Indiana’s unemployment rate inched up to 9.8 percent in October, reversing small declines recorded in the previous three months,
the Indiana Department of Workforce Development said Friday morning.
Carmel’s ACES Power Marketing LLC plans to invest $6.6 million to expand its West 99th Street headquarters—a move
that could allow it to add 40 jobs, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said early Monday.
Corporations simply don’t like direct language, a Butler University professor says.
California-based life science firm Beckman Coulter Inc. is moving its precision plastics injection molding operation
to the Park 100 business park on Indianapolis’ northwest side, making what it calls a multimillion-dollar investment in the
operation.
With Veterans Day upon us, we are reminded to thank a veteran for his or her service and to honor the memories of those
who fought for our country and did not come home. But in the business community, we can do more than that, all year long,
by bringing veterans into our organizations.
The Autoquip Corp. has completed its acquisition of American Lifts in Greensburg and will be moving nearly 50 jobs to company headquarters in Guthrie, Okla.
Eli Lilly and Co. has notified the state that it plans to eliminate 191 sales jobs as part of a company-wide restructuring
announced
in September
that ultimately will result in 5,500 job cuts by the end of 2011.
Bloomington-based Cook Group Inc. might have to cut as many as 1,000 local jobs if Congress enacts a tax on medical devices
to pay for health care reform, company founder Bill Cook said in an interview.
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, as employers remain
reluctant to hire even as the economy shows signs of recovery.
Schott North America plans additional production at its southern Indiana factory after winning a contract to make specialty
glass for military vehicles.
Maryland-based Lockheed Martin will idle 10 percent of the employees at its Indianapolis call center as a result of declining call volumes and “funding issues” that are cutting short a five-year federal contract worth a total of $80 million.
One of the best places to have waited out this recession was in federal government. Federal workers have pretty much gotten
a bye on pink slips at a time private sector employees have taken it on the chin.
Enginemaker Cummins Inc. is temporarily adding a second production shift at its MidRange Engine Plant south of Columbus, recalling
as many as 270 workers who had been laid off or transferred to other facilities when it was idled in May.
Researchers have long known that divorce affects work place performance, but a human resource professional has learned that
a gentle response results in loyalty and happy customers.
With no end in sight to the country’s job market woes, the U.S. House has agreed to give the jobless in a majority of states,
including Indiana, another 13 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits.
Indiana’s unemployment rate in August fell below double digits for the first time since April, the Indiana Department of Workforce
Development said this morning, but the decline could just be a blip.
The mammoth facility near Indianapolis International Airport now employs as many people as it did when United Airlines abandoned it
six years ago, but its new tenants are contending with struggles of their own.
Recently, I saw a newspaper story detailing the number and percentage of jobs lost over the past year for Indiana’s
metropolitan areas. This year-over-year story is appropriate, but it tends to hide the truth behind the numbers.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. is considering shifting as many as 250 jobs to its home base of Indianapolis as a result of
its pending acquisition of Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. in Denver, according to a news report.
The so-called Shelbyville site Harley-Davidson is considering for a new assembly plant actually isn’t in Shelbyville,
but rather in an unincorporated portion of Shelby County near the Marion County line.
