The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN) articles from December 2001

The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN) archives from December 2001

The Indianapolis Star Meetings Column.
December 31, 2001... Dec. 31--WEDNESDAY: Avon Optimist Club, 6:30 p.m., Avon United Methodist Church, 6850 E. U.S. 36, Avon. Call Jim Crowe, 1-317-272-1442. Beech Grove Big Four Sertoma Club, 7:30 a.m., Lower level, National City Bank, 1275 Main St.,...

The Indianapolis Star Newsmakers Column.
December 31, 2001... Dec. 31--Name: Elizabeth R. Osborn Position: Assistant to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indiana for court history and public education. Previous position: Adjunct professor of history, Indiana University-Purdue University...

The Indianapolis Star Corner Office Column.
December 31, 2001... Dec. 31--When it comes to technology, Scott Jones is a true believer. He believes in its benefits to society, in its ability to create jobs, and in its importance to Indiana's economic future. As chairman of the Indiana Technology...

Indianapolis Homeowners Brace for Tax Hit; Reassessment Ends Disparities.
December 31, 2001... Byline: Jennifer Wagner Dec. 31--Whatever taxpayers think of the political debate about the upcoming overhaul of the state's property tax system, they can be sure the changes will cost them. And those trying to understand the...

Chapter's Revival Offers Forum for Women Business Owners in Indianapolis.
December 31, 2001... Byline: J.K. Wall Dec. 31--The line stretched more than 50 people down the hallway of the Downtown Westin Hotel, all of them trying to sign in and slip into the banquet room. The jam-up at the door delayed the start of ceremonies for 30...

The Indianapolis Star Newsmakers Column.
December 31, 2001... Dec. 31--PROMOTIONS: Accounting--Jerry M. Hammell (director) at Blue & Co. Advertising--Casey Sexton (eastern region sales manager) at Obie Media Corp.; --Amy Zucker (senior account supervisor) by Caldwell VanRiper/MARC. NEW...

Recession, Attacks Shaped Year; Indianapolis Star Names Top Business Stories.
December 31, 2001... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Dec. 31--As Hoosiers look back at 2001, the haze from Sept. 11's terrorist attacks may forever linger over key business events that transpired in Indianapolis and statewide. But it does not conceal them...

As Voters Receive Bills, Blame for Taxes Might Haunt Indiana Officials.
December 31, 2001... Byline: Jennifer Wagner Dec. 31--The property tax hatchet will fall in spring 2003, when tax bills reflecting the shift from a replacement cost system to a market value assessment arrive in homeowners' mailboxes or on their monthly...

End at Hand for Indianapolis Toy Store FAO Schwarz; Sale of Company in Works.
December 31, 2001... Dec. 31--Downtown's highest-profile toy retailer isn't playing around. FAO Schwarz announced in November that it would close its Circle Centre location by the end of January, but the end is coming sooner, rather than later. The...

Northern Indiana Callers Face Split into Three Area Codes.
December 30, 2001... Byline: John Fritze Dec. 30--Dialers are retraining their fingers to reach out and touch someone as northern Indiana prepares to split into three area codes -- two of them new. Starting Jan. 15, South Bend and the north-central...

Newly Approved Medical Patch Mends Holes in Heart Without Surgery.
December 30, 2001... Byline: Gina Barton Dec. 30--You would never know that Melodie Rose was born with two holes in her heart. The 17-year-old junior at Decatur Central High School has no scar on her chest. She plays three sports: softball, golf and...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
December 30, 2001... Byline: Thomas Wyman Dec. 30--This is Mel Torme weather. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and all that. After a toasty November and a few near-balmy weeks in December, the thermometer at last is sliding toward the single-digit...

Tapped-Out Surplus Leaves Indiana Scrambling for Funds.
December 29, 2001... Byline: Michele McNeil Solida Dec. 29--The year began with a tough assignment for state leaders: craft a two-year spending plan for Indiana in uncertain economic times. The assignment grew even more challenging when the nationwide...

