Weekly Web Work, 8-4/8-28

Newsletters for the week:
Star Business Fresh Start
8-24 Brightpoint volunteers to spruce up Indianapolis park
8-25 Health care claim costs expected to rise 10.5%
8-26 Danville firm bids lowest on landmark demolition project
8-27 Despite recession, Gen Con Indy drew 27,900
8-28 Purdue dean exiting

Star Business Mid-Day
8-24 Eli Lilly spent $3.6M lobbying government in 2Q
8-25 Cummins idles 400 in Iowa
8-26 Indy to host 2011 world series for 'beep' baseball
8-27 JW Marriott art plaza features waterwall
8-28 Whirlpool closing Evansville plant

Weekly Web Work, 8-10/8-15, 8-17/8-21

I got to try my hand as the main Web guy on a Friday. Here was the result:




This was an item in Ted Evanoff's A1 story about Indy-based Republic choosing to stick around Indy and not move. "After The Indianapolis Star posted an article on its Web site Friday [8-15-09] about the possible relocation of the head office, Bedford weighed in, saying the headquarters of Republic Airways, Frontier and Midwest would remain in their current cities." I found that story just doing a basic "Indianapolis" search as I randomly do through Google.


We were able to get the scoop on the city in writing about the exterior work of One Indiana Square being completed.

Newsletters for the two weeks
Fresh Start
8-21 Indiana homes sales dip 6.3%
8-20 State vies for Harley-Davidson site
8-19 Co-founder of Indy-based think tank dies
8-18 Dental firm puts roots in Noblesville
8-17 Renamed Indy college gets 1st provost
8-14 Republic flies high with winning bid for Frontier
8-13 Carbon Motors files for $310M federal loan
8-12 Beverage maker eyes Columbus for plant
8-11 One Indiana Square exterior facelift almost done
8-10 Striking workers at Bemis return to work today

Mid-Day
8-21 Indiana's July jobless rate 10.6%, down slightly
8-20 IT firm Apparatus to buy old WFYI building
8-19 Internet specialist to link Rushville with 100 jobs
8-18 Jobs announcements set for Rushville, Decatur
8-17 WellPoint, healthcare stocks avoid market freefall
8-14 Republic shares take off after Southwest victory
8-13 Southwest bid for Frontier may be delayed
8-12 Carmel names director for arts center
8-11 Surgeons use 'breakthrough' Cook implant
8-10 Bayh expects 1,200 at job fair

Weekly Web Work, 8-3 through 8-7

Tuesday was perhaps my busiest ever in the morning. I posted seven bylined stories between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. as I did double duty, as business reporter and on the online desk. At one point my name or work was part of 7 of the 11 stories on the IndyStar.com home page. Stories I was part of were: Hard-hit RV region gets pick-me-up (350 jobs), Marsh sorry for Facebook flap, Red Gold looks to take advantage of ripe opportunity, Simon earnings dip on retail, investment loss, Duke Energy's 2Q profit hurt as demand ebbs and Ohio college hires dean for Indy expansion. Whew!



Oh, and the biggest story of the day was a 4.5' deluge in Indianapolis, which I kick started during the morning shift. Rain traveled sideways, and pushed its way through the closed windows in the office. Amazing!






Newsletters:

8-3 Fresh Start: Toyota readies for Indiana milestone

8-4 Fresh Start: Obama to announce grant in Elkhart County
8-5 Fresh Start: Obama to announce car grants today
8-6 Fresh Start: Senate to consider clunkers program

8-3 Mid-Day: Factory work, construction on the rise in July
8-4 Mid-Day: Eli Lilly to slash sales force with buyouts
8-5 Mid-Day: 7 Ind. firms get cut of electric car stimulus funds
8-6 Mid-Day: Simon opens outlet center in Cincinnati

Included are 8-7MD and FS although I was in negotiations and not involved with the production of the newsletter on that day.

Ripe opportunity

Ripe opportunity
Orestes' own Red Gold is taking its tasty message to Hoosiers as State Fair's chief sponsor

ELWOOD, Ind. -- Take a look around, and the Red Gold label is everywhere. The company's tomato products likely are among the condiments at your favorite restaurant and may even be in your own kitchen.

Now, the Orestes-based company -- the largest tomato processor in the Midwest -- will raise its profile even further by being the chief sponsor of the Indiana State Fair, beginning Friday.