The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra will look to volunteers to help cover the work done by eight people who were laid off last week in a move to trim $600,000, or 2 percent, from the $29.5 million annual budget.
When I read the year-end statements from the 529 College Saving Plans I had established for the benefit of my grandchildren, I felt lower than a snake’s belly.
Despite assurances of strength, Simon Property Group Inc. has decided to pay 90 percent of its dividend in stock, a move that allows the company to hold onto $925 million in cash this year but could alienate shareholders drawn by the dividend.
I think it is so important to remind people that the one thing we have control of is our attitude. I think you conveyed that
beautifully.
The most recent data on the U.S. economy continues to be worrying, but a little context remains helpful.
Even as the economy spirals downward, no one gives a thought to bringing some kind of fiscal sanity to the overall enterprise of sports.
How are the economic development professionals in each Indiana county supposed to do their jobs when they don’t get quality statistics like those provided to professional sports managers and coaches?
The recession, coupled with personnel shifts, have grounded the more than $50-million hotel project adjacent to the new terminal.
Jobs themselves may become “Job One” for our elected officials.
A new report by one of the nation’s leading economists finds that getting the stimulus package through Congress—
and fast—
has huge implications for Hoosiers.
Some major foundations in central Indiana are narrowing grantmaking criteria so they can funnel their reduced asset streams
toward pressing needs brought on by the recession.
Glenn S. Lyon, the new head at The Finish Line Inc., has plenty to tackle. Traffic is down at Finish Line stores, sales have slowed and competitors are slashing prices.
If world leaders don’t quickly demonstrate the courage to stop printing money, the long term is shot. And since that courage
isn’t likely to surface anytime soon, investors should rethink traditional strategies now.
When our economy is
challenged, American resilience and resourcefulness have heretofore always saved the day. I have good reason to believe those
traits will save the day once again.
Expeditious and clever spending on roads, infrastructure and, in the half-dozen states where it is possible, a tax cut will determine the success of the stimulus plan.
Don’t lose sight of viable businesses in your own backyard.
Stock markets fell, jobs disappeared, and the outlook for the economy seemed to grow grimmer by the week in 2008. Banks, real estate developers, retailers and manufacturers took some of the worst hits, but all types of businesses in central
Indiana felt the pain.
The Rev. Terminus Tufflov was preaching, although he and I were the only people in the sanctuary.
"These are hard times, my friend," he said. "The forces of darkness have gathered and are threatening my flock. These economic
woes are tests sent from on high to challenge our faith. We must prevail and we will prevail."
Unless markets surge in the final days of the year, 2008 will go down as the worst year for stocks since the Great Depression.
Today, your team members are drowning in negativity and they need someone to inspire some hope into their day.
