll Rand subsidiary. He likes to relax and fish, but Ashby considers himself too energetic for retirement. He’s
now 67 years old. And a first-time entrepreneur.
A new business plan is in the works for the high-end Monon Center in Carmel.