Many U.S. Banks, Businesses Ready for Change to Euro.
December 29, 2001... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Dec. 29--Until now the euro has served as a fiscal phantom, an apparition chiefly seen by accountants, currency traders and programmers who enabled the nation's banking computers to track the new currency that...

Deep Freeze Won't Affect Indiana Home Heating Bills for Now.
December 28, 2001... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Dec. 28--A mild winter until the third week of December kept heating bills under control, but Hoosiers need to brace themselves as frigid weather throughout the Midwest threatens to pull the lid off natural gas...

Indianapolis Meteorologist to Retire after Decades of Watching the Skies.
December 28, 2001... Byline: Diana Penner Dec. 28--John Curran picked up his fascination with the weather as a little boy -- it was a family habit as he grew up in Albion, Neb. There was this weather vane outside on a shed. "The first thing you did...

In Indiana, SUVs Are Still the Rage.
December 28, 2001... Byline: Norm Heikens Dec. 28--For Jim and Natalie McNally and their daughters, inspecting a sparkling Toyota Sequoia at the Indianapolis International Auto Show Thursday was an expedition of sorts. Having clambered in and out of the...

Economy Moves Ahead in Indianapolis Area.
December 27, 2001... Byline: Stuart A. Hirsch Dec. 27--Economic development officials say counties in the Metro North area should hold to their course as they move through the choppy waters of a national recession into 2002. The recession of 2001 found...

New Macintosh Sales Outlet Makes a Home Within Indianapolis Photography Store.
December 27, 2001... Byline: J.K. Wall Dec. 27--For Joel Read, business success was a matter of choosing the right partner. Read set up MacExperience, a reseller and service provider of Macintosh computers, inside Robert's Distributors, which sells...

Stores Slash Prices to Clear Shelves for Spring Goods.
December 27, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 27--To spur sales of leftover sweaters, diamond bracelets and trendy toys, retailers resorted to a discount binge Wednesday -- a not-so-subtle attempt to make up for a lousy holiday season. While price cuts...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
December 27, 2001... Byline: Thomas Wyman Dec. 27--The jobless numbers are starting to inch up like floodwaters against the marks on a river levee. Three percent. Now 3.5 percent. Up to 4 percent. Then 4.5 percent. And rising. Most of us are still...

Christmas Passengers Relaxed at Indianapolis International Airport.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Norm Heikens Dec. 26--Leigh Mitchell worries about flying. Chris Miller doesn't. Passing through Indianapolis International Airport on a slow Christmas Eve Monday, both knew about the man accused of trying to ignite...

Thomson Multimedia Chops Prices to Move RCA E-Book Readers.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Vic Caleca Dec. 26--At $300 each, RCA's most popularly priced e-book reader didn't exactly fly off the shelves in its first year on the market. Midyear estimates by industry analysts put the number of REB 1100s sold at...

General Motors Revs Up Truck Output.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Ted Evanoff Dec. 26--DETROIT--General Motors Corp. has taken the lead in sales of full-sized pickup trucks for the first time in years and will try to stay ahead by keeping truck production volumes strong into the new year. ...

Post Office Branches, Private Mailers Accepted Last-Minute Gift Packages.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Dec. 26--Despite subfreezing temperatures and a case of pneumonia, Michele DeArmond came Downtown to mail her Christmas packages. "After returning from Paris last Sunday, I got sick and have been bedridden...

The Indianapolis Star Will Higgins Column.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Will Higgins Dec. 26--MALL TRIP ISN'T IN SANTA'S PLANS FOR TODAY: When you're a child, the day you look forward to all year is Dec. 25. When you're a grown-up, especially when you're a grown-up working as a shopping-mall...

Gloria Bulger, Indianapolis Real Estate Agent, Hasn't Slowed at 80.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 26--Gloria Bulger is peppy and forceful, a true real estate saleswoman. She shows houses in boldly colored pant suits, shiny gold jewelry and bright lipstick. She lists homes on the Internet, faxes offers and...

