Indiana Business Magazine articles from June 2007

Indiana Business Magazine archives from June 2007

Controlling economic cycles? Can a democracy manage budgets?(INDIANA INDICATORS)
June 1, 2007... PERHAPS THE BEST THING that can be said about economic cycles--the boom/ bust patterns of everything from housing to commodity prices--is that they keep economists and forecasters gainfully employed. John D. Rockefeller tried to eliminate them...

50 years of Indiana Business: an awareness of the state's "power for greatness and goodness.".(AROUND INDIANA)(Company overview)
June 1, 2007... IT WAS 1957, INFLATION was low, unemployment was almost unheard of and the Gross National Product was growing by leaps and bounds. The business of America was business. In Indiana, the postwar boom was continuing to buoy the Hoosier...

Then and now.(AROUND INDIANA)
June 1, 2007... IF YOU WERE A BUSINESS executive in Indianapolis in 1957, you drove your Studebaker Golden Hawk hardtop to Weir Cook Airport to catch a flight on Lake Central Airlines. You got phone service from Indiana Bell. In your leisure time, you listened...

50 Great Indiana Businesses: companies making a significant impact on their communities and state through innovation, growth and civic involvement.(AM General-Holiday World & Splashin' Safari)(Cover story)
June 1, 2007... FOR OUR 50TH anniversary, we at Indiana Business decided it was time for some recognition. Not so much for ourselves, but rather for the companies that have made us proud to be Hoosiers, the businesses that have supported our economy and our...

50 Great Indiana Businesses: companies making a significant impact on their communities and state through innovation, growth and civic involvement.(Hurco Companies-Zimmer Holdings)(Cover story)(Company overview)
June 1, 2007... Hurco Companies Indianapolis AS A MANUFACTURING state, it should be no surprise that Indiana is home to one of the world's top machining-tool companies. Founded in 1968, Hurco's machine tools, controls and software have redefined the...

Visit Indiana: Indiana convention and visitors bureaus look to branding and marketing campaigns.(TOURISM)
June 1, 2007... WHAT WILL MAKE Hoosiers and other visitors ready and willing to part with their hard-earned cash for a few days of vacation fun this year? For those in the tourism business, that's the $64 million question. A study conducted last year by the...

Tourism milestones: honoring the state's enduring attractions.(TOURISM)
June 1, 2007... EACH YEAR THE Milestone Awards are given by the Indiana Office of Tourism Development to tourism-related attractions that have been in operation for 75 years or longer. This year's recipients, all nominated by local convention and visitors...

Indiana's largest public companies.(INDIANA BUSINESS 100 THE TOP PUBLIC & PRIVATE COMPANIES)(Statistical table)(Company rankings)
June 1, 2007... Indiana's Largest PUBLIC Companies Net Revenue Income EPS 2006 2006 2006 Name, City ...

Indiana's largest private companies.(INDIANA BUSINESS 100 THE TOP PUBLIC & PRIVATE COMPANIES)(Statistical table)(Company rankings)
June 1, 2007... Indiana's Largest Private Companies Rank Company Revenue Ranking Executive City Title 1 Berry Plastics Corp. $3.1 bil. Ira Boots Evansville ...

Maximum wage: fifty highest-paid CEOs of public companies.(INDIANA BUSINESS 100 THE TOP PUBLIC & PRIVATE COMPANIES)
June 1, 2007... 1 LARRY C. GLASSCOCK (1) Chairman, president & CEO of WellPoint Inc. Headquarters: Indianapolis Business: Health insurance 2006 company revenue: $57 bil. 2006 company net income: $3.1 bil. 2006 salary: $1,290,385 ...

Top prizes: major economic-development headlines of the past year.(ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)(Company overview)
June 1, 2007... BP in Whiting, $3 billion. "In capital investment this is the largest we've had, and more construction workers will be hired for this project than to build the new Indiana Stadium and Convention Center," Gov. Mitch Daniels said at the September...

