updated: 5/9/2008 5:43:06 PM
Graco Indiana, Inc. will close at the end of the year, leaving approximately 70 employees out of work. The parent company, Minnesota-based Graco, Inc., has outlined its plan in a letter to state officials.
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updated: 5/9/2008 5:44:35 PM
Butler University has named Dr. Chuck Williams to be the next dean of the College of Business Administration. Williams succeeds Richard Fetter who became Butler's interim provost last July. Williams has been working as dean at the University of the Pacific’s Eberhardt School of Business.
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updated: 5/9/2008 1:01:05 PM
A custom glass company is expanding its national drafting center in Michigan City. Trainor Glass says it plans to add 25 jobs at the operation by 2010. The Illinois-headquartered company is investing nearly $2 million to consolidate its Illinois and Indiana drafting operations into a newly-purchased 20,000 square-foot facility in northwest Indiana. The company already has 28 associates at the Michigan City drafting center.
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updated: 5/9/2008 1:02:29 PM
Inside INdiana Sports Host Bill Benner says the USA Basketball headquarters would have been a good fit in Indianapolis, but the decision to pull out of the running is not a significant setback. The Indiana Sports Corp. has released a statement saying it is no longer seeking the organization's headquarters because of a need to focus energies elsewhere. Benner says it might have also come down to money. He says Colorado Springs is expected to invest heavily to keep USA Basketball. Benner adds Phoenix is also poised to pump a significant amount of money into its effort to land the organization.
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updated: 5/9/2008 2:02:54 PM
Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK) says its coal gasification project in southwest Indiana will receive approximately $1 million in federal funds. The money will be used to study the permanent storage of carbon dioxide from the plant. The U.S. Department of Energy has announced funding for several projects to determine if large amounts of carbon can be permanently stored deep underground instead of being released into the atmosphere.
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