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The staff of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly wishes you a Merry Christmas.
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AM General lays off 400 employees
MISHAWAKA – AM General, which manufactures the military HUMVEE, has laid off 400 employees. The workers, who had just returned to week following a two-month layoff, will be out of work until at least March. The layoffs were attributed to a changing business climate due to delays in the awarding of a new Defense Department
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Indiana Flame announces expansion
BURNS HARBOR – Indiana Flame, which provides steel slab cutting equipment to steel mills, has announced a $14 million expansion for its operations in Burns Harbor and Gary. The project is expected to create 24 new jobs, bringing total employment to 66 by 2015. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. is providing $240,000 in training grants.
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Ozinga to convert trucks to run on CNG
GARY – Ozinga Indiana Ready Mix Concrete has received a $140,384 grant to convert six of its diesel trucks to run on compressed natural gas. Ozinga is one of five companies in Indiana sharing in a federal energy efficiency grant of more than half a million dollars. As part of the grant, Ozinga will work
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Carroll resigns as CEO of Lakeshore PTV
MERRILLVILLE – Lakeshore Public Television has announced the resignation of CEO Thomas Carroll. The resignation was announced following a meeting of the station’s board of directors. A nationwide search for a new CEO will begin immediately. Until a new CEO is named, board members Bonita Neff and Calvin Bellamy will assume CEO responsibilities. Carroll had
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IU Health earns STAR certification
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte and Starke hospitals have announced they have earned the STAR Program Certification. The certification qualifies IU Health La Porte and Starke hospitals to offer a state-of-the-art cancer rehabilitation program that will help survivors recover from the side effects and aftereffects of treatments. STAR Program Certification is an offering of
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Purdue Calumet research is published
HAMMOND – Research reported in an article written by two Purdue University Calumet professors and a colleague that was published recently in the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies has been cited as research of note by a prominent consulting firm. In their article, “Founder-CEOs, External Board Appointments, and the Likelihood of Corporate Turnaround in
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Purdue Cal professor helps Levi Coffin group
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet associate professor of history Wendy St. Jean has been selected a 2012-13 Indiana Campus Compact Senior Faculty Fellow. St. Jean, of Hammond, is part of a class of faculty recognized for demonstrating that service-learning and community engagement effectively can integrate faculty teaching, research and professional service. “I am engaged in
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Lake City Bank named a ‘Sm-All’ Star
WARSAW – Lakeland Financial Corp., parent company of Lake City Bank, has been included on the Sandler O’Neill Partners Sm-All Stars List. Lakeland Financial is one of only six bank holding companies that were members of the Sm-All Stars Class in 2011. Sandler O’Neill + Partners annual evaluates all publicly-traded banks and thrifts nationwide with
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LPGA to stop at French Lick in 2013
FRENCH LICK, Ind. – LPGA Tour veteran Laura Davies of Great Britain has added another victory to 81 world-wide triumphs and created more awareness for The Legends Tour for LPGA professionals 45 and older. French Lick Resort in southern Indiana will host the event in September 2013. It is likely she will join several LPGA
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