For more than a decade, Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick has been the state's most-watched local business television program. Each week, the program focuses on the people, companies and issues making headlines in Indiana and beyond. For decision makers in Indiana, it is appointment television.

Friday, January 27, 2011

TOP STORY HEADLINES
Inside INdiana Business Reporter Barbara Lewis looks at the week’s top headlines.

TOP STORY: INSIDE THE STATEHOUSE
Kevin Brinegar, president, Indiana Chamber of Commerce
Indiana is well on its way to becoming the nation's 23rd right-to-work state. A bill is working its way through the Senate after clearing the House mid-week. But despite the passage, opponents continue to have hard feelings about the process. Supporters say a right-to-work law will attract more employers to the state.

AROUND INDIANA: HEADLINES
Gerry Dick reports what’s making news Around Indiana.

AROUND INDIANA: VINCENNES UNIVERSITY
Richard Helton, president, Vincennes University
Vincennes University has teamed up with the town of Plainfield to build a new education facility. The school’s Logistics Training and Education Center has just opened at Sierra Gateway Park in Plainfield.

INDIANA BUSINESS COUNCIL
Bruce Kidd, senior vice president, Walker
We have brand new results from our Indiana Business Council. The council is an online panel of 4,500 executives and employees statewide. The newest survey is on the 2012 Indiana Business Outlook and very surprisingly, confidence seems to be returning. Our new numbers suggest a dramatic shift in attitudes as 2012 begins.

BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: RATIO
Bill Browne, president, RATIO Architects
An Indianapolis-based architecture firm announced this week they are partnering with a Chicago firm in efforts to tap into the international market. RATIO Architects says the deal with S-M-D-P will help it establish a presence in Chicago.

BUSINESS OF HEALTH
Anna Maria Storniolo, co-director, Komen Tissue Bank at IU Simon Cancer Center
The Indianapolis Super Bowl planning committee picked several organizations to rally behind leading up to the Super Bowl. The Komen Tissue Bank at IU was chosen and dubbed “Indy’s Super Cure.” Barbara Lewis talks with the co-founder of the Komen Tissue Bank at IU about the impact on the breast cancer research program.

LIFE SCIENCES INDIANA
Kylie Veleta, reporter, Inside INdiana Business
It brings to mind a mad scientist’s laboratory: human brains dating back more than 100 years, preserved in jars at the Indiana Medical History Museum in Indianapolis – a building that once housed Central State Hospital’s insane asylum. But it’s not “mad science” at all…it’s actually modern science that could benefit from the study of these brains after a recent breakthrough in an IU School of Medicine lab. Inside INdiana Business Reporter Kylie Veleta has the story.

AVOIDING STUDENT LOANS
Peter Dunn, author, Avoid Student Loans
One personal finance expert says until now, we’ve only heard one side of the story when it comes to student loans. Peter Dunn is out with a new book that advises against taking out student loans, arguing that if students don’t have the money saved for college, there are many other options to afford an education.

THE INSIDERS
Roger Harvey, principal, Bose Public Affairs Group; Peter Dunn, personal finance expert and Erin Albert, founder, Yuspie
Each week a group of business INsiders joins Gerry Dick to discuss the week’s top stories. This week they sound off on the new Colts head coach, the Indiana Business Council, right to work and more.

INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS
Bobby Cox, commissioner, IHSAA
Inside INdiana Sports Contributor Bill Benner sits down with the Commissioner of the IHSAA, Bobby Cox, to discuss the issue of class basketball returning to the state.