The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN) articles from November 2002

The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, IN) archives from November 2002

Lowe's Takes On Wisconsin-Based Competitor Menards in Ad Campaign.
November 30, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 30--The ad, in bold blue letters, boasts "No Comparison." Wrong. It's all about comparison. Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse has launched a regional advertising campaign against competitor Menards,...

Indianapolis Shoppers Are Displeased with Sparse Markdowns.
November 30, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 30--The shoppers showed up, but the discounts didn't. At least not as deep or as often as Vania Kelly anticipated. "I think a lot of this stuff's been marked down -- to regular price," said Kelly, 41, of...

Indianapolis-Area Malls Are Busy but Not Overrun by Shoppers.
November 30, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 30--Except for the 5 a.m. store opening and 300-some enthusiastic shoppers lined up outside to grab up Barbie Rapunzels and Fur Real Kitties, Friday was more of the same for Anthony DeHaven. Sure, it was the...

United Airlines Is on Brink of Bankruptcy.
November 30, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 30--United Airlines stock plunged 32.5 percent Friday as the airline began urgent negotiations to try to reach a deal with mechanics who rejected a $700 million concession package this week. Mechanics,...

Indianapolis-Based Anthem Inc. Drops Referral Rule Regarding Specialists.
November 29, 2002... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Nov. 29--Anthem Inc. said it will let its managed-care members in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky see medical specialists without getting prior approval from Anthem. The no-referral provision, which already is in...

Electronics Stores Get Boost from Indiana Consumers.
November 29, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 29--If you're not buried in a crowd at Wal-Mart or plopped in front of a computer screen eating leftover turkey sandwiches today, you probably are at an electronics store. Why? Because that's where many of...

Mechanics Reject United's Pay-Cut Proposal; Bankruptcy Looms for UAL.
November 29, 2002... Byline: Jason Thomas Nov. 29--The future of United Airlines and its more than 1,500 local workers is cloudy after the rejection of wage reductions by union mechanics Thursday. Now, it's a game of wait-and-see as the nation's...

Conseco Gets Debt Extension, but Finance Unit Faces Insolvency.
November 28, 2002... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Nov. 28--Conseco got another extension Wednesday on a $1.5 billion pact with creditors, but its protracted efforts to restructure roughly $6.5 billion in debt -- now entering their 111th day -- have all but...

Despite Sluggishness, Economy Has Bright Spots.
November 28, 2002... Byline: Norm Heikens Nov. 28--Yes, the economy still has the flu. The nation has been in recession since March 2001, and Indiana appears to have been hit nearly a year earlier. However, believe it or not, the economy offers much...

Indianapolis Airport Reports Smooth Takeoff for Start of Holiday Travel.
November 28, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 28--One holiday tradition appears to be biting the dust. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving is surpassing Wednesday as the busiest day for holiday-related departures out of Indianapolis International Airport. At...

Court Denies Collaboration Efforts for Indianapolis Medical-Device Firm.
November 28, 2002... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Nov. 28--Cook Inc. has lost the first of three legal moves to overturn or soften a federal court's October ruling against its collaboration with Guidant Corp. in drug-coated heart stents. The U.S. Court of...

Indianapolis Service Referral Firm Sets Sights on Two New Markets.
November 27, 2002... Byline: J.K. Wall Nov. 27--Sitting on one side of their conference table -- which is nothing more than an old door resting on two stone pillars -- Angie Hicks and Bill Oesterle enthusiastically describe how their small firm soon could go...

Indiana Braces for Revenue Estimates.
November 27, 2002... Byline: Kevin Corcoran Nov. 27--The National Governors Association says states haven't experienced such steep revenue losses and widespread budget woes since World War II. Next month, experts in Indiana will offer their own damage...

Thanksgiving Travel Rebounds after Sept. 11 Drop.
November 27, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi and J.K. Wall Nov. 27--Holiday travelers are expected to be out in greater numbers this week than last Thanksgiving, which was marred by post-Sept. 11 fears. The AAA expects nearly 36 million Americans to venture...

