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Gen Con Indy expects to draw 28,000 gaming fans

August 4, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
Gen Con Indy runs Thursday through Sunday at the Indiana Convention Center. It's in its 42nd year.
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Indiana company planning hybrid van gets GM backing

August 4, 2010
Associated Press
Anderson-based Bright Automotive is getting a boost from a $5 million investment by General Motors' new venture capital arm.
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Indiana Downs cancels horse races after complaints

August 4, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
The Shelbyville track's final race on Monday was canceled after a horse pulled up lame and was later euthanized. The track canceled its full card of Tuesday races.
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Revenue, earnings up for KAR Auction Services

August 4, 2010
 IBJ Staff
The company had revenue of $470 million in the quarter ended June 30, a 7-percent increase over the $439.1 million it reported in the same quarter of 2009.
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Dow Agro boosts sales, profit in second quarter

August 3, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences improved sales and profit in its second quarter thanks to higher volumes and lower costs, the company said Tuesday morning.
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WellPoint, peers focus on health reform rules, campaign

August 3, 2010
Bloomberg News
WellPoint Inc., UnitedHealth Group Inc. and three other health insurers, criticized by Democrats during the health care reform debate, are seeking to influence how the new law will be implemented, and possibly change it, by campaigning for supportive congressional candidates.
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IU gets $9.2 million grant for 2 global networks

August 3, 2010
Associated Press
Indiana University has won a $9.2 million federal grant to lead two high-speed global networks intended to boost scientific collaborations between U.S., European and Asian researchers.
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Indianapolis making contingency plan for Super Bowl

August 2, 2010
Associated Press
NFL officials and the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee have a contingency plan if a work stoppage postpones the 2012 Super Bowl.
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Candidates for Indiana Supreme Court narrowed to three

July 31, 2010
Associated Press
One of the finalists, Marion Superior Court Judge Robyn Moberly, would be the first woman on the state's highest court since 1999.
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$6.6M grant to help project at Crane tech park

July 30, 2010
Associated Press
A federal grant will pay most of the costs for an $8 million conference center that officials hope will help attract business to a technology park near the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center.
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Investors fear insurers' rosy outlook will boost regulators' scrutiny

July 29, 2010
Bloomberg News
Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. became the third U.S. health insurer this month to increase its 2010 profit forecast, stirring investor concern that state and federal regulators may increase scrutiny of industry pricing.
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Kokomo GM plant 'assessing' business operations

July 28, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
GM spokesman Kevin Nadrowski says officials at the Kokomo Integrated Circuit Fab plant met with 375 workers Wednesday to say they're "assessing the business model at the plant based on recent business developments."
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Declining attendance forcing Speedway to make changes

July 28, 2010
Associated Press
Three days after witnessing the smallest Brickyard 400 crowd in the race's 17-year history, Indianapolis Motor Speedway CEO Jeff Belskus said he intends to cut ticket prices for about 75 percent of fans at next year's race.
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Frankfort manufacturer to build plant in Tennessee

July 28, 2010
Associated Press
NHK Seating of America's plant in Murfreesboro is expected to employ up to 224 workers when all phases of production are operating in 2015.
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Carmel finishes annexation of Southwest Clay

July 27, 2010
Associated Press
The community about 10 miles north of Indianapolis grew by 8.3 square miles and 8,000 people Tuesday with the long-planned annexation.
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Feds: Texas pastor misused loan for Indiana church

July 27, 2010
Associated Press
A Houston minister accused of using money borrowed to build a new church to buy a mink coat and a Mercedes Benz missed his initial hearing in Indianapolis on Tuesday.
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Consumer confidence index retreats further

July 27, 2010
Associated Press
Economists watch the Consumer Confidence index closely because consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity and is critical to a strong recovery.
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Pennsylvania, Indiana top Nevada in gambling taxes

July 27, 2010
Associated Press
Pennsylvania's tax revenue from commercial casinos approached $1.1 billion in the fiscal year that ended June 30. Indiana was second with $878 million and Nevada third with $831 million.
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Proposal: Link federal aid to performance of ITT, peers

July 23, 2010
Bloomberg News
The Obama administration released a proposal that would tighten for-profit colleges’ access to federal student aid, threatening an industry that received $26.5 billion in U.S. funds last year. Carmel-based ITT Educational Services is among those potentially affected.
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Elevated jobless claims point to weak labor market

July 22, 2010
Associated Press
The sharp increase comes after claims fell steeply two weeks ago to their lowest level since August 2008. But much of that drop was driven by temporary seasonal factors and not an improving job market.
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Historic financial overhaul signed into law by Obama

July 21, 2010
Associated Press
Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, a member of the House GOP leadership, on Wednesday joined House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio in calling for the law's repeal.
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Auto plant's 300 jobs draw 3,000 applicants

July 21, 2010
Associated Press
The response to openings at a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo reflects the large number of people out of work, a union official said.
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Indiana accused of cutting aid to food stamp users

July 20, 2010
Associated Press
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration attorneys do not believe federal law was broken when officials balanced food stamp payments against a state-run supplemental aid program.
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Local building permits drop; national home building falls

July 20, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
Locally, the number of building permits filed in the nine-county Indianapolis area fell by 20 percent in June while home construction plunged nationally to the lowest level since October.
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Steel Dynamics profit up, but misses analysts' estimates

July 20, 2010
Bloomberg News
Net income was $49.2 million, compared with a net loss of $16 million a year earlier, the Fort Wayne-based steelmaker said Monday in a statement.
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