December 17, 2012
Associated PressAuditors investigating Indiana's Department of Revenue are saying outdated technology and a work culture that sacrificed
accuracy for speed led to $526 million in tax errors from the state.
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December 14, 2012
Cory SchoutenWidow Bren Simon and her stepchildren finally managed to settle a long legal battle over the estate of mall magnate Melvin
Simon. The goal that appears to have united the survivors: Reducing Uncle Sam's take of a fortune that has swelled to nearly
$3 billion.
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December 14, 2012
Milliman Inc. said it will add 26 jobs by 2017 and invest $2 million to install additional information technology equipment
at its office in downtown's Chase Tower.
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December 13, 2012
IBJ Staff, Bloomberg News, Associated PressHome repossessions rose in 29 states and the District of Columbia in November, led by an increase of 96 percent in Indiana.
However, the number of homes starting on the path to foreclosure declined to the lowest level in six years.
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December 12, 2012
Bloomberg NewsA loan with a balance of $94 million on a South Dakota shopping center owned by Simon Property Group was sent to a special
servicer because default is imminent, Fitch Ratings said.
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December 11, 2012
Associated PressCummins Inc. said Tuesday that its board approved the repurchase of up to $1 billion in stock. The Columbus-based engine maker
said it has nearly completed its previous $1 billion buyback plan authorized in February 2011.
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December 8, 2012
Indiana businesses borrowed $424.7 million through U.S. Small Business Administration programs in 2012, an 18-percent decline
from 2011, latest SBA statistics show.
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December 8, 2012
Greg AndrewsShouldn’t the 5,100 Ohio investors who lost more than $200 million when Fair collapsed have seen Fair’s lofty
interest rates as a red flag?
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December 8, 2012
Chris O'MalleyAn Indianapolis investment advisory oil firm has been looking for blowouts in its own back yard. Midwest Energy Partners is
preparing for its seventh—and largest—round of funding to pay for oil drilling in southwestern Indiana and southeastern
Illinois.
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December 5, 2012
Former bank executive Mike Alley will continue in his position as commissioner of Indiana’s Department of Revenue under
Gov.-elect Mike Pence. Pence also announced two more cabinet appointments.
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December 5, 2012
Scott OlsonThe Indianapolis-based company said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to make the move from the over-the-counter
board to the more active NASDAQ exchange.
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December 4, 2012
J.K. WallIndianapolis-based Nico Corp. wants to use its new round of capital to develop brain surgery products to address diseases
that were often considered inoperable, such as metastatic brain cancer and intracerebral hemorrhages.
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December 4, 2012
Scott OlsonPlainfield-based Fundex Games Ltd., which filed for bankruptcy protection in September, said Poof-Slinky Inc. is the only
potential purchaser that has shown interest in acquiring the company's assets.
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December 3, 2012
Scott OlsonLocal criminal defense lawyers who tracked the trial of Tim Durham and his accomplices say chances are slim that they would
prevail on appeal. One said Durham would have a better chance of winning the lottery.
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December 1, 2012
J.K. WallEarly-stage venture capital has been harder and harder to come by for life sciences companies in recent years, but two Indianapolis
investors are working to raise sizable funds to help fill the gap.
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November 30, 2012
Greg Andrews, Scott Olson, Cory SchoutenFormer Indianapolis businessman Tim Durham was sentenced to 50 years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that led to the
collapse of Fair Finance, costing thousands of investors $250 million. Accomplices Jim Cochran and Rick Snow received 25 years
and 10 years, respectively.
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November 30, 2012
Cory SchoutenIBJ provided ongoing updates from the courthouse where Ponzi schemer Tim Durham and two accomplices were sentenced
Friday afternoon.
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November 30, 2012
Associated PressCarmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc. is declaring its first quarterly dividend since going public in December 2009.
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November 29, 2012
Cory SchoutenConvicted Ponzi schemer Tim Durham and two accomplices will find out Friday whether they will spend the rest of their lives
in prison.
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November 28, 2012
Cory SchoutenA federal judge will determine whether an Anderson church can exit bankruptcy with a lighter debt load, over objections from
its bank lender, after a church scheme to profit by selling life insurance on its elderly members failed.
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November 28, 2012
Scott OlsonSC Design Inc. lists debt of $1.5 million. Most of it is owed to Fair Finance, formerly co-owned by convicted fraudster Tim
Durham, through a claim filed by a trustee seeking to recover investor funds.
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November 27, 2012
Scott OlsonSaying their crimes were "as serious as any financial fraud crime ever committed," federal prosecutors re-emphasized Monday
their recommendation that Ponzi schemer Tim Durham and his two accomplices deserve to spend the rest of their lives in prison.
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November 26, 2012
Scott OlsonConvicted Ponzi schemer Tim Durham is requesting a much shorter prison stay than the life sentence federal prosecutors want
him to serve. The convicted Ponzi schemer and two associates are set to be sentenced Friday.
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November 26, 2012
Associated PressIf you get buy all 364 items repeated throughout "The Twelve Days of Christmas" carol, you'll pay 6.1 percent more this year,
according to the so-called Christmas Price Index that PNC Wealth Management updates annually.
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November 24, 2012
Greg AndrewsThe Ohio Division of Securities allowed Fair Finance to register investment certificates even after the company stopped providing
audited financials and Tim Durham drained more than $100 million from the firm through insider loans.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!