Bond swap story was valuable
I just wanted to say “well done” regarding your [July 5] article [on bond swaps]. The subject of your report
has been a topic near and dear to my heart for about two years.
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CORLEY: Help a child and who knows where he’ll go?
Consider these alarming statistics: More than 6,700 Marion County students drop out of school every single year. Dropouts
earn $9,200 less per year than high school graduates, and earn $1 million less over a lifetime than college graduates.
LOU’S VIEWS: Best of the Fest … and more
Baseball doc and drama from Finland among strongest offerings.
MAURER: First, choose the right people
Never in a single business class was I informed of the most important factor in making a sound business investment decision
— people.
DINING: Eye has new Broad Ripple focus
The new edition of The Red Eye is only a short designated-driver ride from most Broad Ripple night spots.
HETRICK: We’ll have our reunion, but you can’t have yours
Throughout our 234 years, each wave of immigrants feared the one arriving before it.
EDITORIAL: Electric-car gang is ahead of pack
The drive to make central Indiana a leader in the use of electric vehicles is smart—regardless of where the money comes
from.
World Cup offers sports at its best
Soccer is pure sport, in the best and most meaningful sense of the word.
CHEN: Indiana needs to become Asia-savvy
Our state needs to learn how to effectively engage with the emerging economies of the 21st century in order to be successful.
MARCUS: Kokomo works to advance economy
What do you do when you have little discretionary money and enormous challenges? You might follow the example being set by
Mayor Greg Goodnight in Kokomo.
SKARBECK: Short-term sizzle can’t beat consistency
To achieve outsized returns, whether in mutual funds or individual stocks, investors must avoid the hype and reliance on past outperformance.
HICKS: A modest proposal: The SUN tax of 2010
The problem is that the tanning tax fails every single criterion of effective tax policy. It is narrow, easily avoided, suffers
high administrative costs, and distorts consumer and producer behavior.
ALTOM: Is Pac-Man robbing your workers of productivity?
When Google users stumbled on a surprise gift from the giant search company, it was inevitable that in business offices
everywhere, the long-forgotten sounds of Pac-Man would come to life again.
SURF THIS: Two sites meet demands of meeting planners
E-mail is a great communication tool. But sometimes, it simply falls flat on its face. TimeBridge and Tungle help users get down to business.
WEB REVIEW: Two sites meet demands of meeting planners
E-mail is a great communication tool. But sometimes, it simply falls flat on its face.<
Utility user fees to be diverted
A [wrong] is being perpetrated on the citizens
of Indianapolis by our city-county councilors, Mayor Greg Ballard and the board of Citizens Energy, by negotiating a “sale”
of the water company to Citizens.
World Cup nations were confused
Bill Benner’ sopinion lost all credibility
for me in the end, though, because he obviously didn’t do his homework.
Avoiding fraud easier than recovery
We want to
emphasize ways that investors can avoid fraudulent schemes, as the opportunity for restitution rarely compensates investors
for their losses.
City Market should build on immigrant roots
I would like to suggest that the 124-year-old
landmark serve as an anchor for a broader vision of the near-east side.
Arts groups support each other
We are writing to give our wholehearted endorsement to [columnist] Greg Morris’ appeal for generous support for the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (“Confessions of a symphony newbie,” June 21).