Meritorious construction: Associated Builders and Contractors honors Indiana projects.(CONSTRUCTION)
June 1, 2007... EACH YEAR ASSOCIATED Builders and Contractors honor the best in merit shop construction. The latest Indiana projects to receive the organization's excellence award are: COMMERCIAL OVER $10 MILLION Cincinnati's Messer Construction Co....

Indiana's Best Lawyer[R].(LAW)(Directory)
June 1, 2007... ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COLUMBIA CITY John W. Whiteleather Jr. Bloom, Gates, Sigler & Whiteleather 119 South Main Street 46725 Ph: 260/248-8900 EVANSVILLE See advertisement on page 106 Ross E. Rudolph...

About The Best Lawyers in America[R].(LAW)(Directory)
June 1, 2007... THESE LISTS ARE EXCERPTED from The Best Lawyers in America[R] 2007, which includes listings for more than 29,000 Lawyers in 80 specialties, in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Best Lawyers in America[R] is published by...

How the Best Lawyers in America[R] are chosen.(SOUTH BEND-GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LAW)(Directory)
June 1, 2007... THIS LIST IS EXCERPTED FROM the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Published since 1983, Best Lawyers lists attorneys in 77 specialties, representing all 50...

How the Best Lawyers in America[R] are chosen.(HEALTH CARE LAW-NON-WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL DEFENSE)(Directory)
June 1, 2007... HEALTH CARE LAW FORT WAYNE Steven L Jackson Baker & Daniels 111 East Wayne Street, Suite 800 46802 Ph: 260/424-8000 Thomas D. Logan Rothberg, Logan & Warsco 110 West Berry Street, Suite 2100 46802 Ph:...

How the Best Lawyers in America[R] are chosen.(PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION-REAL ESTATE LAW)(Directory)
June 1, 2007... PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION ANDERSON Theodore F. Smith Jr. Theodore F. Smith, Jr. 215 Historical West Eighth Street 46016-1374 Ph: 765/644-8410 EVANSVILLE Charles L. Berger Berger & Berger 313 Main...

How the Best Lawyers in America[R] are chosen.(SECURITIES LAW-WORKERS' COMPENSATION LAW)(Directory)
June 1, 2007... SECURITIES LAW INDIANAPOLIS James A. Aschleman Baker & Daniels 300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700 46204 Ph: 317/237-0300 David Butcher Bose McKinney & Evans 2700 First Indiana Plaza 135 North...

Southwest Indiana update: the region's top business stories.(REGIONAL REPORT SOUTHWEST)
June 1, 2007... FUNDING FOR INTERSTATE 69 and growing agribusiness, manufacturing and tourism are giving southwest Indiana an economic boost. 1-69 coming. "We've been waiting expectantly for 40-some years. This is a pretty big step, "says Paul Lake,...

Davies County makes plans: industry, tourism, Amish and some high-tech.(REGIONAL REPORT SOUTHWEST)
June 1, 2007... A MIX OF PLANNING, cooperation, funding and natural resources is bringing promise to the 30,200 residents of Daviess County. And with Interstate 69 set to run right through the 431-square-mile county, "the door is now open to things we wouldn't...

What is the employee free choice act? Devastating to businesses, robs employees.(ADVICE / EMPLOYMENT)
June 1, 2007... IS THE EMPLOYEE FREE Choice act on your political radar? If it is not, it better be. It has the potential to be one of the most damaging pieces of legislation for employers and employees that has been seen in decades. What is the Employee...

What to do with old e-mail: properly managing your company's electronically stored information.(ADVICE / LAW)
June 1, 2007... THESE DAYS, MOST documents created, received and stored are electronic rather than paper. Figuring out what to do with them is something most executives want to delegate as far downstream as possible. After all, why should senior management...

Fifty years of Indiana Business Stories: congratulations to Indiana Business magazine.(VIEWPOINT)
June 1, 2007... ON BEHALF OF THE Indiana Historical Society, I wish to congratulate Indiana Business for serving the business community so well for the past 50 years. The Indiana Historical Society is proud to play a part with the Indiana Business magazine in...