Indiana’s unemployment situation appears to be stabilizing as the jobless rate held almost steady for the third month in a
row, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said this morning.
Flawed decisions destroy organizations, not company size or lack thereof.
The number of Hoosiers who died on the job last year ticked up from the previous year. But the total still represents the
second-fewest workplace fatalities since the federal government began tracking the statistic in 1992, the Indiana Department
of Labor said today.
Americans are uncomfortable when responsibilities between the public and private sectors shift.
Dave Becker has made a lot of money on ventures including First Internet Bank and a banking software firm
called re:Member Data Services, so his thoughts about the right time to launch a business are not exactly
uninformed.
When is the…
The wealthy in the Indianapolis area arenâ??t carrying their weight in supporting United Way of Central Indiana,
according to an analysis by the not-for-profit   comparing places including Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Columbus,
Ohio.
The Indianapolis chapter has 22 â??principalâ?? donors, defined as…
â??Cash for clunkersâ?? has sent lots of gas-guzzlers to the scrap yard and helped car dealers move the metal.
But as Congress considers adding $2 billion to the initial $1 billion earmarked for the program, both the
political right and left…
Duffy Tool & Stamping LLC in Muncie has notified the Indiana Department of Workforce Development
that the company will close its plant by the end of October. Roughly 130 workers will lose their jobs as a result
of the closure, Duffy said in its July 27 filing.
If the problem is that consumers and businesses
are not spending because banks aren’t lending, then government making it easier for banks to lend and consumers to spend
is a good thing. The stimulus plan is right on target.
Hotel occupancy rates are way down in Indianapolis, as they are elsewhere, but local operators and national analysts think
the city is in a good position to bounce back when the economy improves.
Economic development officials like the stability of the food business, though wages typically are mediocre.
For a peek into just how hard the housing bust has hit the Indianapolis area, look no further than a new
study by the Indiana Business Research Center, an arm of Indiana Universityâ??s Kelley School of Business.
The region,…
Property-tax caps, as well as a dwindling population and commercial base, have left Muncie in the uncomfortable
situation of cutting budgets. Since the bulk of costs are related to fire and police salaries, few options
are available. The city has turned to the short length of rope the Legislature offered amid the debate
on property tax caps—the Local Option Income Tax.
You know California is in bad shape when The Economist compares it with Texas and wonders which is best.
An opinion piece in its upcoming issue verges on placing them on a virtually even plane.
California still has the best…
The recession is winding down in Indiana, but the state will lag a few months behind the nation when the
economy starts to pick up steam.
Thatâ??s how an Economy.com specialist who tracks Indiana sees it.
Sean Maher, who also focuses on…
Plenty of stories have been published and aired in recent days about migration…
Fledgling attorneys face a legal industry in defensive mode, resulting in drooping employment figures.
To use a gardening metaphor, have the courage to prune back in a tough economy, and plant new seeds before the weather improves.
Unemployment often is a necessary and natural part of a healthy economy. But job losses that come when workers or even entire
industries become redundant are especially painful.
Americans have suddenly gotten serious again about saving money.
In April last year, we saved absolutely nothing; by May this year the rate had shot to nearly 7 percent,
the highest in more than a decade, and some economists…