Engineer Retires, Moves On after Cleanup of Waste in Bloomington, Ind.
December 26, 2001... Byline: George Stuteville Dec. 26--BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- When Jim Patrick arrived in Bloomington 16 years ago, he sometimes wondered if he would be run out of town. He was often in the middle of a maelstrom as the engineer...

The Indianapolis Star Workplace Issues Column.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Gregory Weaver Dec. 26--QUESTION: My employer recently declared bankruptcy, and now I can't seem to get access to the 401(k) money it took out of my paycheck during the time I worked there. A third-party administrator is in...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
December 26, 2001... Byline: Thomas Wyman Dec. 26--Those stockings all hung by the chimney with care are stuffed full this morning. All year long, the contents have been accumulating for the Indianapolis business community. Now it's time to lift the...

Aspiring Teachers in Indianapolis Get Hands-On Experience.
December 25, 2001... Byline: Barb Berggoetz Dec. 25--Seventeen pairs of second-graders' eyes stare at wintry scenes in Christmas in the Big Woods as their teacher's animated voice glides through the story. Down the hall at Indianapolis Public School 98,...

College Savings Program Charges to Jump on Jan. 1 in Indiana.
December 24, 2001... Byline: Chris O'Malley Dec. 24--Indiana's college savings program will add a second annual fee next year and begin charging sales commissions for those enrolled after Dec. 31. State officials say the increases in the Indiana Family...

The Indianapolis Star Downtown Digest Column.
December 24, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 24--Blackjack Uniforms has a bulletproof retail strategy: Go where the police are. The newly opened Downtown store -- selling bulletproof vests, badges and fire and police uniforms -- has cleverly nestled...

Indianapolis-Area Internet Firm Offers Farmers Products, Services.
December 24, 2001... Byline: Norm Heikens Dec. 24--CICERO, Ind.--Farmer Mike Beard is a self-described dinosaur who would rather buy seed in person than over the Internet. But the 55-year-old corn, soybean and hog grower near Frankfort is an unabashed...

The Indianapolis Star Insider Trading Column.
December 24, 2001... Byline: John Strauss Dec. 24--Six local black architects are taking a shot at one of the most lucrative design jobs in the country, the billion-dollar midfield terminal project at Indianapolis International Airport. The group...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
December 23, 2001... Byline: Thomas Wyman Dec. 23--The only stimulus Congress provided last week came in the guise of invigorating political invective. The House and Senate folded their tents Thursday without pushing through any form of a...

Revolutionary Medical Web Site Dispenses Advice Day or Night.
December 22, 2001... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Dec. 22--You're battling a sinus infection, sore throat or other annoying but common ailment that has you debating whether to haul your poor self to the doctor for some get-well potions. It's a common scenario...

The Indianapolis Star Mark Land Column.
December 22, 2001... Byline: Mark Land Dec. 22--Having done my time in an MBA program, I have vague and not altogether unpleasant memories of the case study method used to mold impressionable business minds. Along those lines, LTV's stunning fall is a...

Indianapolis Retailers Say Registers Are Ringing Consistently.
December 22, 2001... Byline: J.K. Wall Dec. 22--While national reports say the Grinch has stolen this Christmas from retailers, stores in Indianapolis say that, in this atypical year, sales are pretty typical. Malls and stores all over the city showed...

Indianapolis-Area Firm Finds Niche Imprinting Stone, Brick for Businesses.
December 22, 2001... Byline: J.K. Wall Dec. 22--Ceramica started when Dick Light hit a brick wall. In 1988, Light, then owner of Architecture Brick and Tile, was supplying bricks for the construction of University Heights South Hospital on County Line...

Worldcom Plans to Enter Indiana's Local Phone Market.
December 22, 2001... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Dec. 22--Worldcom is the latest telephone company to threaten Ameritech's virtual monopoly in Indiana's local telephone market by planning to launch its services early next year. "We are prepared to enter...

Retail Electronics Trends Go Round and Round.
December 21, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 21--In a world of pristine sound and near-flawless electronics, hissing and crackling are making a comeback. Record players, with their persnickety needles and stylus arms, are spinning off retailers' shelves...

