With Super Bowl LVI just days away, personal-finance website WalletHub has released its 2022 list for Best & Worst Cities for Football Fans and Indianapolis comes in at No. 10 overall for professional football. To determine the best places for fans to enjoy the sport, WalletHub compared more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics.... Read More
Jasper-based Kimball Electronics Inc. (Nasdaq: KE) is reporting fiscal second quarter net income of $5.1 million, down from $15.1 million during the same period in 2020. The company also announced plans for an $8 million expansion of its operations in Poland.... Read More
Plans for a major industrial complex in Hobart are receiving criticism from nearby residents. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report Becknell Industrial, which has an office in Carmel, is looking to rezone more than 150 acres for light manufacturing.... Read More
Bloomington-based Cook Medical says it is selling its reproductive health business to CooperCompanies (NYSE: NYSE: COO), a medical device manufacturer in California specializing in reproductive health. ... Read More
An agriculture company previously based in Delaware has designated Indianapolis as its new global headquarters. Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA), which spun out of DowDuPont (NYSE: DD) in 2019, says the change goes into effect immediately. Additionally, the company has announced the retirement of Rajan Gajaria, who has served as executive vice president of business platforms since 2019.... Read More
Construction on a $14.5 million project that will bring 144 market-rate apartments to the Daviess County city of Washington is expected to get underway later this year. Economic development officials say the project, which has been a year in planning, is expected to increase workforce attraction and help unlock economic development in the region.... Read More
Three organizations are joining forces to help small businesses compete for federal funding. The Indiana Procurement and Technical Assistance Center, Indiana Innovation Institute and NavalX Midwest Tech Bridge are hosting a series of free workshops to provide guidance on how small businesses can take advantage of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.... Read More
The owners of a small, independent insurance agency in Kosciusko County have made promoting small businesses in their community a mission of survival to help neighbors and fellow business owners.... Read More
The developer of the new casino in Terre Haute is proposing a new location that what was originally planned. Kentucky-based Churchill Downs Inc. (Nasdaq: CHDN) has filed to rezone nearly 50 acres near I-70 and State Road 46 to build the Queen of Terre Haute Resort.... Read More
Temporary fencing has gone up and heavy equipment has moved onto a lot that once housed a “Bandidos” restaurant in Fort Wayne. The site is slated to become part of the growing Parkview Inverness complex on Illinois Road.... Read More
Indianapolis-based The Bee Corp has received its second investment from IU Ventures. The company, which has developed technology to determine the health of beehives, says it will use the $125,000 from the IU Angel Network to enhance its technology and bring it to new markets.... Read More
Kokomo-based Community First Bank of Indiana has opened its first branch in Indianapolis. The new location is the bank's seventh branch and first to open since 2019.... Read More
North Carolina-based life sciences company Labcorp (NYSE: LH) has opened a new diagnostics laboratory in South Bend. The company says the 25,000-square-foot facility features expanded capabilities and new equipment for high-quality, efficient testing.... Read More
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Coolest Thing Made in Indiana tournament is down to the final four contestants. The contest, which began with 65 companies from nearly 50 locations throughout the state, is meant to celebrate Indiana's manufacturing tradition.... Read More
EmployIndy is preparing to launch an updated version of its Job Ready Indy initiative, which will allow participants to learn new skills and increase their ability to land jobs... Read More
Three neighboring central Indiana townships have merged to deliver services more efficiently.... Read More
Bosma Enterprises launches e-commerce site for its medical gloves... Read More
The Purdue University Board of Trustees has approved $20 million for a new phenotyping greenhouse facility. Additionally, the board approved new metrics to measure President Mitch Daniels' performance for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.... Read More
Warsaw-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ZBH) is reporting full-year net income of $402 million last year, compared to a loss of $137 million in 2020. The medical device manufacturer says it also plans to close the previously-announced spinoff of its ZimVie company on March 1.... Read More
The global semiconductor shortage is forcing Ford's (NYSE: F) Chicago Assembly Plant to be idled this week. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report thousands of auto workers, including many from northwest Indiana, will be temporarily out of work, beginning today.... Read More
