Manufacturer crosses over from auto parts to caskets
Gestamp Automocion makes metal components for the auto industry, employing 18,000 people worldwide. Now it is branching into the staid niche of casket manufacturing.
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Maturing Chinese market gives WellPoint new prospects
Premiums for private health insurers in China are expected to rise to $90 billion by 2020 from $9 billion now, and WellPoint Inc. is angling for a big piece of that pie.
Cummins’ early start revs growth in China
Columbus-based engine maker Cummins Inc. has been building business in China for 30 years, long before many U.S. companies had even begun formulating a China strategy.Cummins now employs 8,000 people in China and racked up 2010 sales of $3.1 billion.
Can China maintain pace of economic growth?
People talk about China’s continued economic growth almost as if it is a foregone conclusion, but not all economists are so sure.
SPECIAL REPORT: Indiana companies charge into China
With economic growth in the United States sluggish, Indiana companies are joining the race to capitalize on the fast-growing Chinese economy—even as hundreds of millions of Chinese move into the middle class and adopt a Western-style thirst for goods and services.
Parting thoughts on China’s quirks and challenges
Observations on the country’s building boom, drivers, high-speed trains and corporate slogans.
Visits at key times give IU prof unique view of China
The contrast between Bruce Jaffee's first visit—in 1981—and his latest trip this month could hardly be greater.
Geely plant churns out cars on the cheap
It’s striking how little workers at this Geely factory earn, by U.S. standards at least: roughly $5,500 to $7,300 a year.
Why the Communist Party is obsessed with GDP
All the talk during our visit in China about gross domestic product makes it easy to forget this is still a Communist country.
Why the colonel rules China
In 1987, KFC became the first fast-food chain to enter mainland China, and it’s never looked back.
China makes unprecedented English-language push
China has made educating its population in English a big priority. And when this Communist government decides something is important, it goes all out.
Heading to China, where big cities are getting bigger
The population of China’s 10 largest cities alone equates to roughly one-third of the U.S. population.
SOOFI: Islamic finance edging into ever-larger deals
Asset-laden institutions sidestepped financial crisis.
Interactive Intelligence buys German firm
Indianapolis-based Interactive Intelligence Inc. has acquired Agori Communications in an all-cash transaction, announced Tuesday morning.
Emerging markets give Lilly hope in patent crunch
In a kind of alternate drug universe, sales of Eli Lilly and Co.’s ghosts of blockbusters past are soaring in China—prompting the drugmaker to pour money into emerging markets in an attempt to prop up revenue.
IEDC leading jobs mission to India
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. will lead the state’s first jobs mission to India next week to help establish relationships with high-tech companies, the state agency said on Thursday.
Ball State hosts conference on Afghanistan higher education
The Afghanistan Ministry of Higher Education is trying to build up the country’s higher education system after more than 30 years of near constant warfare.
Former Allison exec settles suit alleging bribery
A former China-based executive of Allison Transmission has agreed to drop a lawsuit that claimed the company won business by bribing foreign officials. But it's likely that the firm still must deal with scrutiny from the Department of Justice, according to one legal expert.