Jeffersonville, Ind.-Based Service Firm Markets Home Warranty as Perk.
December 21, 2001... Byline: Vic Caleca Dec. 21--It started as a perk for its own employees, but now Jeffersonville-based Service Net is hoping it will become a program that companies across the country will want to offer as a benefit. The perk? A...

The Indianapolis Star Rhoda Israelov Column.
December 21, 2001... Byline: Roda Israelov Dec. 21--QUESTION: We had our first child in August, and both sets of grandparents want to help us start an education fund as their Christmas gift to our son. We have been reading about the new kinds of...

Indiana Seeks Millions to Retrain Laid-Off Airline, Steel Workers.
December 21, 2001... Byline: Norm Heikens Dec. 21--The state is applying for $9.9 million in federal grants to retrain laid-off airline and steel workers. The Department of Workforce Development won't know until early next year, however, whether the...

Anderson, Ind.-Based Automotive Lighting Maker Plans Possible Acquisitions.
December 20, 2001... Byline: Ted Evanoff Dec. 20--ANDERSON, Ind. -- One year ago, Dennis Pawley suddenly resigned as chairman of Indiana industrial icon Guide Corp. after only a year on the job. "As I got deeper and deeper into the company," the...

Federal Regulators Order Indianapolis Bus Firm to Stay Off Road.
December 20, 2001... Byline: Chris O'Malley Dec. 20--Federal regulators on Wednesday ordered an Indianapolis bus operator to stop driving passengers across state lines after allegations of serious safety defects during an inspection earlier this year. ...

Medicaid roll to grow; 60,000 More Indiana Residents Expected to Need Program.
December 20, 2001... Byline: Michele McNeil Solida Dec. 20--Indiana will provide health care to 60,000 more elderly, low-income and disabled Hoosiers than originally projected by mid-2003, costing the state $108 million more and further straining the Medicaid...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
December 20, 2001... Byline: Thomas Wyman Dec. 20--The fallout from the astounding implosion of Enron Corp. has left CEO Kenneth Lay radioactive. That descriptive word, conjuring an image of deadly rays emitted by disintegrating isotopes, gets applied to...

New Universal Music Group CD Aims to Put Limits on Music Copying.
December 19, 2001... Byline: Vic Caleca Dec. 19--Chances are, you hadn't exactly been holding your breath for Tuesday's release of the soundtrack CD Fast and Furious -- More Music. More than a few music industry executives were getting a little short of...

Lab Techs, in Great Demand, Perform Vital Work in Anonymity.
December 19, 2001... Byline: Gregory Weaver Dec. 19--The spread of anthrax by bioterrorists wasn't the way laboratory technologists wanted to draw attention to their career. But the attention couldn't have come at a better time for a profession that is...

Indiana Power Line Manager Passes State Muster.
December 19, 2001... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Dec. 19--Indiana customers can expect reliable and possibly cheaper power in the future after state regulators authorized the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operators to assume control of transmission...

Eli Lilly Study Finds Prozac, Two Other Drugs Equally Effective.
December 19, 2001... Byline: Gina Barton Dec. 19--A study of the active ingredients in Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft -- the first to compare the three medications -- found that each is equally effective for treating depression. The study, to be published...

Broken Deals Spur Indianapolis to Cut Firms' Tax Breaks.
December 19, 2001... Byline: Doug Sword Dec. 19--Indianapolis officials are moving to rescind tax breaks for seven companies that failed to make good on their promises to add jobs and invest locally. The biggest deal to go sour is a 10-year tax abatement...

Carmel, Ind., Tech Consulting Firm to Team up with Area Rival.
December 19, 2001... Byline: Vic Caleca Dec. 19--Two of the Indianapolis area's highest-profile technology consulting companies joined forces this week, The Star has learned. Haverstick Consulting Inc. of Carmel confirmed Tuesday that it has entered...

Indianapolis Officials Say Water Utility Purchase Averts Big Rate Increase.
December 19, 2001... Byline: Doug Sword Dec. 19--The city's purchase of the Indianapolis Water Co. will save the average homeowner more than $6 a month by averting the utility's plan to seek a 30 percent rate increase. That's according to city officials,...

