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The Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s third annual Coolest Thing Made in Indiana tournament officially tips off Friday with online voting at www.indianachamber.com/coolestthing.

The madness surrounding GameStop (GME) in early 2021 captured the imagination of both professional/institutional investors (“smart money”) and amateur/retail investors (“dumb money”) alike, as the price surged from $18.84 (unadjusted for a 4-for-1 stock split in July of 2022) at the start of January and briefly touched $483 later that month, a gain of about 2,500%.

JCBank and Bancorp. of Southern Indiana Board Chairman Warren L. Forgey recently announced that Billy L. Bemis and Eric D. Fish have been elected to the JCBank board of directors.

Toyota Material Handling recently launched a new line of electric pneumatic forklifts with 48V and 80V models.

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Eric J. Holcomb recently announced several appointments to various state boards and commissions.

Bartholomew County Treasurer Barb Hackman was one of more than 650 county officials and employees who attended the Association of Indiana Counties annual conference Sept. 25-28 in Orange County.

In “Just think: The challenges of the disengaged mind” (Science—July 2014), Timothy Wilson, a social psychologist at the University of Virginia and colleagues studied whether participants were capable of sitting alone (and without electronic devices) in quiet thought. Spoiler alert — they weren’t.

INDIANAPOLIS — Barnes & Thornburg has added labor and employment, corporate, general counsel, healthcare, litigation, and intellectual property attorneys and legal professionals to its Atlanta, Chicago, Indianapolis, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., offices.

CINCINNATI – First Financial Bank has been selected by the National Community Action Partnership (NCAP) to receive the Corporate Partnership Award, recognizing the bank’s long-term commitment in supporting community action and working directly to impact economic growth and increase opportunities for children and families. Nationwide, First Financial is one of only two organizations receiving this award in 2023.

Knowing when to taper off support for adult children is a difficult decision. As a parent, it is hard to watch your children struggle and sometimes fail. Our first inclination is to rush in and fix things.