North-central Indiana update: the region's top business
stories.(influence of growth of business on regional
development)
EIGHT NEW AGRI-businesses--six of them producing alternative
fuels--and a dozen new or expanding manufacturers are helping the
10-county north-central Indiana region with new investments and . . .
Square feet & more: update on the state's major
convention centers, hotel and meeting facilities.(MEETINGS &
CONVENTIONS)
Southern Indian.
Closed as a hotel since 1932, West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden,
reopened ahead of schedule in May, featuring 246 luxury guestrooms and
suites, a fitness center, Sinclair's . . .
Link between taxes and health-care costs.(INDIANA
INDICATORS)
"THINGS THAT CAN'T GO on forever, don't." If
those famous words of the otherwise obscure Nixon-era economic advisor
Herbert Stem apply to anything, it is health-care spending. Most of us
recognize . . .
Muncie & Delaware County: new confidence and
investment--Sallie Mae, IBM and more to come.(REGIONAL REPORT EAST
CENTRAL)
RECENT NEWS BRINGS new opportunity to a county hit by manufacturing
declines, says Terry Murphy, Muncie-Delaware County Economic Development
Alliance vice president.
Among the newcomers are . . .
Business benefits: Indiana's new health insurance has some
incentive for small business, too.(HEALTH CARE)
Democrats and Republicans in both the Indiana House and Senate
rallied together and passed House Bill 1678, also referred to as the
Governor's Health Plan or the Indiana Check-Up Plan. It calls for . . .
20 years of SIA: Subaru of Indiana Automotive.(REGIONAL REPORT:
NORTH-CENTRAL)
When Tippecanoe County residents learned 20 years ago that a $500
million car plant would soon rise from an 800-acre corn field, few could
have predicted how dramatically the news would change . . .
Estate planning tips: ten suggestions to prepare for business
after death.(ESTATE PLANNING)
WHILE MOST BUSINESS owners have grand plans for the future of their
companies, they often find it difficult to consider that future when
they are no longer around. That's why estate planning . . .
Local secrets, big finds: national travel Web site's five
Indiana favorites.(AROUND INDIANA)
"IT TAKES A GOOD 10 minutes just to read the menu, and another
10 to make up your mind." That's how one ice cream lover
described Mom & Pop's Cone Comer in an entry submitted to the
"Local Secrets, . . .
East Central Indiana: the region's top business
stories.(REGIONAL REPORT EAST CENTRAL)(Hartford Energy Corp.)
We look at significant economic activity for Blackford, Delaware,
Grant, Jay and Madison counties.
Corn power. POET Biofuels is building two plants. The first, to
open this fall, will be near . . .
The doctor's office: should a physician group own its
building?(ADVICE: REAL ESTATE)
The signs are all there. The wallpaper is starting to peel, there
are not enough exam rooms, and the waiting room is standing room only.
There is no doubt about it: We need more room.
This is . . .
Tipton picked: county gets state-of-the-art GETRAG/Chrysler
transmission plant.(REGIONAL REPORT: NORTH-CENTRAL)
WHILE GETRAG/CHRYSLER Group's June announcement that it will
build a transmission plant in Tipton doesn't mean new jobs because
the 1,170 employees will come from the Chrysler Group . . .
Meeting getaways: three different options--relaxation, recreation
and an extended lunch.(MEETINGS & CONVENTIONS)
MEETING PLANNERS HAVE it tough. They have to find a place that fits
the basic need--like accommodating a sales meeting, board meeting,
annual retreat or strategic-planning session, while setting . . .
Down to earth: it's the "started-in-a-garage"
success story of Fort Wayne's WaterFurnace International, a pioneer
and leader in
THE COMPANY'S beginning was both modest and magical. In the
late 1970s, two geothermal pioneers, Dan Ellis in Fort Wayne and Dave
Hatherton in Toronto, Canada, were independently creating . . .
The Power of Disease management: remember the phrase
"Knowledge is Power".(ADVICE: HEALTH)
THE PHRASE "KNOWLEDGE is Power" originated in 1597 by Sir
Francis Bacon.
Just as the phrase "Knowledge is Power" represents a
different meaning to individuals, the words "Disease
management" . . .
Shovel-ready sites: state program for fast-track
permitting.(ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)
UNDER 2005 LEGISLATION, the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
administers "Shovel-Ready" and uses a Fast Access Site Team
(FASTeam) to deliver fast-track permitting at the state level
To receive . . .
Building traffic: taking your Web site to the next level--from
blogs to "video magazines.".(MARKETING)(Website
overview)
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 10 years since Indiana's Internet
pioneers used little more than text, a few links and the occasional
photo to stake out the first wave of Web sites. Today the rush to
develop . . .
The executive physical: taking care of business means taking care
of the people at the top.(management of health of executives )
BOUNCING FROM MEETING to meeting, traveling for days at a time,
grabbing fast food or dining on rich restaurant fare and being connected
to the office 24/7--the demands of running a company can . . .
The productivity paradox: low-skill jobs are lost but we can
compete for more advanced manufacturing.(VIEWPOINT)
"DO MORE WITH LESS." It's an everyday mandate in
business: Get maximum results with minimum waste. And manufacturing is
one economic sector that has clearly taken this rule to heart.
U.S. . . .
From simple to 401(k): choosing an employee retirement
plan.(RETIREMENT PLANNING)
AS AN EMPLOYEE-benefits specialist with Swartz Retson--a
Merrillville accounting firm with an employee benefits practice in
Merrillville--Joy Kakta works with a variety of businesses to set . . .
Indiana book of lists: tops in 29 categories.(Cover
story)
THIS IS OUR FIRST ANNUAL Indiana Business Book of Lists, a
statewide compilation of the leaders in 29 categories. For years we have
admired the Indianapolis Business Journal's Book of Lists but . . .
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