Four Roses & Legends event includes dinner with a side of rock stars
By Terry Boyd | Posted on September 23, 2014This may be a first for Louisville – dinner with a side of rock stars. YADDA’s Four Roses and Legends fundraising dinner in conjunction with IdeaFestival – scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Harvest Restaurant – will include an acoustic performance by top session...
Taco Punk chef/owner Gabe Sowder announces closing, cites traffic snarls related to bridge construction
By Terry Boyd | Posted on September 22, 2014Taco Punk is closing … again. This time, it sounds like it’s for real. Gabe Sowder and his crew, who’ve been with him through thick and thin during three years, have posted the restaurant will close Friday, Oct. 3. In a note on the...
Breaking: Qualcomm acquires Stonestreet One, Louisville-based Bluetooth tech innovator
By Terry Boyd | Posted on September 16, 2014Sources are telling Insider Louisville that wireless communications and processor giant Qualcomm has acquired Louisville-based Stonestreet One, which develops Bluetooth technology. Stonestreet One’s webpage states the company is now part of Qualcomm, but there are no Securities and Exchange Commission filings confirming the deal....
WSJ: Humana announces $2 billion stock buyback through 2016
By Terry Boyd | Posted on September 16, 2014The Wall Street Journal and other national financial websites are reporting Humana has unveiled a new share buyback schedule, a $2 billion program that will accelerate its current share repurchase plan. The new plan comes after Humana’s board of directors announced a new cycle...
The Closing Bell: Internal GE email, national media confirm multiple suitors for GE Appliances
By Staff | Posted on August 14, 2014Wow, is it already the end of the week? We created The Closing Bell to close out the business week after we figured out staffers, contributors and insiders were sitting on too many scoops that couldn’t wait for the Monday Business Briefing. And there...
News of the weird: Louisville-based Action Loan’s Gus Goldsmith in the news coast-to-coast
By Terry Boyd | Posted on August 13, 2014After years of quietly going about his business, Louisville lender Gus Goldsmith is suddenly in the news from Louisville to San Diego. In Louisville, Goldsmith, who owns Action Loan, says Metro Councilman Dan Johnson, D-21, defaulted on a $15,000 loan. Action Loan is in...
Happy Feet’s Pat Yates and Taylor Trusty of Blackstone create ChatBlend for next-gen e-commerce
By Terry Boyd | Posted on August 13, 2014Ever emailed an e-tailer about an order, only to have it ignored? Or figured out you can’t use that retailer’s live chat function via your wireless device? That’s not a good thing for either party, say Taylor Trusty, CEO of Blackstone Media, and Pat...
Young Professionals Association of Louisville’s August events include S#!* I Wish I Knew: Women In Leadership
By Staff | Posted on August 12, 2014Louisville is fortunate to have multiple civic groups, from Leadership Louisville to the Louisville Urban League Young Professionals. One of the most active groups is the Young Professionals Association of Louisville, which connects the young and ambitious to leadership development opportunities, educational opportunities and...
Juggling company with European pedigree, local talent, premieres this weekend
By Staff | Posted on July 11, 2014In May 2013, we told you about Nathan Biggs-Penton, the Old Louisville teen who left Youth Performing Arts School to join the circus – with the complete approval of his parents. So, off to the prestigious Dans och Cirkushögskolan (University of Dance and Circus) in...
Campbell Boyer: He’s a maker, she’s a maker … wouldn’t you like to be a maker, too?
By Guest Author | Posted on June 18, 2014By Campbell Boyer With all the national press about the National Day of Making, the folks that brought you last year’s Louisville Mini Maker Faire would like to invite you to be a maker, too. It seems like we in Louisville frequently feel that we’re...