AT&T vows to fight $100 million fine from FCC
AT&T Mobility LLC has been slapped with a record $100 million fine for offering consumers "unlimited" data, but then slowing their Internet speeds after they reached a certain amount.
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Barge builder embraces stability
American Commercial Lines is revamping its Ohio River shipyard and sprawling inland logistics business under its newest owner.
Bluebridge secures $2 million in venture funding
The equity round, led by Carmel-based Allos Ventures and St. Louis-based Cultivation Capital, is the third round of financing for the company in less than a year.
Coding academy, consulting firm plans Carmel expansion
Eleven Fifty, the Carmel-based coding academy and consulting firm, has committed to hiring 92 people in exchange for a state incentive package worth more than $1.3 million, Indiana economic development officials announced Tuesday.
U.S. factory output down in May, hurt by oil refining cuts
Manufacturing has been hurt the stronger dollar, higher oil prices reducing equipment orders and activity at refiners, and previously by cold winter weather at the start of the year.
Noblesville foundry plans to ramp up workforce by 400 jobs
Ohio-based company ID Castings LLC previously announced plans to invest $51.4 million to overhaul the former Noblesville Foundry on South Eighth Street, resurrecting a property that has been underused for years.
EPA seen siding with engine makers in truck efficiency rules
The Obama administration is poised to deliver a victory to engine makers at the expense of truck manufacturers such as Cummins Inc. in the next stage of the U.S. government’s plan to tackle climate change.
Federal data hack far bigger than originally thought
Already considered one of the largest thefts of U.S. government personnel data in history, investigators now estimate that it may include data on as many as 14 million people, including every federal employee.
Fix-it man keeps typewriters clacking
Terry Vorten witnessed firsthand the death throes of a once-world-beating analog technology—the typewriter. Its destruction turned his lucrative profession repairing the machines into an anachronistic cottage industry.
Hoosier manufacturers see big need to expand worker pipeline
Speakers at an IBJ breakfast on manufacturing and logistics said the public and private sectors must do more to get students thinking about manufacturing as a career and encouraging them to pursue the training they need to succeed in the field.
PPG Industries buying Indiana coatings manufacturer
The former Indianapolis Varnish Co. had sales last year of more than $100 million. IVC has more than 300 employees at five manufacturing plants in Indiana, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and China.
Sealing manufacturer plans $20 million expansion
Manufacturer Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies plans to spend $20 million to expand its plant in Morristown, creating up to 75 jobs by the end of 2019, the company said Thursday morning.
Indiana medical software company says networks hacked
A medical software company is notifying patients of the health care providers it serves—including Franciscan St. Francis Health in Indianapolis—that their private information may have been exposed when its networks were hacked.
Soaring Subaru closing in on difficult crossroads
Subaru, which has thousands of workers in Indiana, has never seen so much demand from car buyers. But making big moves to boost output could hurt the very thing that customers love about the automaker—its smaller size.
Dorsey, Gravity investors raise $35M to launch High Alpha
Backed by a bevy of investors, former ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey and three Indianapolis startup mavens have founded a “startup studio” that will create tech companies.
‘Hackers’ ready for Round 2 against public-sector problems
Local software developers and other tech talents will convene Saturday to tackle challenges vexing local and state governments in the second annual Indy Civic Hack.
China suspected in massive breach of federal personnel data
China-based hackers are suspected of breaking into the computer networks of the U.S. government personnel office and stealing identifying information of at least 4 million federal workers, American officials said Thursday.
Services proliferate that provide to-your-door restaurant delivery
The online ordering and delivery sector in and around Indianapolis is on the rise, with several firms either setting up shop or expanding here, hoping to capitalize on restaurant and consumer demand.
Tech firm Bookacoach calls audible on business plan
Company officers are pleased so far with a bold decision last fall to ditch the consumer marketplace entirely and instead start selling software that helps sports academies run their businesses.
Three Indiana technology firms join elite startup list
CloudOne, SteadyServ Technologies and Blue Pillar were recognized as Red Herring Top 100 North American Startups on Wednesday, marking the first time three Hoosier firms took the honor in the same year.