Indiana Business Magazine articles from November 2003

Indiana Business Magazine archives from November 2003

Ask Jared: great gig: TV viewers can't get enough of hoosier subway spokesman.(Around Indiana)
November 1, 2003... HOW CAN YOU BUILD A wildly successful career right out of college? Ask Jared. That's Jared Fogle, Zionsville resident and primary TV spokesman for the Subway restaurant chain. He's in two new ad campaigns, acknowledging the fact that...

Thanksgiving by the numbers.(Around Indiana)
November 1, 2003... Million turkeys produced 8.9 annually at the Perdue Farms plant in Washington (Daviess County). Thousand pies produced 945 annually by Wick's Pies Inc. in Winchester (Randolph County), Indiana's ranking among...

Oops!(Around Indiana)(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2003... * The "Executive Checkup" article in a recent issue contained some inaccurate information. The half-day executive exam offered by the indiana University Medical Group at the National Institute for Fitness and Sport takes place on-site at NIFS,...

Have a happy recovery! Job growth still needed, but the economy is on track.(Indiana Indicators)
November 1, 2003... THE NEWS THAT THE economy grew at a blistering 7.2 percent annual rate from July through September effectively closes the book on the 2001 recession. Stories about economic malaise are so tar out of whack with the facts that they should remain...

The conversion: the former van converter, 100-year-old Starcraft Corp., converts itself to double its revenue twice and more than triple its stock price.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2003... KELLY ROSE KNOWS HOW to turn an iffy proposition into a winner. "I aspired to be a professional baseball player, but there was one thing that held me back: talent," recalls the South Bend native who used to ride his bike around tire Notre...

Brain drain plugs: how Indiana is trying to keep its best and brightest from leaving.(Education)
November 1, 2003... THE LATEST GOVERNMENT figures confirm what state opinion leaders have been saying for the past few years: Indiana is suffering from a severe "brain drain," losing many of its best and brightest college students to other places. But the news is...

Cyber-shopping for education: going online to find a college, apply and arrange financial aid.(Education)
November 1, 2003... THERE'S NO NEED FOR mountains of college and financial-aid brochures on the kitchen table or bottles of White-out to correct errors on applications. A home computer with a fast Internet connection lets students and parents cyber-shop for...

Time to do deals? Indiana-based M&A experts offer insight.(Financial Services)
November 1, 2003... ALTHOUGH M&A ACTIVITY has picked up some in the second haft of 2003, the economic slowdown of the last several years has turned down the volume on M&A transactions compared to activity in the late 1990s. Specifically, Thomson Financial reports...

What's driving the increases? Higher health premiums? Don't blame hospitals.(Hospitals & Clinics)
November 1, 2003... INDIANA HOSPITAL executives point to rising labor costs, cutting-edge technology, increased utilization and escalating pharmaceutical costs as the major causes of rising expenses. Though hospital costs remain the biggest piece of the nations...

The specialists: excelling in medical inches across the state.(Hospitals & Clinics)(The Indiana Heart Hospital in Indianapolis)
November 1, 2003... THE INDIANA HEART Hospital in Indianapolis (TIHH) opened its doors Valentine's Day this year and already the county's first all-digital heart hospital is in the black, says CEO David Veillette. "I think we have very happy customers here...

Finding your compass: take action to alter your course.(Advice Hospitals & Clinics)
November 1, 2003... A CAPTAIN WAS NAVIGATING his ship through the ocean waters in the middle of the night, when out in the distance he saw a flashing light sending a signal commanding him to alter his course. The captain looked at his first mate and said, "Tell...

Top business stories: downtown developments, life sciences and constant-velocity joints.(Regional report: South Central)
November 1, 2003... FOUR NEW CONSTRUCTION projects totaling $100 million lion are bringing downtown Bloomington 1,000 new residences and groundfloor retail spots, and three plant expansions will add 1,400 new jobs to the city's workforce, reports Linda Williamson,...

Meeting the challenge: SIHO, a Columbus health-benefits company, survived after losing its two largest customers, Cummins and Arvin.(Regional report: South Central)(Southeastern Indiana Health Organization)
November 1, 2003... WITH SOME 65,000 covered by its health benefits, offices in five Indiana cities and $25 million in annual revenues, you might guess that SIHO--an acronym for Southeastern Indiana Health Organization--has enjoyed unchallenged success since its...

Casalini portraits: renowned commercial photographer founds Sweet Pea Press, and comes home.(Ventures)(Tom Casalini )
November 1, 2003... THERE ARE MANY WAYS to define success. Doing meaningful work is near the top of the list for some, particularly when a milestone in life is reached. At age 50, after a quarter century of building a nationally renowned photography business in...

Indiana stocks.(Illustration)
November 1, 2003... TICKER COMPANY PRICE 2002 2003 HEADQUARTERS 9/30/03 YEAR CHANGE END (%) AMFC AMB FINANCIAL 14.50 14.86 ...

Rethinking why we build roads: better access is high-octane fuel for any region's economy.(Viewpoint)
November 1, 2003... ROADS ARE PLANNED, designed and built by engineers. And thank goodness for that. After hearing all the jokes about how hard it is for economists to reach a conclusion, can you imagine what a road built by one of us would look like? But...