ID Theft Case Hits Two Firms in Indianapolis Area.
November 27, 2002... Nov. 27--What authorities are calling the biggest identity theft case in U.S. history appears to have had limited impact in Indiana -- so far. For now, two businesses appear to be among those in Indiana most affected by the New York case...

Indianapolis Revitalization Edges to the East.
November 27, 2002... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Nov. 27--The city next week is expected to unveil a long-range plan to revitalize parts of the east side of Downtown surrounding the former Market Square Arena. The blueprint, obtained by The Star, provides...

Indianapolis Union Unveils Holiday Catalog Mocking New York Catalog Retailer.
November 27, 2002... Byline: Gregory Weaver Nov. 27--Talk about ripping a page from the competitor's playbook. A union trying to organize 800 workers at the Brylane catalog-clothing distribution center on the Southeastside is sending its own glossy...

The Indianapolis Star Workplace Issues Column.
November 27, 2002... Byline: Gregory Weaver Nov. 27--QUESTION: I work for a medium-sized local enterprise whose office administrator recites a highly denominational prayer at our annual Christmas party. I find this objectionable, but I don't know of a safe...

Security Fixes Are on Schedule at Indianapolis Airport, Officials Say.
November 26, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 26--Chaos in the form of delayed flights and frustrated airline passengers has been avoided -- at least for now. On Monday, President Bush signed legislation to extend by a year the Jan. 1, 2003, deadline for...

Financial Services Firm Conseco, Ex-Executive Are at Odds over Loan Repayment.
November 26, 2002... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Nov. 26--Activity on Conseco's legal front continues to mount as a growing number of ex-Conseco employees -- including former Conseco Finance chief Bruce Crittenden -- now face federal lawsuits for failing to...

Nanotechnology Project Coalesces at Indiana's Purdue University.
November 26, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 26--Purdue University's Jim Cooper admits he doesn't have a quick and easy definition of nanotechnology. And that poses a bit of a problem for Cooper, who is co- director of the university's Birck Nanotechnology...

Eight Indiana Residents Sue Maker of Painkiller OxyContin.
November 26, 2002... Byline: Shannon Tan Nov. 26--Carolyn Beck took OxyContin for six years to ease the chronic pain she suffered in the aftermath of abdominal surgery, but relief came at a price. "I was phenomenally addicted to it," said the Hendricks...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
November 26, 2002... Byline: Thomas Wyman Nov. 26--As if Conseco Inc. needs another problem. Now the beleaguered company finds itself laboring under the weight of unintended irony. That's hardly the worst setback Conseco has encountered in recent...

The Indianapolis Star Downtown Digest Column.
November 25, 2002... Byline: J. K. Wall Nov. 25--GYM TO MOVE: Gold's Gym is planning to pump up its Downtown shop with new digs. The fitness center at 51 N. Illinois St. intends to relocate to the fourth floor of Circle Centre mall by the end of January,...

Future Hazy for Emission Testing in Indiana Counties near Louisville, Ky.
November 25, 2002... Byline: Tammy Webber Nov. 25--For 18 years, motorists in Indiana's Clark and Floyd counties have done their part to ease air pollution in the Louisville, Ky., area, taking their vehicles to a special site for emissions tests every two...

Pfizer Goes to Court Prevent Competitors from Imitating Viagra.
November 25, 2002... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Nov. 25--Viagra has become synonymous with impotence treatment for men, in part because it's the only approved pill in the United States for erectile problems. Viagra maker Pfizer Inc. wants to keep it that way....

Casinos Press for Clout in Indiana.
November 24, 2002... Nov. 24--The casino industry is hungry for respect, and it's counting on a ranking Republican to polish its image. State Rep. Michael Smith of Rensselaer soon will join some of Indiana's most influential lobbyists in pleading the gambling...

Think Tank Aims to Curb Midwest Plant Closures, Rescue Factory Towns.
November 24, 2002... Byline: Ted Evanoff Nov. 24--In Muncie, half the industrial jobs in place a generation ago have vanished. In Marion, a third of the factory jobs have disappeared. In Anderson, once a manufacturing bastion for General Motors...

