Indiana Business Magazine articles from December 2003

Indiana Business Magazine archives from December 2003

Property-tax reform lessons: township-based assessment is a bad idea, pure and simple.(Indiana Indicators)
December 1, 2003... BACK WHEN STATE politicians were wearing themselves out congratulating each other for enacting tax restructuring in Indiana, some of us were not quite as pleased. We noticed that, despite all the rhetoric about rewriting our state's tax code...

Lilly's new love drug: how to market Cialis?(Around Indiana)
December 1, 2003... "YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE," sing The Supremes. But the rush to market is on for Eli Lilly & Co., now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved sale in this country of Cialis, the Indianapolis drug maker's answer to Viagra. ...

Christmas by the numbers.(Around Indiana)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... 3,950 Number of Hallmark Christmas ornaments on display at The Party Shop, a Hallmark retailer and museum in Warsaw. That's every Hallmark ornament ever produced. 371 Number of Christmas tree farms in Indiana, according to the U.S....

The BKD Indiana Quality Improvement Awards.(Doing It Better)
December 1, 2003... IT'S REMARKABLE WHAT can be accomplished by adopting the right attitude. As this year's winners of the BKD Indiana Quality Improvement Awards demonstrate, dramatic accomplishments begin with a change of mind-set--a decision by management to do...

All-star stocks: Indiana small caps sizzle in 2003.(Investments)
December 1, 2003... THROUGH OCTOBER, THE stock performance of more than a dozen Indiana stocks, measured by percentage growth, was remarkable. Indianapolis-based Brightpoint topped the list with a 716 percent increase. Some companies had fallen so low in...

Broadband in Indiana: wiring the last mile to Hoosiers.(Information Technology)
December 1, 2003... INFRASTRUCTURE HAS always been important to Indiana's economic-development efforts. In the past, that's meant laying concrete connections to Interstate highways. But increasingly it means laying black wire for Internet connections--or even...

Five hot legal issues: affecting information technology.(Advice Info Tech)
December 1, 2003... SEVERAL RECENT LEGAL developments could impact or already have significantly impacted the world of information technology. Those in charge of IT need to be aware of these developments so that they can assess potential risks and capitalize on...

Indiana's growth 100 winners: recognizing high-growth, high-potential companies.(Indiana Growth 100)
December 1, 2003... IN 1994, SEVERAL forward-thinking corporate sponsors came together to form a vehicle that would maximize the potential of fast-growing Indiana businesses. The result was the Growth 100 program, dedicated to identifying and recognizing Indiana's...

Have number, will travel: moving your mobile phone number to a new wireless carrier.(Communications)(wireless local number portability)
December 1, 2003... IF YOU LOVE THEM, SET them free. That's the tune U.S. wireless carriers are hearing since wireless local number portability, or WLNP, went into effect late last month. For consumers, it's a win-win situation, whether they switch carriers or...

Indiana paging network: mobile communications are changing, but the LaPorte-based company is still thriving.(Profile)
December 1, 2003... WHEN IT COMES TO wireless communications, the cell-phone business seems to get the lion's share of attention, with all the focus on color camera phones, portable Web surfing and the like. Some may be surprised to learn that, amid this changing...

Winter getaways: getting away from it all without going very far.(Hotels & Resorts)
December 1, 2003... NO NEED TO TRAVEL FAR for a winter getaway this season. From Angola to New Harmony, you can find a vast assortment of luxury hotels, resorts and bed and breakfast inns throughout the Hoosier state offering everything from pampered relaxation to...

Indiana bed & breakfast inns.(Directory)
December 1, 2003... ALEXANDRIA Country Gazebo Inn 13867 N. County Road 100W 765/754-8783 ANGOLA Angola's Tulip Tree Inn Bed & Breakfast 411 N. Wayne St. 260/668-7000 www.tuliptree.com ATLANTA AsherWalton House Bed & Breakfast 100 E. Main St....

Rooms at the Inns: what's driving Indiana's new and expanding hotels?(Hotels & Resorts)
December 1, 2003... INDIANA'S HOTEL BUSINESS is ready to rebound in 2004 with some new hotels and expansion projects serving specialized niches. "All indications are that business will pick up in 2004 and get much better," says Sheryl Kline, director of the...

Productive meetings: tips on two of the biggest pitfalls.(Advice Meetings)
December 1, 2003... MOST OF US HAVE READ a number of articles and/or books on how to plan a great meeting. Then we proceed into the meeting prepared with our agenda, visual aids, goals and guest speakers only to end up with another boring and possibly unproductive...

Northeast Indiana update: the region's top business stories.(manufacturing industries opt to set up facilities within the state)
December 1, 2003... Several new industries and expansions in Allen County signal a return to more robust activity in northeast Indiana's manufacturing sector, report Philip Laux, president of the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and Lincoln Schrock, director...

Meeting the challenge: how Decatur-based Thunderbird Products found its course through rough economic waters.(Regional Report Northeast)
December 1, 2003... SCOTT PORTER IS president of the family business in Decatur that manufactures the acclaimed Formula-brand boats. The company, Thunderbird Products, produces boats ranging from a 26-foot, $65,000 powerboat to a 47-foot yacht retailing for...

Indiana stocks.(Illustration)
December 1, 2003... TICKER COMPANY PRICE 10/31/03 AMFC AMB FINANCIAL CORP. 15.62 ASBI AMERICANA BANCORP 15.75 ATH ...

Indiana's 2OO4 outlook? Economic forecast from the Indiana Business Research Center.(Viewpoint)
December 1, 2003... AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF uncertainty fed by mixed economic signals, more and more economists are dancing to the tune that the "jobless recovery" of the U.S. economy is finally turning around. In Indiana, however, clear support for a change in the...