6,400 job seekers attend career fair
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard’s Indianapolis Employment Opportunities 2009 Career Fair last week drew 6,400 job seekers. Organizers say 60 businesses, offering more than 1,100 jobs, participated in the event at Lucas Oil Stadium. Pre-registration figures show 30 percent of attendees were 45-years old and older and 52 percent had degrees beyond high school diplomas.
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Purdue to stay open if state shuts down
Purdue University plans to continue to operate, even if state lawmakers had failed to pass a new budget by Tuesday’s midnight deadline. Interim Executive Vice President and Treasurer Jim Almond says the university receives other revenue from contracts, grants and auxiliary sources.
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Hill-Rom sells patents to firm
Batesville-based Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. has sold its patents and intellectual property for its Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. Kinetic Concepts Inc. in San Antonio, Texas, has purchased the property, but terms have not been disclosed. Hill-Rom Holdings Chief Executive Officer Peter Soderberg says the sale is part of the company’s effort to focus on businesses that offer attractive and profitable growth opportunities.
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Foundation vows to carry on Fisher legacy
Ball Brothers Foundation Executive Director Jud Fisher says the organization’s chairman and president will be “sorely missed.” John Fisher died Sunday after battling leukemia and had spent the last decade at the helm of the foundation. He was the former president and chief executive officer of Ball Corp. A memorial service is tentatively set for July 16 in Muncie.
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Items from airport on auction block
Thousands of items from the old Indianapolis International Airport will be on the auction block this summer. Everything from tables and chairs to ticket counters will be up for bid Aug. 4. Larger items, like escalators and luggage conveyors will be sold through a sealed bid process. Unique pieces including a massive iron Statue of Liberty and a 35-piece series of framed posters illustrating Princess Diana will go to the highest bidder.
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Volunteers needed for Daffodil Days benefit
The American Cancer Society is looking for individuals, businesses and organizations to help with its upcoming Daffodil Days program.
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Susan Miller: Minds made better thanks to lists
Not all lists are created equal. Indeed, there is an art and a science to list crafting.
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Gunman robs Old National Bank
A gunman escaped with money from a southside Anderson bank Tuesday afternoon.
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Emmett Dulaney: The tragedy of the insurance commons
In basic economics, students often hear of the concept of “the tragedy of the commons.” In overly simplistic terms, this is a situation in which many individuals share a limited resource.
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Report: Hoosier Park leaves economic mark on county
Tourism has become big business in Madison County and Hoosier Park Racing & Casino is the star attraction, concludes a recent report from the Anderson/Madison County Visitors & Convention Bureau.
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Call answered decades later
Ron Cross' family and friends thought he was crazy for quitting a well-established career, but Cross thought there was something better out there for him. And he wanted to set a good example for his children — now 17 and 24 — by going to college.
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Gerry Dick Business Briefs: Feb. 5
A compilation of business news items of local and statewide interest, provided by writer Gerry Dick.
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'Big Joe' Clark: Housing market yet to bottom out
As housing prices slow their massive drop from the highs we saw in 2006, economists and market analysts alike want to have their voices heard when they call for a bottom in the housing market. It just isn’t time yet.
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Rivals back home, friends here
Football fans began arriving here for Super Bowl XLVI on Friday, bringing together complete strangers, families and old fraternity buddies.
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Members accuse city union treasurer of stealing
Over $30,000 in dues is missing from a city union, according to two members.
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