Indiana 1-Percent Sales Tax Increase Will Raise $800 Million a Year.
November 24, 2002... Byline: Michele McNeil Solida Nov. 24--As holiday shoppers cash in on bargains, the state will be cashing in -- a penny at a time -- on every dollar spent in stores beginning Dec. 1. One week from today, Indiana's sales tax will...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
November 24, 2002... Byline: Thomas Wyman Nov. 24--Just in time for the holiday season, Segway hits the retail market. At $4,950 per copy from Amazon.com. For most people, that kind of jack really busts the toy budget. Remember Segway? It's that...

Success of Heart Device in Trials Buoys Indianapolis-Based Guidant.
November 23, 2002... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Nov. 23--Guidant Corp. said a major patient trial of its pacing defibrillator and a new pacemaker was stopped early because results were so positive in reducing death rates. The test of the implantable devices...

Indianapolis-Based ATA Holdings Takes Over Expenses of Yacht Crew.
November 22, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 22--Despite absorbing huge financial losses in recent months, ATA Holdings has started paying more than $269,000 annually in salary and benefits for the five-member crew of a yacht owned by the company's chairman...

Billboards Slow Indianapolis Airport Expansion.
November 22, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 22--The Indianapolis International Airport midfield terminal project is barely off the ground but already has hit a snag -- one that could cost the airport $1 million or more to remedy or delay an I-70 road...

Indiana University's High-Tech MBA Center Aids Program's Reputation.
November 22, 2002... Byline: J.K. Wall Nov. 22--When Dan Dalton, dean of Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, talks about the school's new education building, his tone alternates between infomercial patter and sweeping academic vision. First,...

Indianapolis-Based Paperboard Firm to Move Headquarters to Texas.
November 22, 2002... Byline: Norm Heikens Nov. 22--Inland Paperboard and Packaging, the Indianapolis paper box maker once mentioned in the same breath as L.S. Ayres, Indiana Bell and other local corporate pillars, is moving its headquarters out of the city....

Private Stock Offerings Can Carry Big Risk.
November 22, 2002... Byline: Chris O'Malley Nov. 22--Buying stock in an emerging company has great potential for reward but the risks are often steep and investors might need professional advice before leaping. Just ask LeRoy Heath. In the late 1970s,...

The Indianapolis Star Real Life Column.
November 22, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 22--Too bad Santa's over us, tending to the kids instead. About right now, it'd be swee-e-e-et to have a fat red guy sliding down the chimney with a bag stuffed full of gifts. That would take care of a hefty...

Unions Challenge Wal-Mart Practices at Indiana Stores.
November 22, 2002... Byline: Gregory Weaver Nov. 22--Wal-Mart's ever-present smiley face was more like a bouncing target Thursday. At six sites in Indiana and at more than 100 other locations across the country, union loyalists and social activists...

Casino Association of Indiana Taps Lawmaker as New Executive Director.
November 21, 2002... Nov. 21--Why hire a mere lobbyist when you can hire a lawmaker? That's the thinking of the Casino Association of Indiana, which has tapped state Rep. Michael Smith, R-Rensselaer, as its new executive director. After winning an...

Conseco's Insurance Policies Aren't at Risk in Bankruptcy Plans.
November 21, 2002... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Nov. 21--Holders of Conseco life insurance, health insurance and annuity policies have little to fear from the company's bankruptcy plans, as state laws require insurers to hold hundreds of millions of dollars in...

High School Students First in Line to View Surgery in Fort Wayne, Ind.
November 21, 2002... Byline: Jennifer L. Boen Nov. 21--FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- "Can you hear me? Can you hear me now?" Dr. William Berghoff asked, standing in the operating room in his blue scrubs, scalpel in hand. Berghoff wasn't talking to his patient nor...

Outlook Strong for Plainfield, Ind.-Based Outdoors Chain in Wake of Tornado.
November 21, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 21--It was a quarter of two losses and two gains for Galyan's Trading Co. The losses came in the form of a tornado-ravaged store and a $1.6 million hit to the bottom line. The gains: a stock price that...

