Letting employees work at home raises legal and security issues. Recent decisions made by Yahoo! regarding home workers have created quite a stir in the employment world. In a memorandum to employees, Yahoo! CEO Marissa Miller stated that telecommuting would no longer be permitted. There has been a significant amount written on whether Miller should […]
Acclaimed Filmmaker Cites 3 Measurable Benefits of Being Thankful Filmmaker Doug Vermeeren likes to quote author Robert M. Pirsig when introducing the idea of positive psychology: “The truth knocks on the door and you say, ‘Go away, I’m looking for the truth,’ and so it goes away. Puzzling.” Positive psychology entails a call for science
On behalf of the 2013 selection committee and NWIBQ magazine team, congratulations to this year’s awardees to be profiled in the upcoming summer 2013 issue. For Advancements in Health Care: IU LaPorte Hospital’s Arrhythmia Center and IVDiagnostics for development/research for a new method for detecting cancer tumor cells. For Outstanding Physicians: Dr. Michael Olden, Franciscan Alliance;
CROWN POINT – The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is marking National Small Business Week with a luncheon celebration and no-cost workshops, including one focused on veterans. Celebrate Small Business will honor SBA’s Indiana Young Entrepreneur of the Year Wade Breitzke, president of 27 Entertainment Inc. in Valparaiso. Breitzke was recognized as the region’s
PORTAGE – AmeriPlex at the Port has broken ground on a 50,000-square-foot multi-tenant building to be called The Belmont. The building will be home to Silvent North America, Falk PLI and Holladay Properties. To date, 228 of 400 acres have been developed by Holladay and some $160 million in development. The Belmont was financed by
MISHAWAKA – Grubb & Ellis/Cressy & Everett has changed its name to Newmark Grubb Cressy & Everett. The company said an affiliation between the two firms began in 1998 when Cressy & Everett Commercial Co. entered into a partnership with Grubb & Ellis, which filed for bankruptcy in 2012. BGC Partners Inc. of New York
PORTAGE – Falk PLI Engineering & Surveying Inc. will expand its headquarters, creating 34 new jobs by 2016. The new office will be 9,000 square feet at AmeriPlex at the Port. The project will be finished in the fall. Falk PLI currently has 33 full-time employees in Indiana and will be looking to hire engineers,
MISHAWAKA – Franciscan Alliance has announced it is putting its two Illinois hospitals up for sale. Eleven of Franciscan’s 13 hospitals are in Indiana. The two in Illinois – in Chicago Heights and Olympia Fields – recently underwent $300 million in improvements. An outside health consultant has been hired to help Franciscan through the process.
