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Valuing ExactTarget a hit-or-miss exercise
December 17, 2011
Greg AndrewsAppraisals of private companies are inherently dicey, especially if they're not making money.
MoreCME Group says it's staying in Illinois
December 16, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIllinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday signed tax-break legislation designed to keep the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Sears
Holding Co. from fleeing the state. CME had talked to Indianapolis officials about moving to central Indiana.
MoreFeds: Hauke OK'd disastrous real estate investments
December 14, 2011
Greg AndrewsProsecutors allege Fishers investment manager Keenan Hauke hid losses for seven years by shifting assets among accounts and
using new investors’ money to fund withdrawals.
MorePanel rejects audit of Indiana revenue department
December 14, 2011
Associated PressRepublican members of the State Budget Committee have rejected Democrats' request for an independent audit of the Indiana
Department of Revenue for misplacing $320 million.
MoreInvestment adviser Hauke agrees to plead guilty in $7M fraud
December 13, 2011
Greg AndrewsProsecutors accused Hauke of losing millions on Michigan real estate investments, then hiding those losses from clients.
MoreEast-side apartment complex target of $9M foreclosure
December 13, 2011
A Marion Superior Court judge has approved the appointment of a receiver to manage Lexington Park near North Post Road and
East 38th Street.
MoreFair Finance investors object to Brizzi settlement
December 12, 2011
Scott OlsonThe investors argue that a bankruptcy trustee's settlement reached last month with former Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi
could extricate Brizzi from lawsuits they've filed against him.
MoreSalin Bank President Kit Stolen resigns
December 12, 2011
Greg AndrewsAlvin “Kit” Stolen joined the Indianapolis-based bank in August 2009 with big plans to boost its presence in the
center of the state. The major expansion didn't materialize.
MoreBiglari set to make big move on Cracker Barrel
December 9, 2011
Associated PressCracker Barrel will hold its annual shareholder meeting Dec. 20, and Sardar Biglari, who controls Indianapolis-based Steak
n Shake, is seeking a seat on the company's board of directors.
MoreIllinois lawmakers renew efforts to keep CME Group
December 9, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIllinois lawmakers have reportedly reached a deal on a package of bills designed to prevent financial giant CME Group Inc.
from fleeing to Indiana or another state.
MoreCarmel also likely competing for CME Group
December 5, 2011
Scott OlsonA letter from Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard to a company that fits the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's description says the Indianapolis
suburb is prepared to offer $150 million in incentives in return for 1,700 high-paying jobs.
MoreExactTarget has remade itself since last IPO bid
December 3, 2011
Greg AndrewsThings change so fast in the technology world that the prospectus ExactTarget Inc. filed four years ago when it first sought
to go public reads today almost like something from the floppy-disk era.
MoreIndianapolis courts Chicago Mercantile Exchange
December 2, 2011
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIndianapolis' mayor has met with top executives of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to discuss bringing the 163-year-old
financial market to Indiana's largest city. A move would mean hundreds of jobs for Indianapolis.
MoreForum Credit Union names new chief executive
December 1, 2011
The Fishers-based financial institution is turning to company veteran Doug True to help Forum rebound from a $2.8 million
loss in 2010.
MoreBond banks in Indiana, other states boost sales
November 30, 2011
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsState municipal-bond banks in Indiana, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire plan to issue about $190 million in debt this week,
as smaller communities seek to take advantage of 10-year interest rates near a six-week low.
MoreAngie's List falls below offer price, adding to woes of new IPOs
November 30, 2011
Bloomberg NewsAngie’s List Inc. fell 9.2 percent on Tuesday, dropping below its initial public offering price for the first time and
joining a crop of Internet companies that have lost value since their IPOs this year.
MoreFailed dental chain lists no assets, $3.6 million debt
November 29, 2011
Associated PressA New York dental chain that closed offices in 13 states, including eight in Indiana, without warning late last year lists
no assets and liabilities of $3.6 million in a bankruptcy filing.
MoreSEC accuses Positron CEO of misleading investors
November 28, 2011
Chris O'MalleyRegulators allege CEO Patrick G. Rooney diverted millions of dollars from a hedge fund into the struggling Fishers company
without investors' knowledge.
MoreWashington Square owner Simon not paying on $12.8M loan
November 26, 2011
Cory SchoutenTraffic is low and vacancies are high at Washington Square Mall, the most troubled local property for Indianapolis-based mall
giant Simon Property Group Inc.
MoreInvestors across city hit jackpot in Angie's List IPO
November 26, 2011
Greg AndrewsThe initial public offering price was $13, the high end of the range projected in regulatory filings. That price was more
than quadruple the average price of $2.76 paid by prior investors.
MoreFirst Financial aims to use Flagstar deal as springboard
November 26, 2011
Francesca JaroszA deal scheduled to close next month will give Cincinnati-based First Financial Bancorp the foothold it has long sought to
build a major presence in the Indianapolis market.
MoreExactTarget files for $100M IPO
November 23, 2011
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsThe Indianapolis-based e-mail marketing company is aiming to tap a hot IPO market. Sixteen firms have gone public this month,
including locally based Angie's List.
MoreStruggling Ener1 receives $4.5M from investor
November 23, 2011
The parent of Indianapolis-based advanced-battery maker EnerDel received the financing to continue operating while the company
evaluates its options to reorganize debt.
MoreEmmis strikes $16M deal to buy back preferred stock
November 22, 2011
Greg AndrewsThe transaction with New York-based Alden Global Capital, the largest holder of Emmis preferred stock, is expected to end
more than a year of legal wrangling involving the two companies.
MoreBrizzi agrees to pay Fair Finance nearly $200K
November 22, 2011
Greg AndrewsThe Fair Finance trustee alleged that, in addition to being huge campaign contributors to former Marion County Prosecutor
Carl Brizzi, Tim Durham and his companies helped cover Brizzi's personal expenses.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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