Machinists Union Tentatively Approves United Airlines Wage Cuts.
November 21, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 21--Robert Masters doesn't think that a $1.5 billion wage and benefit concession tentatively agreed to Wednesday by the United Airlines machinists union will get him his job back. Masters is one of 275 United...

Conseco Prepares for Bankruptcy, Says Finance Unit Is Nearly Insolvent.
November 20, 2002... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Nov. 20--Conseco told investors Tuesday to brace for bankruptcy once a debt-restructuring deal is reached and admitted that its Minnesota-based financial arm now lies near insolvency at the mercy of its...

More Customers Using Online Listings, Internet Searches to Find Their New Home.
November 20, 2002... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Nov. 20--After e-mailing back and forth for six months, Jonathan and Laneia Thomas met their real estate agent for the first time for a home showing. Although fairly new to the city, this couple from...

The Indianapolis Star Workplace Issues Column.
November 20, 2002... Byline: Gregory Weaver Nov. 20--QUESTION: I have a construction job, and sometimes I have to travel hundreds of miles to my assigned work site. Shouldn't I be paid for the time I spend on the road? My employer says I shouldn't, but I...

Indianapolis-Area Airport Officials Unveil New Security Screeners.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Shannon Tan Nov. 19--The federal government has met today's deadline to find enough passenger security screeners at the country's airports, the Transportation Security Administration said Monday. More than 44,000 screeners at...

National Report Gives Indiana Low Ratings for End-of-Life Care.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Tammy Webber Nov. 19--Too many Hoosiers die in pain and without the help of hospice care, according to a national report released Monday that graded states on how well they care for terminally ill patients. Indiana received a...

Development Expert Back in Indiana Department of Commerce.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Norm Heikens Nov. 19--Longtime economic developer Tim Monger will head the new Indianapolis regional office of the Indiana Department of Commerce. Lt. Gov. Joe Kernan, who heads commerce, announced Monday that Monger will...

Conseco Sells Off Customer Service Operation in Indiana.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Nov. 19--One of Conseco's four main subsidiaries has been sold to a three-sided consortium that includes a West Coast venture capital firm, a private equity partnership founded by Texas billionaire Bob Bass and...

Founder Brings Journalistic Mores to Plainfield, Ind., PR Firm.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Bill Hornaday Nov. 19--As one of central Indiana's youngest public relations firms, Avatar Communications also is one of its fastest-growing. Founded in 1997, the Plainfield firm has built a client list that includes Lauth...

Indianapolis-Based Publisher Survives Technology Sector Bust.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 19--If you want to know how well Indianapolis-based Wiley Technology Publishing is doing, check the Nasdaq Stock Market. In the world of technology book publishers, sales rise and fall with the fate of companies...

Indianapolis Mall to Receive $5 Million from Retailer Planning to Leave.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 19--The Limited Inc. will pay $5 million to pull its four high-end stores from Glendale Mall, ending a bitter seven-month legal battle during which The Limited was forced to remain in business at the Northside...

Indianapolis-Area Man Wins $50,000 in Virtual Golf Tournament.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 19--Bill Crouch isn't quite sure what to call himself these days. Officially, the Thorntown resident is unemployed, having recently lost his job as a printer. But others might call Crouch a professional athlete....

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
November 19, 2002... Byline: Thomas Wyman Nov. 19--The Indiana horse track business is like the kid who grows up, but never gets a place of his own. The bills just keep on landing in mom and dad's mailbox. Oh, the kid's working, so there's some cash...

AT&T Broadband, Comcast Merger to Have Little Affect on Indianapolis Area.
November 18, 2002... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Nov. 18--Local customers of AT&T Broadband and Comcast are unlikely to see any price cuts or service changes as a result of the $29.2 billion merger of the two cable companies. Approved by federal regulators...

The Indianapolis Star Downtown Digest Column.
November 18, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 18--Power lunches over pasta? Downtown diners could order Buca di Beppo's family-sized portions during their lunch breaks when the Italian eatery on Illinois Street opens for weekday lunches Dec. 1 Buca now...

