Inventor files suit against local printing business
Lawsuit alleges Harding Poorman Group shorted former Discom Technologies owner a percentage of sales after it acquired his company.
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Indianapolis-area experts see bright spots amid ongoing real estate weakness
Health care shows signs of life, and multi-family buildings continue to hold their own, experts said during a recent IBJ Power Breakfast.
Closing of Greenwood call center to affect 260 workers
The center, operated by Indianapolis-based TeleServices Direct, is set to close Dec. 4. The company attributed the closing to a loss of business.
Local MBA programs score with women
Female enrollment in Indianapolis master’s programs surpasses the national average. Telamon Vice President Sunny Lu said her MBA has helped her grow business.
Fortune Industries reports higher profit, lower revenue
Indianapolis-based professional employer organization reported fiscal-year profit of $828,000, an 85-percent increase from fiscal 2009. Revenue, however, fell 20 percent, to $60.7 million.
Call-center firm plans 600 hires in Lafayette
Alorica Inc., headquartered in Chino, Calif., said it will begin hiring customer service representatives, supervisors and other personnel starting next week—fulfilling a pledge it made more than a year ago.
Surveillance trailblazer Exacq Technologies touts big clients, rapid growth
Clever adaptation of new technology has helped propel Exacq Technologies’ dizzying 1,624-percent growth rate in the last three years.
Elwood Staffing expands with Alabama acquisition
Purchase of Multi Staffing Services Inc. in Mobile, Ala., enables Columbus, Ind.-based Elwood Staffing to grow to 45 locations
in 10 states and to more than $200 million in annual revenue. Founded in 1980, the company has 22 offices in Indiana.
HR firm FlashPoint severs ties with Barnes & Thornburg
FlashPoint's co-owners purchase remaining shares from law firm to give them sole ownership of the company they founded
in 2002.
IT staffing firm plans downtown expansion, 80 new jobs
Smart IT Staffing Inc said Wednesday morning that it plans to expand its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 80 new
jobs by 2014.
HardingPoorman acquires Saint Clair Press
The deal brings together two of the Indianapolis-area’s largest commercial printers.
Police fund-raising center staffs up in Muncie
The Indiana Fraternal Order of Police is staffing up its Muncie call center and hopes to hire 100 additional workers in the
struggling Indiana city.
Fortune ekes out another profit on falling revenue
Indianapolis-based Fortune Industries Inc. managed a small profit in its latest quarter, its fourth straight profitable quarter,
the company announced Thursday morning.
Fortune ekes out profit on falling revenue
Indianapolis-based Fortune Industries Inc. managed a small profit in its third quarter and now has turned a profit in each
of its last three quarters, the company announced this morning.
Here’s a must-do checklist for personnel managers
If you are a human resources professional, now is an excellent time for you to assess the human resource function in your
company.
Benefits mergers on the increase
Benefits brokers and agents—facing increasing demands from employers and declining commissions—are merging at an
accelerating
pace.
Company delivers hyper-targeted messages
Radius Connection, a new national marketing service, wants to offer innovative products within five years to help small-to-midsize businesses grow their revenue and expand their market share.
Fearful companies are curtailing employee insurance, retirement perks
Experts worry that if unemployment worsens, even more companies could be forced to cut benefits, especially health insurance.
Lilly relying on technology to spot management talent
An electronic succession-planning system created by Eli Lilly & Co. about seven years ago is sniffing out top talent.