Indiana Business Magazine articles from May 2006

Indiana Business Magazine archives from May 2006

Getting started on a new economy: state's blueprint for growth can lead the way.(INDIANA INDICATORS)
May 1, 2006... HAVE YOU EVER PLUNKED down a lot of money for something and worried if you made the right choice? You've got plenty of company To cope with that insecurity, some of us go out and try to persuade our friends and neighbors to follow our...

A KISS for Indy? Rock legend Gene Simmons hired to promote the Indy Racing League.(AROUND INDIANA)
May 1, 2006... FROM THE "SO STRANGE that it must be true" file: Tony George has hired Gene Simmons. Yes, that Gene Simmons, the blood-spitting "demon of KISS." George's Indy Racing League has put one of rock's most famous faces, along with a buddy with...

The real deal: The man behind the one hundred twenty-two million-dollar name.(Cover story)
May 1, 2006... WHEN FORREST LUCAS was growing up in southern Indiana in the 1940s, he figured that he'd have to leave home to earn a decent living. Jobs were hard to come by in Jackson, Brown and Bartholomew counties. Most people worked hard just to get by...

Small business winners: Indiana business people and companies honored by the U.S. Small Business Administration.(SMALL BUSINESS)
May 1, 2006... MICHAEL EVANS appreciates the U.S. Small Business Administration. "I can't tell you how valuable the SBA has been. If the SBA was not here, I would not be here." Evans, the president of AIT Laboratories, Indianapolis, was named Indiana's Small...

Can't knock it: a new state initiative and brand for the "premium Indiana forest products" industry.(MANUFACTURING)
May 1, 2006... ASK A TYPICAL HOOSIER what we make here and you'll hear about vehicles and parts, perhaps pharmaceuticals and orthopedic products, maybe manufactured housing. Ask what we grow here, and they're likely to tell you about corn, perhaps soybeans,...

Looking at perks: employees are buying their own benefits.(EMPLOYEE BENEFITS)
May 1, 2006... We used to think of perks as something extra from an employer, perquisite of your position. But increasingly, employees are buying their own perks--called voluntary benefits--and using the ease of payroll deduction to do it. The shift to...

Data centers: consider a secure facility to protect and provide constant access to vital business information.(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)
May 1, 2006... AS BUSINESS DATA increasingly becomes stored in digital form, rows of file cabinets are being replaced by rows of computer servers quietly humming in a data center far from the office. While such data can be stored anywhere, several Indiana...

Indiana hybrids? State's capabilities in design and manufacturing may power new growth.(MANUFACTURING)
May 1, 2006... Indiana's struggling auto-manufacturing industry may get a jolt of new energy from efforts to boost the state's development and production of electric power for motor vehicles. From advances in hybrid electric vehicles to development of new...

Northwest Indiana update: the region's top business stories.(REGIONAL REPORT NORTHWEST)
May 1, 2006... ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in northwest Indiana has taken off. And a lot of that growth came in Starke County The news coming out of Starke County over the last 12 months was huge, says Charles Weaver, executive director of the Starke County...

Spotlight: Merrillville: technology park to fuel growth.(REGIONAL REPORT NORTHWEST)
May 1, 2006... ALTHOUGH MERRILLVILLE lost the title of "Indiana's largest town," town manager Tim Brown isn't worried. The town of Fishers in Hamilton County took the lead in the 2000 Census but Brown says a lot more than 35,000 people will be living in...

Gateway to the region: tourism is a major northwest Indiana industry.(REGIONAL REPORT NORTHWEST)
May 1, 2006... NORTHWEST INDIANA, with its steel mills, rail yards and history of manufacturing, may seem to be an odd place for a getaway weekend, but millions of people are discovering there is a whole lot more to the region than industry. The region's...

A nano world: big opportunities for Indiana.(VIEWPOINT)
May 1, 2006... NANOTECHNOLOGY promises to change the way Hoosiers live, introducing a vast assortment of innovations ranging from the miraculous to the mundane. Indeed, nanotech is already a part of our economy found in products such as paints that don't...