Indiana's Fast Track to Teaching Program Attracts 418 Professionals.
November 18, 2002... Byline: Barb Berggoetz Nov. 18--A former Eastside small business owner is taking the leap. So is an international flight attendant, an Egyptian immigrant, an attorney and a retired executive with an MBA. They're among 418 adults who...

Warsaw, Ind., Hip-Replacement Facility to Train Doctors on New Technique.
November 18, 2002... Byline: John Tuohy Nov. 18--The latest advancement in hip-replacement surgery, which allows some patients to leave the hospital the same day of their operation, will soon bring doctors from around the globe to Indiana to learn the...

Two Indianapolis Hotel Kitchens Get Inspection after Visiting Band Falls Ill.
November 18, 2002... Byline: Cathy Kightlinger Nov. 18--While Marion County Health Department officials inspected the kitchens of two Indianapolis hotels Sunday, the 28 marching band visitors who said they were likely sickened by food poisoning left by bus,...

United Airlines to Cut 9,000 Positions.
November 18, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 18--The likelihood that United Airlines will fulfill a pledge to employ 7,000 people at Indianapolis International Airport by 2004 took another blow Sunday. On Sunday, the same day that United let go 325...

CEO of Indianapolis Wireless-Phone Supplier Leads Company Turnaround.
November 18, 2002... Byline: Jack Naudi Nov. 18--As he describes the past two years as chairman and chief executive of Brightpoint Inc., Robert Laikin can't help but think in metaphors. Brightpoint has been "bleeding" and Laikin has "stared into the...

Bill Would Shield Eli Lilly from Some Damages in Vaccine Preservative Suits.
November 17, 2002... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Nov. 17--A provision in the federal Homeland Security bill could help shield Eli Lilly and Co. from damages in pending and future lawsuits against it for selling a mercury-based preservative put in childhood...

Small Businesses Struggle for Ways to Cope with Spiraling Insurance Costs.
November 17, 2002... Byline: J.K. Wall Nov. 17--For the second year in a row, a family member of one of Ambassador Inc.'s employees had developed cancer. This time, it was a worker's son who had a life-threatening case. For Diana Kleyman,...

Yearly Increase in Nation's Health Insurance Costs Steepest in a Decade.
November 17, 2002... Byline: Gregory Weaver Nov. 17--The latest installment of a triple whammy is about to take another bite out of your wallet. For a third consecutive year, workers' health insurance costs in 2003 are expected to surge by double-digit...

Electronics Retailers Look Forward to Record-Breaking Holiday Sales.
November 17, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 17--For Shawn Dowdell, the blinking lights, the glitz and the silver aren't just for the Christmas tree. They will look good as gifts, too. Flashy electronics will dominate Dowdell's holiday shopping...

Indiana Retailers Brace for Sales Tax Hike as Shoppers Try to Beat Deadline.
November 17, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 17--Right in the middle of the frantic holiday shopping season, consumers will find a higher sales tax tacked onto those already hefty Christmas bills. On Dec. 1, the 5 percent sales tax rises to 6 percent....

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
November 17, 2002... Byline: Thomas Wyman Nov. 17--SIMON SMELLS BLOOD, TAUBMAN UNINTERESTED: Move over, Hatfields and McCoys. Shopping mall magnate David Simon's aggressive play for the malls developed by the rival Taubman family looks like the makings...

Conseco Eyes $1.8 Billion Loss, Reports Sale of Part of Home-Equity Unit.
November 16, 2002... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Nov. 16--Conseco expects to post $1.8 billion in third-quarter losses -- including $1.2 billion in write-offs -- but notified the Securities and Exchange Commission that its filing of quarterly financial...

Indianapolis-Area Shoppers Adjust to New Rules on Organic Foods.
November 16, 2002... Byline: Norm Heikens Nov. 16--Beverly Taylor wouldn't have noticed the jugs of fruit and vegetable wash had they not been displayed in the new organic section at Mr. D's Fresh Food Markets' store on the Far Southside. But because it...

Study Will Detail Transit Needs in Indianapolis.
November 16, 2002... Byline: Bill Ruthhart Nov. 16--Roadways snarled with growing numbers of solitary commuters have led the city's Metropolitan Planning Organization to spend $1.5 million to figure ways of bringing mass transit to Indianapolis. The...

