Indiana Business Magazine articles from November 2005

Indiana Business Magazine archives from November 2005

Forecasting season: businesses everywhere are betting on growth.(INDIANA INDICATORS)
November 1, 2005... THE DAYS ARE SHORTER, the temperatures are colder and the leaves are falling off the trees. For most normal people, that means stacking firewood and planning for holidays. But for economists, it means something else entirely. It is the...

Your name in chocolate: corporate holiday gifts of chocolate, cheese, preserves, pickles and fish-shaped candy.(AROUND INDIANA)
November 1, 2005... "WE DID SOME RESEARCH and found that food gifts are the No. 1 gifts in the corporate world," says Tim Beere. "People don't need more things. This is a treat, and they can enjoy it and be done with it." Beere should know, because corporate...

Developing story: Indiana's major real-estate development companies.(Cover Story)
November 1, 2005... INDIANA REAL-ESTATE companies are making their mark around the state and across the country Two Indianapolis-based companies continue to dominate their sectors nationally while Indiana's major developers are catering to demand for office,...

Building a name: Indiana's major commercial construction firms.(CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE)
November 1, 2005... BMW CONSTRUCTORS INC. Address 1740 West Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN 46222 CEO Thomas E. O'Brien Year established 1955 Other Indiana office Munster Number of employees 750 Types of work General industrial contractor...

Dealmakers: investors seeking higher returns drive demand for Indiana companies.(FINANCIAL SERVICES)(Industry Overview)
November 1, 2005... "RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF the best times ever to sell your business," say Robert V. Welch Jr., senior vice president of corporate finance at City Securities in Indianapolis. The combination of low interest rates, increased bank lending and a...

Heart smart: new technology at Indiana's heart centers.(HOSPITALS & CLINICS)
November 1, 2005... THE STATISTICS ARE chilling. According to the National Heart Blood and Lung Institute, each year about 515,000 people in the U.S. will die from a heart attack; nearly half of them die within one hour of the time symptoms begin. Current ER...

CyberKnife: revolutionary way of treating tumors.(HOSPITALS & CLINICS)
November 1, 2005... A DECISION LAST YEAR by northwest Indiana's Community Healthcare Systems brought a lifesaving treatment to the area and raised Community's profile by making it the only health-care provider in the Indiana and the Chicago market with the...

Business partners: how Indiana universities work with business and economic development.(EDUCATION)
November 1, 2005... The primary mission of a university may be to educate students and conduct research, but higher education more than ever is getting involved in the business of business. Public and private institutions alike are involving themselves in local...

College financing tips: federal, state and institutional programs offer aid.(EDUCATION)
November 1, 2005... WANDERING THROUGH the maze of financial aid can be confusing, but is necessary as the cost of education continues to rise. Here is an overview of some federal, state and institutional financial aid to get you started. Federal programs. ...

Midwest Capital Corp.: offering a longer-term mortgage at higher loan-to-value.(VENTURE)
November 1, 2005... MANY SMALL AND medium-size businesses have increased their cash flow, thanks to long-term financing through Midwest Capital Corp. in Greenwood. "We provide financing from $500,000 to $5 million," says founder and president Steven Young....

South-Central Indiana update: the region's top business stories.(SOUTH-CENTRAL REGIONAL REPORT)
November 1, 2005... LIFE SCIENCES, manufacturing and the arts are keeping south-central Indiana's economy growing. Life sciences. Investments topping $102.5 million by four life-science companies in Jackson and Monroe counties headline the economic news. Cook...

An artful approach: Brown County markets its nearly 100-year-old "Art Colony of the Midwest" brand.(SOUTH-CENTRAL REGIONAL REPORT)
November 1, 2005... WHEN IT COMES TO economic health, Brown County's numbers add up to a potentially robust bottom line: some 240 resident artists; more than 300 art studios, galleries and specialty shops; a whopping 16,000 acres in state park and forest lands...

Property tax questions: watch for annual adjustments to value.(ADVICE: LEGAL)(Interview)
November 1, 2005... WE RECENTLY SAT DOWN with David Suess and Tom Atherton, attorneys from Bose McKinney & Evans LLP who practice law together in the area of property-tax litigation, and asked them how businesses are likely to be affected by recent changes in the...

Best practices: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act: good governance for all entities.(ADVICE: ACCOUNTING)
November 1, 2005... THE SARBANES-OXLEY Act is now 3 years old, yet private companies and not-for-profits remain uncertain about its impact on them. Few want to accelerate the dissemination of regulations on private companies and not-for-profits, so most have...

University connections: a university partnership can be vital to your company.(VIEWPOINT)
November 1, 2005... WHY ARE UNIVERSITY-business partnerships relevant to your business? In today's fast-changing and innovative international economy, those companies that have access to the brightest and best talent and ideas will not only survive, but...