The Indianapolis Star Workplace Issues Column.
December 19, 2001... Byline: Gregory Weaver Dec. 19--QUESTION: My 16-year-old son recently picked up his $129 paycheck from the fast-food restaurant where he worked -- then promptly lost it while biking home. He has looked all along the route, but no luck....

West Lafayette, Ind., Biotech Firm Says Purdue University Violated Agreement.
December 18, 2001... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Dec. 18--Purdue University has licensed a new form of tissue-growth material to a Georgia firm, prompting a charge of betrayal from the Indiana company that holds the Purdue license to an earlier-developed form. ...

Indianapolis City-County Council Approves Charter Schools, Utility Deal.
December 18, 2001... Byline: Doug Sword Dec. 18--Two high-profile measures -- the $515 million plan to buy the Indianapolis Water Co. and the creation of four local charter schools -- easily won approval from the City-County Council on Monday night. Six...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
December 18, 2001... Byline: Thomas Wyman Dec. 18--INDIANA CLIENTS CAUTIOUS ABOUT STICKING WITH ENRON AUDITOR: The boilerplate has sprung a leak. Somewhere toward the bottom of every public company's annual report, you usually will find three paragraphs...

The Indianapolis Star Newsmakers Column.
December 17, 2001... Dec. 17--PROMOTIONS: Legal -- Jennifer Gordon (to partner) at Wood, Tuohy, Gleason, Mercer and Herrin. Manufacturing -- Jack Keffer (to vice president of manufacturing) and Scott Brand (to senior manager of manufacturing)...

The Indianapolis Star Newsmakers Column.
December 17, 2001... Byline: Jill Hammon Dec. 17--David Busch Position: Director, Underground Storage Department, Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. Previous Position: Manager of underground storage. Experience: 20 years of experience working in the...

The Indianapolis Star Business Profile Column.
December 17, 2001... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Dec. 17--Douglas F. Esamann is the newly appointed president of PSI Energy Inc., which serves more than 655,000 customers in Indiana. He replaces Vicky A. Bailey, who resigned to join the Bush administration...

The Indianapolis Star Downtown Digest Column.
December 17, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 17--One of Downtown's best-known tech gurus has given up his corporate day job for hot dogs and cheese-drowned french fries. Scott Abbott, founder and former chief executive officer of Eviciti Corp., 47 S....

Logansport, Ind., Sees Influx of Hispanic Workers Due to Pork Plant.
December 17, 2001... Byline: Scott MacGregor Dec. 17--LOGANSPORT, Ind.--Like many immigrants before him, David Lorenzo lived by a simple creed: Need work, will travel. But when he left his family in Guatemala, Lorenzo never thought he'd become a Hoosier...

Owner of Indianapolis Office Decor Company Builds Business on Quality.
December 17, 2001... Byline: J.K. Wall Dec. 17--Chris Combs is a business nonconformist. The owner of Trans-Plants, a plant decoration and gift basket service, has only two computers in her offices. Combs swears off computers as "not dependable" and only...

CEO of Indianapolis-Based Athletic Footwear Store Sets Sights on Expansion.
December 17, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 17--Alan Cohen is almost as much athlete as he is CEO. That being the case, he's in the right business. He runs, he bikes, he golfs and he boats. And he has just the right shoes to fit whatever sport he's...

Experts Try to Improve Ecosystem in Indiana's Portion of White River.
December 17, 2001... Byline: David Rohn Dec. 17--Two years after chemical discharges from Guide Corp. sent a "solid wall of destruction" down White River from Anderson to Indianapolis, 10 people sat around a table for the first time last week to look at ways...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
December 17, 2001... Byline: Thomas Wyman Dec. 17--Joyce Rybecki's roast beef sandwiches and gallons of Gatorade have been feeding vinyl siding work crews for years. On the bottom line of Rybecki Siding, though, those same hearty sandwiches and drinks...

Indianapolis Family Practice Group to Relocate.
December 16, 2001... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Dec. 16--Squeezed for space as never before, the doctors at Group One/ American Health Network have decided to move. It's a straightforward prescription for their plight. The Indianapolis family practice has...

