Brightpoint boosts revenue, profit
Brightpoint Inc. on Wednesday reported second-quarter revenue of $788.6 million as the Indianapolis company continued to grow
its share of the wireless device distribution business.
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Indiana company planning hybrid van gets GM backing
Anderson-based Bright Automotive is getting a boost from a $5 million investment by General Motors’ new venture capital arm.
IU gets $9.2 million grant for 2 global networks
Indiana University has won a $9.2 million federal grant to lead two high-speed global networks intended to boost scientific
collaborations between U.S., European and Asian researchers.
Enforcement lax on teen-driver mobile-phone ban
Indiana State Police report ticketing only one driver for violating the cell phone ban, and a state agency that tracks infractions
for 160 police departments could find just two other citations.
Notaries headed toward endangered list
The number of notary publics, a group that proudly dates its services back a couple of thousand years or more, is in free
fall.
$6.6M grant to help project at Crane tech park
A federal grant will pay most of the costs for an $8 million conference center that officials hope will help attract business
to a technology park near the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center.
State steps up chase for data centers
Jam-packed with expensive equipment, data centers represent huge capital investments in a relatively small footprint. That
can mean steep property tax bills, though Indiana allows communities to exempt a portion of that tax. Jobs-hungry Indiana
is eager to attract more of these climate-controlled computing fortresses.
Interactive Intelligence reports higher profit, revenue
The Indianapolis-based company reported second quarter profit of $2.5 million on increased sales of
its business communications software.
Wolf Technical Services wins Army Corps contract
The company has been hired to refine technology that detects whether a vehicle might be carrying suspicious cargo, including
explosives.
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis releases iPhone app for virtual front seat
The app will feature news, past laureate recordings, videos and access to the 2010 schedule, IVCI officials said.
IT firm plans $24 million data center
The city’s Metropolitan Development Commission will consider providing Lightbound LLC with property tax abatements to offset
investment cost.
ALTOM: How long will our ‘Net neutrality last?
Cable giant Comcast has fanned a typical smoldering Internet grumble-fest into a major screaming match, complete with a lawsuit
and cries for federal intervention. The outcome may affect how much it costs you and me to do business across the ’Net.
Interactive Intelligence partners on social media application
The Indianapolis software company has partnered with Cambridge, Mass.-based Buzzient Inc. to allow clients to monitor chatter
about them on Facebook and other sites.
Is alternative energy sustainable in Indiana?
An economic development observer questions what will happen after the feds turn off the tap.
Plan to run fiber optic lines along greenways has legal hurdles
The city of Indianapolis wants to generate revenue by using greenways as fiber optic corridors. But previous legal battles
over leasing rights-of-way to utilities could hang up the plan.
Prepaid mobile phone users to face new state fee
The Indiana Department of Revenue says Indiana retailers selling prepaid mobile phones or prepaid wireless phone cards will
have to charge their customers an extra fee.
Web firm promises 107 new jobs after ’08 pledge fell short
Fusion Alliance made a similar agreement to receive state and local incentives in 2008, but the jobs failed to materialize.
Study: College students adopt texting, shun e-mail
A new Ball State University study says text messaging has far eclipsed e-mail and instant messaging as
college students'
favored way of staying in touch.
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.
Slow economy bruises profits of Indiana’s largest public companies
One-time events influenced bottom lines of some of the few companies that made more money in 2009.