Navistar International Corporation’s plans to consolidate operations in Lisle, IL, have reportedly run aground due to local opposition to the move.
Officials from the engine and truck manufacturing giant informed village leaders they were pulling the company’s proposal to move to the former Alcatel-Lucent building at 2600 Warrenville Road.
“There is a small group that doesn’t want [...]

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Navistar yesterday unveiled the new electric truck it plans to manufacture in Wakarusa.
The eStar runs solely on electric power and can go 100 miles on one charge. It has no tailpipe and can reach 50 mph. Batteries can be replaced in about 20 minutes but take six to eight hours to recharge.
A total of 40 [...]

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The Columbus Economic Development Board has announced the opening of a Trade Office in China. The Board voted unanimously to enter into a contract for a representative trade office in Shanghai.
“Establishing this office and presence in China is an aggressive strategic move for Columbus,” stated Columbus EDB Executive Director Corey Carr. “It will definitely assist [...]

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Hoosier Park and Casino’s owners have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to reorganize their finances.
Centaur LLC says normal operations will continue at Hoosier Park in Anderson and Fortune Valley Hotel & Casino in Central City, Colo., despite Sunday’s filing. The Indianapolis-based company said it would also continue work on its Valley View [...]

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Changes in the unemployment rate in October in northern Indiana varied by town and county. Unemployment was up in Gary, Hammond, Michigan City, Valparaiso and LaPorte, and down in Porter County, Chesterton and East Chicago.
The City of La Porte has reached a settlement with an Illinois-based contractor whose work at the La Porte Water Works [...]

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Chicago out. Tokyo also eliminated. The winner: Rio.
Northwest Indiana officials express disappointment.
Chicago Tribune: We’ll be fine.
Bidding for an Olympiad forced Chicago, its leaders and its citizens, to focus on what works and what doesn’t. It made all of us think to the future how this city should capitalize on its assets: the lakefront, the neighborhoods, [...]

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The Porter County Council has filed suit as part of its effort to pull out of the Regional Development Authority.
Chesterton Utility Superintendent James Chris Shank has resigned after just nine days on the job.
LaPorte County will use older assessments to calculate property tax bills as struggles reconciling later reassessments continue.
Some Flying J Travel Plazas in [...]

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In addition to the new issue being available, we also have a new feature on the website called BIN Extras.  It’s a collection of extra info, photos, and other media that we really enjoyed learning about during our research for the articles, but just didn’t have the room to include in the printed magazine.  Consider [...]

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Hot off the presses–literally–the July/August issue is now available. I’m really excited about this issue–we are now an 80 page publication, up from 65 pages last issue.  That’s a huge jump!
In this issue, we have a new “Marketing” section, featuring an article about branding and company identity.  We’ve also got lots of great stuff [...]

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This issue’s Being Productive article is about office germs. Researching and interviewing for the article was really interesting, though I do have to admit I became a little bit paranoid. I had never considered a lot of places that germs can hide–like the bathroom door handle, my purse, my wallet. The [...]

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