IU: State still poised for growth
Indiana University forecasters are sticking with their prediction of sustainable economic growth kicking into gear
this summer.
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Study: Heart attacks up when stocks are down
Duke University researchers found a link between how a key stock index performed and how many heart attacks were treated at
their North Carolina hospital.
The gavel drops: Legislature ends session with compromises
The Indiana General Assembly finally adjourned its 2010 legislative session early Saturday with deals including a one-year
delay on unemployment insurance tax increases and aid for schools reeling from state budget cuts.
In about-face, state lawmakers find compromise late Friday
Both parties reportedly agreed to tentative deals on the issues that threatened to push the legislative session all the way
to the brink, including a one-year delay for a planned increase in unemployment taxes.
What universities can learn from a steel mill
Steel Dynamics is highly competitive partly because employees are compensated on how much money they save. Should Purdue and
other universities take notice?
Unemployment rate stays flat as nation sheds 36,000 jobs
The Labor Department figures suggest the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur.
Job searches dragging on a year later
Out of six professionals IBJ profiled a year ago, three have found jobs, although all have accepted lower pay than
they were getting before. One could not be reached, but she still lists herself as looking for work on LinkedIn.com. Two tried
to start their own businesses, with one giving up and one, Bruce Flanagan, still trying.
HICKS: Courage will be necessary to curb inflation
Inflation causes lenders to raise interest rates. Businesses slow their borrowing, produce less and require fewer workers. Within a year or so, inflation becomes everyoneâ??s problem.
Protest at Evansville Whirlpool plant draws 1,500
Company shuttering plant, moving work to Mexico.
Weather blamed for unexpected rise in jobless claims
New claims for unemployment benefits jumped unexpectedly last week, mostly because state agencies processed a backlog of
claims caused by snowstorms the previous week.
Intellectual property practices in law firms recovering from recession
Practices are beginning to thaw along with other areas of the economy.
Pondering an Evan Bayh redux
Some observers think Bayh will run for governor again to springboard to the presidency. But to stand out to national, and
possibly even Hoosier, voters, he might be forced outside his cautious comfort zone.
Cultural Trail pork?
The finished trail will be great. But the federal government is on a trajectory toward fiscal oblivion.
Go west (to Hendricks County)
The economy is as good or better in Hendricks County than anywhere else in the Indianapolis area.
Ivy Tech, IPIC snare $10M in job-training grants
Programs will bolster job opportunities for some 1,700 Indiana workers in sectors including health care and advanced manufacturing.
ANALYSIS: Insurance rate hikes at heart of health-care debate
Individual insurance rate hikes like those recently planned for WellPoint Inc.’s California customers might be unlikely to
spread to those covered through their employers. But such hikes will affect a huge number of Americans — the 46 million
with no insurance at all.
Light in the gloom
More industrial construction is going on in Indiana than in any nearby state.
Columbia City plant to close, nixing 135 workers
Fort Wayne Foundry Corp. will shutter the auto parts factory for the second time in a year, as its jobs head to Mexico, according
to a union official.
State jobless fund tax increase becomes hot topic
Whether to delay increases in taxes that employers pay to Indiana’s unemployment insurance fund is becoming a
contentious issue in the General Assembly.
Kmart closing adds to Connersville jobless woes
Kmart’s announcement that it will close its store in Connersville in May will put 59 employees out of work. Fayette County,
where the city is located, already is strapped by steep job losses.