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  • Indiana Quietly Makes Gains in Foreign Direct Investment (MidwestBusiness.com)
    04/17/2008

    Say what you will about the Hoosier state’s perceived competitiveness, but Indiana continues to make gains across the board in international trade. This is demonstrating an increasing acuity in capturing global market share. In some cases, Indiana is outright eating its neighboring states’ foreign direct investment (FDI) lunch and is gaining in many export categories.

  • State Of Affairs (Advance for Nurses)
    04/14/2008

    Registered nurses now and in the foreseeable future will find no shortage of employment opportunities in the state of Indiana. A recent report from the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business shows registered nursing is the hottest job throughout the state.

  • Healthcare, education professionals among best-paid in state - New Albany Tribune
    04/13/2008

    For decades there has been one given in the state of Indiana — the best-paying, and most available, jobs are in the manufacturing industry. While manufacturing is still the top industry in Southern Indiana — and accounts for 20 percent of the state’s jobs — today’s high school students would do better to prepare for jobs in the health care or teaching professions.

  • Future holds centenarian celebrations (The Herald Bulletin)
    03/26/2008

    Myrtle Frame, age 101. Nellie Peters, 102. Mary Ritter, 100. And Liland Spoor, 101. These four ladies are among 85 residents at Community Northview Care Center, which has rarely, if ever, had that many centenarians living there at one time.

  • Region briefs (The Star Press)
    03/20/2008

    Mounds State Park will have a Spring Equinox Hike on Friday. Participants can gather at 7 p.m. at the Visitor Center for an easy hike to the Great Mound, to learn about the Native Americans who built the ceremonial mounds and why equinoxes were a time for celebration.

  • Trying to build on engineering gains (KPCnews.com)
    02/08/2008

    Data from a report on wage variance in Indiana published last summer by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business show how engineering jobs boost an area’s average personal income.

  • Valley Job Losses--And Job Gains? (WTWO Terre Haute)
    01/26/2008

    It seems to be a recent trend--more and more job layoffs here in the Valley. The manufacturing industry employs 19% of Indiana's employees, and though it seems like that number may go down, some say, maybe not.

  • Nursing Biggest Job To Fill In Indiana (FOX 7 WTVW Evansville)
    01/14/2008

    Registered nurses are in greater demand across Indiana than any other profession, according to a new study. The Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University has found that the number of nursing jobs will grow 30-percent by 2014.

  • City may lose 'murder capital' title (Post-Tribune)
    01/03/2008

    GARY -- A key statistic needed to understand how Gary ranks nationwide when it comes to violent crime is its population. Gary's "murder capital" moniker has always been derived from comparisons to cities with a population of more than 100,000 people.

  • Storybook ending? (Indianapolis Star)
    12/21/2007

    A new study of public libraries' impact by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University shows they employ 7000 people and create another 2000 …

  • Debate boils over proposed Santa Claus water rate hike (Evansville Courier & Press)
    10/22/2007

    SANTA CLAUS, Ind. — Although the proposed water rate increase to help pay for a new well field site for Santa Claus and surrounding communities has been cut from 60 percent to 29 percent for low-volume users, emotions could still reach the boiling point at today's public hearing at 7 p.m. at the Santa Claus Community Center.

  • Chrysler to make plant announcement Monday (Times of Northwest Indiana)
    06/17/2007

    The Chrysler Group confirms news that Inside INdiana Business broke on Wednesday that Tipton County will be the site of a new joint venture transmission plant and nearly 1,200 jobs. The advisory says the announcement regarding the Chrysler-Getrag joint venture plant will be made Monday at the Tipton County Courthouse. Gov. Mitch Daniels, company executives and union leadership are scheduled to ...

  • Vigo County’s population on the rise (Terre Haute Tribune Star)
    05/20/2007

    For the first time in six years, Vigo County’s estimated population is on the increase, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.The increase, while slight, is attributed to an increase in the birth rate, plus an influx of international residents, offsetting the exit of residents from the county, according to the Census Bureau.

  • Manufacturing still crucial to state economy (Elkhart Truth)
    02/03/2007

    According to the 2005 Census, nearly 22,000 men and almost 8,000 women are employed in production jobs in the manufacturing sector of Elkhart County's economy. That's a higher number than any other among 20 sectors of employment. Carol Rogers, deputy director of the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University, calculated that women in Elkhart County's manufacturing jobs earn 85 cents to each dollar made by men. She said Elkhart County's ratio is higher any other area of the state. And for that matter, added Rogers, higher than what's found in the rest of the nation. Rogers said the median salary for men in production in Elkhart County is $32,330. Women made $27,468.