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Mayor suspends land bank after indictments
May 22, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard on Wednesday sidelined a city program that sells vacant and tax-delinquent properties, one
day after federal prosecutors indicted two of its top officials for allegedly accepting bribes and kickbacks.
MoreStonegate raises $115M to fund jumbo mortgage expansion
May 22, 2013
Bloomberg NewsThe fast-growing Indianapolis-based firm will use the funds to fuel originations of loans not intended for government-backed
programs, as well as to build its portfolio of servicing contracts, CEO Jim Cutillo said.
MoreCenterfield rounds up $171M for new fund
May 18, 2013
Dan HumanAn Indianapolis private investment firm has raised one of the largest-ever funds in the state. Centerfield Capital Partners
pulled in $171 million that it plans to invest in about 20 companies. Its two previous funds totaled $60 million and $116
million.
MoreFirms ladle trips, car allowances on top of rich pay packages
May 18, 2013
Dan HumanSenior executives at Indiana's public companies last year received, on average, more in perks than the typical Hoosier
earned all year, IBJ found after reviewing Securities and Exchange Commission documents for more than 60 Indiana
companies.
MoreSpate of banking mergers may be just the beginning
May 18, 2013
Greg AndrewsFirst Merchants Corp. CEO Michael Rechin thinks a wave of bank mergers is coming—driven by financial institutions’
quest to increase profits in an environment where super-low interest rates continue to squeeze margins.
MoreLeader of fraud scheme sentenced to 4-plus years
May 14, 2013
IBJ StaffMichael Russell, 54, pleaded guilty in January to 20 counts of wire fraud and money laundering in a scheme involving former
Indianapolis City-County Councilor Paul Bateman.
MoreFirst Merchants' deal to make it state's second-biggest bank
May 13, 2013
Greg AndrewsThe acquisition of CFS Bancorp Inc. will increase First Merchants' assets to $5.4 billion and leave it with nearly 100
offices.
MoreIndiana credit unions are booming again
May 11, 2013
Norm Heikens, Chris O'MalleyCredit unions last year posted record earnings, thanks largely to lower loan-loss reserves, as well as to growing memberships,
growing debit cards, selling off mortgages and stealing business loans away from banks, their arch rivals.
MoreFARRA: Don't expect big dividends from banks anytime soon
May 11, 2013
George Farra / Special to IBJBanks will not return to their status as reliable sources of shareholder dividends for three years or longer.
MoreRuling keeps church ensnared in life insurance nightmare
May 11, 2013
Greg AndrewsA federal bankruptcy judge has slapped down an Anderson church that attempted to blame its bank for a failed scheme to finance
church upgrades by buying life insurance policies on its elderly members.
MoreMerchants, Citizens Bank to merge
May 9, 2013
Chris O'MalleyShareholders in Carmel-based Merchants will receive stock that was valued at $98.3 million before the announcement of the
deal caused a huge spike.
MoreNew seed fund aims to make Indiana a hotbed for digital health startups
May 4, 2013
J.K. WallInfuse Accelerator hopes to make early-stage investments in 12 to 15 companies a year.
MoreStocks soar to all-time high on employment news
May 3, 2013
Associated PressA stronger-than-expected pickup in hiring last month lifted the stock market early Friday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial
average above 15,000 and the Standard and Poor's 500 index above 1,600 points for the first time.
MoreFair Finance investors still empty-handed as trustee plows on
April 27, 2013
Greg AndrewsMany of the defendants pursued by Brian Bash and his team have few, if any, assets. And those that do have the wherewithal
to fight litigation for years.
MoreVenture capital favoring later-stage firms
April 27, 2013
Dan HumanGetting $50,000—often from friends and relatives—to develop a product and set up a company still is easy enough
in Indiana, small-business leaders and venture capitalists say. But once a firm needs a few million dollars to grow into a
revenue-generating operation, the area can’t compete with Silicon Valley’s magnetism for venture capital.
MoreBanks scale back real estate needs as transactions shift online
April 23, 2013
Scott OlsonAfter zooming higher in the last decade, the number of bank branches in Indiana slipped to 2,056 in 2011, the lowest level
since 2006.
MorePace of venture capital funding slows in Indiana, Midwest
April 19, 2013
J.K. WallSeven Indiana companies attracted $16.4 million in venture capital during the first quarter. Nearly all the money was paid
out to Carmel-based ChaCha Search Inc., which secured a $14 million investment in January.
MoreFirst Internet earnings surge on commercial loan growth
April 19, 2013
IBJ StaffThe Indianapolis-based bank's commercial loan portfolio grew to $109.1 million, a rise of 62 percent compared with the first
quarter of 2012. Commercial real estate loans rose 46 percent.
MoreIndiana foreclosure prevention program expanding
April 17, 2013
Associated PressState officials estimate that about 10,000 Indiana homeowners will get help in making their mortgage payments under an expansion
of a federally funded foreclosure prevention program.
MoreStock market rebounds from worst day of the year
April 16, 2013
Associated PressGood news on housing and earnings Tuesday morning helped stocks recover from a dismal Monday, when stocks suffered their biggest
one-day decline since November.
MoreFalling commodities give Dow worst day of the year
April 15, 2013
Associated PressThe Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 265.86 points Monday to close at 14,599.20, a decline of 1.8 percent.
MoreHHGregg throws lifeline to employees with underwater options
April 13, 2013
Greg AndrewsThe company this month filed papers gave option holders the right to exchange their current holdings for new options with
an exercise price set at the current market price.
MoreIndiana pension shifts to international bonds
April 13, 2013
The Indiana Public Retirement System recently issued a request for proposals from international fixed-income managers and
received 16 responses by the April 5 deadline. The $27.1 billion retirement system will hire two managers to oversee $900
million.
MoreBank of Indiana parent files Chapter 11, to sell branches
April 10, 2013
Chris O'MalleyThe bankruptcy of Bank of Indiana's parent and the planned sale of its branches bring to a close management's quest
to turn around an institution that was buffeted by borrower defaults during the financial crisis.
MoreLilly pulls back from proposals lowering takeover barriers
April 6, 2013
Greg AndrewsFortunately, a Lilly takeover looks less likely today than it has in a long time—for both obvious and more subtle reasons.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.