Indianapolis Tech Showcase Spotlights Internet Security Firms.
December 16, 2001... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Dec. 16--The kind of crime that banks fear most no longer involves ski masks, pistol-packing villains and a getaway car. It is one that clients rarely -- if ever -- hear about. So vexing are they to solve...

The Indianapolis Star Mark Land Column.
December 15, 2001... Byline: Mark Land Dec. 15--I've never met Bill McGowan Jr. But if even half of what I read Friday about the outgoing CEO of the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association is true -- and I do know the reporter who wrote the...

Notre Dame Coach A Reminder: Lying to Land A Job Is Common Practice.
December 15, 2001... Byline: Gregory Weaver Dec. 15--George O'Leary, the short-lived Notre Dame football coach who resigned Friday, certainly isn't the first job applicant to lie about his credentials. Reference-checking services estimate that 25 percent...

Indianapolis-Area McDonald's Outlets Get in Step with Chain's Strategy.
December 15, 2001... Byline: J.K. Wall Dec. 15--Workers at the Castleton McDonald's danced with Ronald McDonald and the president on Friday. McDonald's USA President Mike Roberts, that is. Roberts and other McDonald's brass visited the 1950s-style...

Retail, Residential Project Is Coming to Downtown Indianapolis Arts Corridor.
December 15, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 15--Amid all the historic buildings settled along Massachusetts Avenue, a new development that will include three multi-level buildings featuring retail, lofts and an art studio is in the planning stages The...

United Airlines Mechanics Give OK for Strike.
December 15, 2001... Byline: Chris O'Malley Dec. 15--United Airlines mechanics in Indianapolis and around the nation have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike next week, although President Bush likely will block the move so that air travel isn't disrupted...

Indiana's College Savings Plan Will Offer Improved Services Soon.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Chris O'Malley Dec. 14--Participants in Indiana's college savings plan next year will get more investment choices and account information, state officials said Thursday after naming a new company to manage the $30 million fund....

The Indianapolis Star Will Higgins Column.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Will Higgins Dec. 14--NEW OWNERS SHOULDN'T JUMP THE GUN: This time of year is usually a good time to be in the firearms business -- you've got the hunting season, then Christmas. This time of this year has turned out to be a...

Labor Unions Seek Boost in Indiana's Jobless Aid, Drug Benefit.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Gregory Weaver Dec. 14--Labor unions will encourage state lawmakers to ease the economic pain of laid-off Hoosiers next year by enhancing unemployment benefits and providing low-cost prescription drugs for the uninsured. ...

Trends, Economy Take Toll on Indianapolis Businesses' Window Displays.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 14--Once upon a time, Downtown stores were window wonderlands. Rosy-cheeked children in furry coats glided on icy ponds. And Santa Claus, with his red-nosed reindeer, turned his head to catch a glimpse of...

The Indianapolis Star John Strauss Column.
December 14, 2001... Byline: John Strauss Dec. 14--FARM BUREAU TO STEP UP TAX REFORM EFFORTS: A quick vote by fewer than 300 people today will help determine how many of the state's farmers stand on next year's top political and pocketbook issue -- property...

Indianapolis Convention Association Will Lose Its Leader.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Dana Knight Dec. 14--Look just about any place Downtown, and signs of William K. McGowan Jr.'s work can be found. As chief executive officer of the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association, McGowan has helped paint the...

Indianapolis Water-Utility Buyout Passes City-County Panel in 8-1 Vote.
December 14, 2001... Byline: Doug Sword Dec. 14--The city's bid to buy the Indianapolis Water Co. for $515 million breezed through a City-County Council panel Thursday on an 8-1 vote. The measure now heads for a final vote Monday before the full...

Indiana Regulators Take Action against Insurance Agent.
December 13, 2001... Byline: Chris O'Malley Dec. 13--An insurance agent whose commercials about retirement planning once were a fixture of late-night television allegedly sold unregistered securities and is behind on payments to some investors, state...