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Hare Chevrolet in Indiana Exceeds Outsells All Other Chevy Dealers

Indiana Chevrolet buyers have made a clear choice in Hare Chevrolet. The Indianapolis Chevy dealer outsold all competitors in all of Chevy’s leading automotive segments.READ»

Who is assessing you Indiana?

  OK...I am not really one who will rock the boat a lot (maybe I do when you ask people who know me ...) but from what I have seen in the last few days really opened my eyes. Being in Real Estate I am very interested what is ...READ»

DST

Is Daylight Savings Time a Waste of Energy?

    Yesterday morning, we all sprang forward thanks to Daylight Savings Time, and commenced the spring rite of debating whether or not DST still makes any sense in a non-agrarian society. Lately, the ...READ»

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Click U

Virtual networking truly clicks at Indiana University, where students of the online MBA program collaborate and communicate across time zones and oceans, using breakneck technology and scheduling savvy. Hmmm ... sounds a lot like global business today.READ»

Barack Obama, David Axerod, David Plough and Optimism

I was watching 60 Minutes last night. They did a piece on the Obama campaign featuring David Axelrod and David Plough, the campaign’s chief strategist and campaign manager. Steve Kroft asked how President Elect Obama was able to ...READ»

Retail Details

You can sell products. You can sell services. You can sell software. Vaporware, even. And now, it seems that you can sell imaginary objects that exist only in an online game environment. Julian Dibbell hopes to support his family by ...READ»

The Minneapolis Bridge Collapse: Our Crumbling Infrastructure

The news from Minneapolis looks grim in the aftermath of the collapse I 35W bridge, which had been undergoing what has been reported to be "routine resurfacing" this summer, according to the state Department of Transportation. The ...READ»

Ivan Glickman
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Leadership: Good Bob, Bad Bob

The General has left the hardwood. Robert Montgomery Knight, nicknamed the General not only for his stint as coach at Army, but also for the discipline and control he exacted at Indiana and Texas Tech, has abruptly resigned. Saying ...READ»

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carbon motors

The KITT of Connersville: How Carbon Motors Decided to Build Police Cars in Indiana

It may take a village to raise a child, but it took the rallying cry of an entire town--and a no-cost, 1.8-million-square-foot building--to convince Carbon Motors to locate its manufacturing facility to Connersville, Indiana. Carbon ...READ»

Fast Company, Non-Profit Style

Peter Rees's piece on corporatizing nonprofits reminds me of one of the best run, and most agile corporations I have ever come into contact with - Opportunity Enterprises (OE). OE is a not-for-profit social service organization, ...READ»

Landscape

Are Landscapes the Next Wave for Preservation?

Long overshadowed by mid-century architecture, modernist landscapes are gaining recognition, with help from the downturn.READ»

Stanley Crosley
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Fast Talk: Clean-Up Hitter

Stanley Crosley Chief Privacy Officer, Eli Lilly Indianapolis, Indiana Stanley Crosley, 45, installed an aggressive new system at Eli Lilly after the company suffered a privacy breach in 2001. Last year, the International ...READ»

February
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International Sweets and Biscuits Fair

Sun, February 1 Sweeten International Sweets and Biscuits Fair Cologne, Germany More than 1,600 confectioners show their sugary wares at an event that would make any kid lose his sweet mind. In a bold, contrarian attempt to convince ...READ»

Wayne's World

R.I.P. Public Access Television

Here in Los Angeles, the city rang in the New Year by closing down all of its public access TV studios, signaling an end to homegrown, grass roots production of eclectic and often monumentally weird alternative programming. Cities ...READ»

Cohousing

Would You Share a Home With 100 People?

Cohousing was supposed to be the next big residential trend, but it never took off. Now the recession is reviving interest in shared living facilities. Kitchen duty, anyone?READ»

Internet Speech Under Fire

An Indiana school principal, Shawn Gobert, found out about MySpace through unusual means while perusing the Web in February 2006. A student had set up a MySpace profile by assuming the principle’s identity. Obviously upset, Gobert ...READ»

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What You Crave II

Michael does well to mention the new movie Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. Not only is it an East Coast fave, it's big in the Midwest, as well -- I fondly remember White Castle meals while visiting family in northwest Indiana. ...READ»

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Ethics? Ask a First Grader

MBAs learn that the toughest moral critics are 6 years old.READ»

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Indianapolis airport, strides have been taken to create a great experience

This morning I had the pleasure of being one of the first through the new Indianapolis International Airport. My only regret is that I am adding this to the blogosphere so late in the day from the Pacific Northwest. Arriving early, ...READ»

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Contributors

Jesse Frohman He earned a degree in business at the University of Michigan, but Jesse Frohman found his métier when he returned to his native New York to work for the legendary photographer Irving Penn. Since then, he has ...READ»

Fast Company in the News

Here are some recent media mentions of Fast Company: Is There a Price for Low Prices?: In northwest Indiana, Jerry Davich asks, "Who cares?" Wal-Mart Finds Success, Image Breeds Contempt: The Boston Globe addresses Wal-Martization ...READ»

visualizing the electric grid

Visualizing the Power Grid

The electric grid is a hot topic right now, with improved smart grid technologies and alternative power sources coming online every day. It's also massively complex--an aging network of local and regional fiefdoms. But NPR has ...READ»

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