Indiana Offenders, Businesses Find Value in State's Work-Release Program.
November 16, 2002... Byline: Mike Ellis Nov. 16--The neatly dressed woman behind the counter at a Downtown hotel greets guests pleasantly and handles their money quickly and accurately. No one would guess that she's a convicted felon who's serving a...

When It Comes to a Degree, It Pays to Take Out Student Loans.
November 15, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 15--If it weren't for the loans, Baxter's cupboard might have been bare. Poor little dog's mom was in dental school -- a lifelong dream for Kimberly Koch that meant a tight budget for the two of them. "I...

Health Care Dollars Fuel Bitter Rivalry in Connersville, Ind.
November 15, 2002... Byline: Jeff Swiatek Nov. 15--CONNERSVILLE, Ind. -- Fayette Memorial Hospital faces a new rival that threatens to steal away its patients in key service lines. The competitor: a for-profit medical center run by the hospital's own...

Myths Abound about Automobile Insurance Rates.
November 15, 2002... Byline: Chris O'Malley Nov. 15--Go ahead and buy the Ferrari-red car. A provocative color won't raise your auto insurance rates -- unless it inspires you to get a speeding ticket. Much of the conventional wisdom on what vehicle...

Plainfield, Ind., Sporting Goods Retailer Chooses Suburban Office.
November 15, 2002... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Nov. 15--Downtown's Circle Centre mall apparently has lost the race for the corporate headquarters of Galyan's Trading Co., with the Plainfield sporting goods retailer choosing a suburban office site instead....

Older-Format Target Store in Indianapolis Area Will Close.
November 15, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 15--Once eyed for a SuperTarget upgrade, the less-than-glitzy Keystone Avenue Target store now faces the ultimate downgrade: closing. Minneapolis-based Target said Thursday that the decision to close the...

Retired Partner at Andersen Sues Rivals.
November 14, 2002... Byline: Bill W. Hornaday Nov. 14--Up to $1 billion in retirement benefits for 800 to 1,000 former Arthur Andersen LLP partners may hang in balance as part of a Zionsville man's class-action lawsuit against four firms that gradually lured...

Painkiller Probe Targets Doctors in Indiana.
November 14, 2002... Byline: Scott MacGregor Nov. 14--The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating local physicians and pharmacies suspected of providing excessive prescriptions for painkillers, law enforcement sources said Wednesday. ...

Records of Indiana Home Prices Attract Public's Interest.
November 14, 2002... Byline: James A. Gillaspy Nov. 14--As if there haven't been enough problems, Indiana's property tax reassessment has spawned a debate over public access to home sales information. The reassessment, expected to raise taxes...

Mall Developer Rejects Buyout Bid from Indianapolis Firm.
November 14, 2002... Byline: Dana Knight Nov. 14--An unsolicited offer from Simon Property Group Inc. to buy competitor Taubman Centers Inc. was rejected unanimously Wednesday by Taubman's board of directors in the latest tussle between the two mall...

Customer Service Is Indianapolis Pizzeria's Pride.
November 14, 2002... Byline: J.K. Wall Nov. 14--Hank and Ann Reaume aren't your average pizzeria owners. For 28 years, they ran a consumer detective firm from Indianapolis, coordinating nearly 40 to 50 secret shoppers as they visited stores around the...

The Indianapolis Star Thomas Wyman Column.
November 14, 2002... Byline: Thomas Wyman Nov. 14--STATE'S 'INTEGRITY INDEX' RANKING SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE: At last, we have a state ranking where Indiana doesn't sit squarely on the midline of mediocrity. With that statement, though, the good news comes...

Auto-Parts Veteran Powers Indianapolis Distributor of Truck Turbochargers.
November 4, 2002... Byline: Ted Evanoff Nov. 4--David Keiner could have spent a recent Saturday strolling in an ancient German city. Or he could have reveled on the springtime beach in Brazil. But no, he was home in Indianapolis, hanging out with his...