BMO Plaza worker has COVID-19, landlord says
According to an email to companies in the building, the affected tenant has temporarily closed and has hired a janitorial contractor to deeply disinfect its space and nearby common areas.
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OneZone president Merhoff retiring after two decades
Mo Merhoff, president of OneZone, the joint chamber of commerce in Carmel and Fishers, announced her retirement Friday.
UPDATE: Illinois governor orders residents to stay in their homes
Illinois is the third state to issue a so-called shelter-in-place order. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb said earlier Thursday that he would need to see more signs of widespread spread of the virus before taking such action.
Dow drops more than 900 points, ending worst week since 2008
Traders went into full retreat Friday afternoon out of fear that the coronavirus will plunge the United States and other major economies into deep recessions.
Local fund raises thousands for Broad Ripple businesses, service employees
Thousands of dollars have poured in to Broad Ripple in recent days through a new fund aimed at helping retail shops and restaurants and their employees during the pandemic.
Sahm’s turns downtown cafeteria into temporary meal delivery space
Fishers-based Sahm’s Restaurant Group has teamed up with OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc. and the not-for-profit food relief organization Second Helpings to launch a meal-preparation operation.
IHSAA promoting assistant chief Neidig to next commissioner
John Neidig has spent 34 years in secondary education and athletic administration and has served as an IHSAA assistant commissioner since 2017.
Indy tech sector is growing in size, but not in U.S. job market share
A recent report concluded that 90% of the nation’s tech and innovation sector employment growth from 2005 to 2017 was generated in just five major coastal cities: Seattle, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego and San Jose, California.
Low-wage workers have least cushion during coronavirus crisis
Many of those workers already live paycheck to paycheck—and a disruption in the flow of those checks could set off long-term financial problems. Foreclosures, evictions, bankruptcies, repossessions and more.
Social distancing shifts many small businesses into survival mode
Concerns about the spread of COVID-19 have put in peril thousands of businesses, from restaurants and hotels to airlines and manufacturers of consumer goods.
Indianapolis-area homebuilders see huge surge in applications
Applications for home construction permits soared 34% in the Indianapolis area in February. The flurry of new applications came before the first cases of COVID-19 hit Indiana.
UPDATE: Indiana’s primary election moved to June because of pandemic
Gov. Eric Holcomb, Secretary of State Connie Lawson, Republican Party Chairman Kyle Hupfer and Democratic Party Chairman John Zody announced the agreement Friday morning.
Income tax filing deadline moved to July 15 from April 15
The delay, announced Friday morning, is available to people who owe $1 million or less and corporations that owe $10 million or less.
Stores set up senior shopping hours amid coronavirus fears
Target, Whole Foods, Walmart and Dollar General, as well as supermarkets in Europe, began dedicating early-morning shopping times for older customers this week. The idea seems to have worked well in smaller shops but backfired in some larger stores.
Goodwill closing 80 thrift stores in central, southern Indiana during pandemic
The not-for-profit, which has more than 4,000 employees, encouraged people to continue making drive-up donations at the stores during limited hours.
Candidates with cash likely to have bigger advantage in coronavirus-affected primary
The crowded GOP primary in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District was already creating a difficult situation for candidates to stand out, and the restrictions of large gatherings put in place by Gov. Eric Holcomb to combat the coronavirus pandemic will exacerbate that challenge.
Startup’s app gives kids way to earn screen time through physical activity
New Palestine entrepreneur Andrew Armour spent four years developing his app, Activate Fitness, and the launch of the innovative software this month comes as children are not in school and parents struggle to control how they use their extra free time.
NCAA had been pondering for years the unthinkable of canceling March Madness
Early this century, the NCAA enlisted the accounting firm Deloitte to conduct a risk assessment, one that looked at the seemingly preposterous notion that the NCAA men’s basketball tournament—one of the most lucrative events in sports—would be canceled.
Walmart hiring 150,000, starting parking lot virus testing
While retailers such as Macy’s Inc., Kohl’s Corp. and J.C. Penney have been forced to temporarily close their stores, others like Walmart and Costco Wholesale Corp. are experiencing a surge in sales normally seen around the holiday peak.
IPS approves measures to aid staff amid outbreak, expand innovation schools
The agenda was pared down to items that staff considered urgent: It included votes on approving new, outside managers for four campuses next year—all of which passed—and a resolution to give Superintendent Aleesia Johnson extra flexibility in staffing during the current crisis.