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Effort to save minority car dealer lands Bill Mays in ditchRestricted Content

June 11, 2011
Greg Andrews
PNC Bank last month sued Mays, one of the city’s most prominent black businessmen, charging he defaulted on a $3.5 million loan he received in 2008 that has an unpaid balance of $2 million.
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Multiple tenants likely needed to plug Nordstrom holeRestricted Content

June 4, 2011
Greg Andrews
Nordstrom occupies a staggering 210,000 square feet spread across three floors—60 percent more space than the Seattle-based chain occupies at the Fashion Mall at Keystone and likely more than any single retailer would be willing to lease.
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Ingredients in place for plethora of Hoosier IPOsRestricted Content

May 28, 2011
Greg Andrews
Some Indiana firms are adding management and board firepower—moves likely to help them win over investors should they move ahead with public offerings.
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ExactTarget stays patient as riches from IPO awaitRestricted Content

May 21, 2011
Greg Andrews
CEO Scott Dorsey says remaining private in the short term allows the company to more easily exploit business opportunities on the horizon.
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Eli Lilly's slumbering stock finally shows signs of lifeRestricted Content

May 14, 2011
Greg Andrews
Is it finally time to get some growth again out of a stock that since its debut on the public market 59 years ago has minted thousands of millionaires?
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Firms' faith in stock buybacks not always well-placedRestricted Content

May 7, 2011
Greg Andrews
The ultimate test of whether buybacks are good deals for shareholders hinges on whether the price paid for the stock proves over time to have been a bargain or inflated.
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Short-time CFO altered course at Marsh SupermarketsRestricted Content

April 30, 2011
Greg Andrews
John Elbin forced the ailing grocery chain to confront its problems during his five months with the company.
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Shares of embattled ITT may not have hit bottomRestricted Content

April 16, 2011
Greg Andrews
Some analysts believe the thrashing ITT investors have taken since the federal government unveiled a tougher regulatory scheme for for-profit schools a year ago is only the start.
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China making big gains in drug R&D jobs state covets

April 9, 2011
Greg Andrews
The total annual cost for one researcher at Lilly might run $300,000 to $350,000 a year. The figure at Crown Bioscience is one-third of that, said a company executive.
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CEO says transformation prepped Remy International for IPO

April 2, 2011
Greg Andrews
Remy’s transformation since 2007, when a $700 million debt load propelled it into bankruptcy court, could be fodder for business-school case studies of the 21st century.
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Feds go after Fair Finance CFO, despite murkier motive

March 26, 2011
Greg Andrews
Unlike the other defendants, Fair Finance executive Rick Snow isn’t accused of tapping the company for a bevy of loans, then failing to repay the money.
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Repeated price cuts take glow off Endocyte IPORestricted Content

February 12, 2011
Greg Andrews
New investors got in for $6 a share—which is less than the average price paid by prior investors, a regulatory filing reveals.
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Struggling Lilly turns to antidepressant Cymbalta for lift

February 5, 2011
Greg Andrews
Cymbalta racked up $3.5 billion in sales last year, and some analysts say it may approach $5 billion before generic competition arrives in 2013.
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Fair Finance trustee still searching for deep-pocketed saviorRestricted Content

January 29, 2011
Greg Andrews
Trustee Brian Bash and his legal team have yet to publicly implicate anyone who appears to have the cash to substantially reduce the staggering losses.
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Analyst says spurned Simon still has plenty of potentialRestricted Content

January 22, 2011
Greg Andrews
Simon Property Group Inc. used multibillion-dollar buyouts to become the nation’s largest public real estate company. So should investors be worried its last two acquisition bids have gone bust?
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Developer who drew friends into Ponzi reaches $1M dealRestricted Content

January 8, 2011
Greg Andrews
Sydney "Jack" Williams, founder of Williams Realty Group, recruited dozens of investors, many with Indiana ties, to invest in a Florida business that turned out to be a giant fraud.
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Conseco brass agree to settle 8-year-old suit for $41.5MRestricted Content

January 1, 2011
Greg Andrews
The suit accused CEO Gary Wendt, President Bill Shea, Chief Financial Officer Charles Chokel and Chief Accounting Officer Jim Adams of engaging in a “massive and systematic coverup of ... actual debts and losses through complex accounting, misleading disclosures, and irregular accounting practices.”
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Naysayers place big bet HHGregg will stumbleRestricted Content

December 18, 2010
Greg Andrews
Traditional analysts are high on the electronics retailer, but short-sellers, those who profit when a stock falls instead of rises, couldn't disagree more.
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Sale of 118-year-old bank symptom of tough timesRestricted Content

December 11, 2010
Greg Andrews
A sale is suddenly more appealing to Monroe Bancorp and other financial institutions that used to be fiercely independent.
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Indianapolis banker sees progress, challenges at ailing Integra

December 4, 2010
Greg Andrews
Mike Alley, perhaps more than any other banker in the state, is experiencing the pain the economic crisis has wrought on the nation’s financial institutions.
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Celebrity lawyer Roy Black tapped in Durham criminal probe

November 27, 2010
Greg Andrews
Tim Durham says he’s ruined financially, but he’s not cutting corners lining up legal firepower to defend himself. Durham has hired famed criminal defense attorney Roy Black of Miami, lawyers representing the Indianapolis financier in civil litigation confirmed.
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Irwin Financial trustee poised to sue insiders

November 13, 2010
Greg Andrews
Court papers reveal officers and directors of the holding company for the failed Columbus-based bank will soon be defendants in a $40 million suit.
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Finish Line cash hoard could draw out suitorsRestricted Content

November 6, 2010
Greg Andrews
Citigroup Capital Markets retail analyst Kate McShane has Finish Line near the top of her list of potential leveraged-buyout candidates.
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Don Marsh, grocery chain he led no closer to making peaceRestricted Content

October 30, 2010
Greg Andrews
Time has done nothing to settle a dispute between the former executive and the private equity firm that bought his family's business. They are gearing up for an October 2011 trial.
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Firm that ignored lawsuit now paying a hefty priceRestricted Content

October 23, 2010
Greg Andrews
Tax-resolution firm JK Harris did not defend itself against a lawsuit and got pummeled as a result. Now, it's brought in an attorney who's trying to undo the mess.
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