Vectren Corp. saw year-over-year improvement in its third-quarter earnings, the Evansville-based utility company reported Tuesday.
Vectren’s third-quarter net income of $16.4 million (20 cents per share) beat its earnings from the same period last year, when the company reported net income of $12.4 million (15 cents per share).
Vectren’s business includes both a utility group and a nonutility group. The Read more…
There are a range of benefits to be gained from undertaking online degrees. For this reason, the number of students enrolled in courses leading to online degrees has increased significantly since the mid-1990s. The makeup of the student groups is as diverse as any online program of study you might want to choose.
Whereas traditional learning institutions, over two thirds of them are now offering online degrees, either undergraduate or master’s degree. Read more…
Property tycoon Nicholas Hoogstraten has been having a “purge” on businesses which he says owe him more than £100,000 between them.
Mr Hoogstraten, 64, told The Argus about his decision to forfeit leases and repossess properties at various locations around Brighton and Hove in recent weeks.
They include a children’s nursery, hotels, a nightclub and an estate agents.
Earlier this week, MRH Trustees, a company owned by Mr Hoogstraten’s family, terminated the lease at the Eaton Centre GP practice in Eaton Gardens, Hove.
The centre, a branch surgery for the nearby Goodwood Court Medical Centre run by GP Nigel Higson, was closed immediately.
Patients were diverted to the Goodwood court practice instead although some had to have their appointments cancelled.
While the all too familiar phrase ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ has been so widely used in our political culture in a recent survey conducted by TD Bank there’s a new phrase ringing true for CFOs. 
It’s the cash flow, stupid.
With over 69% of CFOs and other cash flow managers that were surveyed at mid-sized businesses cash flow management was said to be the greatest contributor to their stress. What was surprising was that even though cash flow remained a top concern less than 8% said they plan to cut costs next year.
In fact 39% plan on investing in new technology from projected increases they will receive. Here are s
EVANSVILLE — The Tri-State Manufacturers Alliance will hold a program Wednesday for those interested in learning more about the automotive industry.
The program takes place from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the auditorium at Ivy Tech Community College, 3501 N. First Ave.
Featured speakers include three automotive experts: Kim Hill and Bernard Swiecki of the Michigan-based Center for Automotive Research; and Ross McKenzie, managing director of the Waterloo Centre for Automotive Research in Ontario, Canada.
Hill and Swiecki will talk about the automotive industry and how companies can be involved with it.
McKenzie will talk about the latest in automotive technologies.
Cost is $35 for those who are not members of the alliance. M
by: Marc Rasmussen – Sarasota Florida real estate
Real estate has not been a great investment the last 5 years. Home prices across the country have been plummeting. In Sarasota, Florida if you bought a home anytime after 2002 or 2003 then you stand a good chance of being under water. With the recent collapse of prices it might be a great time to buy long term rental properties.
Everyone keeps asking if the real estate market has bottomed. Sarasota inventory levels have remained steady since June of 2006. Inventory levels are hovering around a 10 month supply which is a far cry from the 33 month inventory we had in September of 2007. As prices have been falling sales have been increasing which has been eating up the inventory.
Even if we are not at the bottom there is a good chance we are near it. T
OpSource, Inc., the leader in enterprise cloud and managed hosting, today announced that it will be a featured speaker at the Cloud Computing Expo, which is being held November 1-4, 2010, in Santa Clara, Calif. The conference is the only enterprise IT event which covers the entire scope of the cloud computing spectrum. OpSource will also exhibit at the show in Booth # 320.
OpSource provides cloud and managed hosting solutions that enable businesses of all sizes to accelerate growth and scale operations while controlling costs and reducing IT infrastructure support risks. More than four hundred Software-as-a-Service ISVs, cloud platform providers, carriers and enterprises rely on OpSource’s expertise, experience and agility to operate high-availability, business-critical hosting environments. O
A partnership between councils and businesses which will help shape the future of Brighton and Hove has been given the go-ahead.
The Coast To Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) bid, backed by Brighton and Hove City Council, Gatwick Diamond business area, West Sussex County Council and the London Borough of Croydon, is among the first LEPs to be given the green light, Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced.
Mr Cable said that up to 25 LEP submissions from around the country have been successful.
A White Paper revealing how LEPs will work and be funded will be published today.
The East Sussex bid, which has merged with proposals from Kent and Essex, has also been given the go-ahead.
Don’t miss tomorrow’s Argus for full reaction to the news.
Why is it that in every industry there are companies that resort to using exaggeration and hype to sell their products or 
services?
Do you know anyone who has ever bought into the ‘you’re just two pills away from a fabulous new you!’ pitch?
With the rapidly growing demand of business credit it’s not unusual to see the same type of hype and exaggeration being used by some companies in the corporate credit services industry. But unfortunately there are also many good and reputable companies that deliver a great business credit building product or service to small business owners without resorting to such tactics.