VALPARAISO – Porter Health System and HealtheACCESS LLC have acquired Porter’s occupational medicine services, Northwest Indiana Occupational Medicine Services (NIOMS) by HealtheACCESS LLC. HealtheACCESS is the largest providers for occupational medicine in Porter County. The model HealtheACCESS and Porter Hospital are developing should help employers, corporations, municipalities and local government improve health […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University’s Technical Assistance Program is offering part of its Green Enterprise Development Program online. It is a three-level course that teaches about environmental sustainability. The program introduces concepts and issues that are a part of sustainability to companies looking to redesign their business practices using environmentally friendly techniques.
The Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association are separated by a three-hour drive along 200 miles of Interstate 65, but their history is a lot closer than that. The Bulls joined the NBA in 1967, the same year the Pacers became one of the original franchises of the now defunct American
In the The Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 became effective Nov. 21, 2009. GINA prohibits employers, except when necessary to comply with federal or state family medical leave laws, from requesting, requiring or receiving genetic information about an employee or an employee’s family members. Genetic information includes information obtained from the genetic tests of
MERRILLVILLE – The Lake County Circle Breakfast, in which seven Lake County mayors will participate, will be held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15 at Avalon Manor. Participating are Gary Mayor Rudy Clay, East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland, Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr., Hobart Mayor Brian K. Snedecor, Lake Station Mayor Keith
MUNSTER – The 7th annual Business Government Leadership Luncheon will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, March 25, at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster. The speaker is Barry Bateman, director of the General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. He will speak on air and rail connections. Also planned is
MUNSTER – North West Indiana Bancorp, the holding company for Peoples Bank, has reported a fourth-quarter profit. Net income for the quarter was $1.1 million, up $7,000 from the same quarter in 2009. In 2010, the profit was $5.2 million, up from $2.5 million in 2009. “Peoples Bank continues to generate operating
BRUSSELS, Belgium – ArcelorMittal, which has steel plants in East Chicago and Burns Harbor, has announced that the cost of spinning off its stainless steel unit and higher raw material costs were responsible for a fourth quarter loss of $780 million, compared to a profit of $1.1 billion the previous year. However, the
MERRILLVILLE – The South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority has announced that two conventions will return to the Star Plaza this year. The Salvation Army and the United Council of Corvette Clubs will brings hundreds of thousands of dollars to the local economy. The Salvation Army will bring 3,000 people and approximately
By Marianne Markowitz Throughout my travels in Indiana and the Midwest, I see the challenges that small businesses face — finding ways and resources to meet the day-to-day operations. I can assure you that many of these challenges are being met thanks to the small business provisions in the Jobs Act, which was signed
