MARCUS: Fed programs get credit for improvements
The federal government pumped $6.3 billion into the Indiana economy through higher unemployment compensation and increased
Social Security and Medicare payments.
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MAURER: Exercise your creative muscle
Creativity, like muscle tone, must be exercised if one is to increase it. We need to seize opportunities to think creatively. Challenging riddles like the one above interrupt the normal routine and rev up our brains.
HETRICK: If you’ve botched the job, don’t botch the PR, too
If a crisis leaves you on the receiving
end of Wisconsin football fans’ favorite chant, every detail of your response matters.
SKARBECK: Even investment stars have losing periods
Most investors have heard the cautionary statement “past
performance is not indicative of future results.” This oft-repeated caveat reveals its truth time and again in the investment
industry.
BENNER: World Cup leaves this viewer less than engrossed
I’m trying. I am really trying. That is why, a couple of Saturdays ago, when I could have been involved in some other leisure activity, I settled into my
easy chair and, instead, watched the U.S. team take on England in its World Cup soccer opener.
HICKS: Roots of recession found in homes, stocks
When the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research meets later this year or next, I believe
they’ll say the recession hit bottom in June or July of 2009. Recessions end when the economy bottoms out.
Indiana municipal bonds are faring well
The “Investing” column of June 14, “Municipal bond defaults might be next crisis,” raises some valid
points, but portrays municipal bonds in such a manner that is too general.
EDITORIAL: Circle Centre worth watching
City government brought Circle Centre into this world. It makes sense, then, that city government is involved in positioning
it for the future.
ALTOM: Beware of inciting online vendetta from clients
It started as a dispute over towing a car, and it’s now a cause célèbre, thanks to Facebook.
BENNER: Conference commissioners’ math skills need work
As of this writing, the Big Ten has 12 teams, the Big 12 has 10 teams and the Pac-10 has 11 teams.
STYLE: Develop Indy’s Susan Branco shifts focus to fashion
With this year’s Indianapolis 500 behind us, she’s turning to quantifying the city’s fashion industry
DINING: Nothing alarming at sub shop
Third in our month-long series of “elemental” restaurant reviews.
LOU’S VIEWS: (Jersey) Boy wonders settle in at Murat
“Jersey
Boys” is much more than just a tribute show. It delivers the musical goods with impeccable showmanship and style.
MORRIS: Confessions of a symphony newbie
As a first-year subscriber to an Indianapolis Symphony series, I’ve been transformed. I’m now a raving fan.
EDITORIAL: Improvement needed, but value of statistics in education limited
Few Hoosiers have any concept of the scope of the information tsunami washing over state education policy, but they’re
beginning to find out.
HAUKE: Despite much bad news, market outlook OK for now
Another fact emerged during May. People became way too bearish. Surveys and market action both suggested a growing fear that
became almost everyone’s opinion.
HICKS: Four recommendations for your reading list
Though I am no slave to fashion, summertime is a long occasion for the reading of good books.
OWEN: Why I rethought riding my bicycle to work
One day last spring, I put on a helmet, climbed on my bike, and rode to work with a
co-worker. For a guy who had only recently gotten on a bike
after more than 15 years away from two-wheelers, it was monumental.
MARCUS: There is no ‘rural revival’ in Indiana
The now famous housing bubble has been blamed for many of our nation’s problems. In truth, it is the opposite. The
massive private debt, including mortgage debt, was made possible by lax lending practices.
John Wooden column was a favorite
John Wooden has been my idol and will
continue to be someone I strive to be for as long as I am breathing. I know that I am not the only one who feels this way.