October 28, 2009
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc.'s third-quarter profits soared above analysts' expectations, but the insurer remains cautious in the face of
the flu and high unemployment.
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October 28, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe owner of the vacant former Fall Creek YMCA along West 10th Street is seeking bidders interested in tearing down the building
and redeveloping the prime 2-acre site.
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October 28, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe Indiana Department of Labor has slapped two Indiana companies with fines of about $200,000 each for repeated safety violations
that put workers at risk.
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October 28, 2009
IBJ StaffZuna Infotech will locate in Kokomo's Inventrek Technology Park, a high-tech business incubator and state-certified technology
park.
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October 28, 2009
J.K. WallSome Indianapolis-area doctors fear a bill in the U.S. Senate would botch the way costs for tests and procedures are calculated,
and ultimately
lead to a reimbursement system that works worse than the existing system.
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October 28, 2009
J.K. WallWellPoint Inc.'s third-quarter profits fell 11 percent, the company reported this morning, but still soared above analysts'
expectations.
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October 27, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressA lawyer says Irving Materials Inc. has agreed to pay $29 million to settle a class-action antitrust lawsuit alleging it and
six other companies conspired to fix the price of ready-mixed concrete.
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October 27, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressIPL will receive $20 million to help pay for a $48.8 million project to install more than 28,000 smart meters; Midwest ISO
will get $17.3 million toward a $34.5 million project to install 150 phasor measurement units.
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October 27, 2009
Brock BenefielSupporters of a stricter ban on smoking in Indianapolis workplaces said the City-County Council's decision Monday night to
table the proposal will not kill efforts to get legislation passed.
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October 27, 2009
IBJ StaffShares of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. closed Monday at $1.53, the 10th straight day the stock has finished
trading above $1—preserving the company's listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange, but big challenges remain for the locally
based owner of radio stations and magazines.
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October 27, 2009
Cory SchoutenHendricks County's moves to entice a developer to build a conference hotel in Plainfield could further crimp plans
for
a
hotel attached to the new Indianapolis International Airport terminal.
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October 26, 2009
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based business software firm Interactive Intelligence on Monday reported higher third-quarter profit on
record revenue of $33.2 million.
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October 26, 2009
Brock BenefielEfforts to broaden Indianapolis' workplace smoking ban came up short Monday night as members of the City-County Council voted
to table the proposal. The ordinance would have prohibited patrons from lighting up in bars, bowling alleys and nightclubs,
expanding an existing law that prohibits smoking in most public places, including restaurants that serve minors.
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October 26, 2009
J.K. WallAs it shrinks its work force, Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Co. will move more than 1,000 employees
to its corporate
center
by mid-2010.
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October 26, 2009
Cory SchoutenThe Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce is throwing its weight behind a tougher workplace smoking ban up for consideration tonight
by the City-County Council.
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October 26, 2009
IBJ StaffThe Hendricks County Convention and Visitors Bureau said Monday that it is asking for proposals to develop a full-service
convention hotel on up to 18 acres in Plainfield at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Highway 267.
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October 26, 2009
IBJ StaffEvansville-based Old National Bancorp on Monday morning reported a third-quarter profit of $4 million, or 6 cents per diluted
share, missing
consensus analyst expectations by about 5 cents per share.
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October 26, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinLilly Endowment will give United Way of Central Indiana $10 million to replenish its capital improvement program, which
helps not-for-profit agencies repair and upgrade their buildings.
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October 26, 2009
IBJ StaffShares of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. closed Monday at $1.53, the 10th straight day the stock has finished
trading above $1—preserving the company's listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
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October 25, 2009
Associated PressThe left eastbound lane over the eastbound bridge and the Interstate 69 southbound ramp to I-465 southbound will remain closed
through midweek as crews continue repair work.
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October 24, 2009
Greg AndrewsIndianapolis businessman Tim Durham has treated Ohio-based Fair Finance Co. almost like a personal bank since buying it seven
years ago, and now he, his partners and related firms owe it more than $168 million, records show.
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October 24, 2009
Cory SchoutenJust about every player in the real estate business—whether individual investor, private-equity fund or publicly
traded company—is trying to raise capital to take advantage of what they see as an inevitable shakeout in commercial
property.
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October 24, 2009
J.K. WallEmployment in Indiana's insurance industry has remained stable despite a poor economy.
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October 24, 2009
Chris O'MalleyThe Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority, IndyGo and other Indianapolis-area transit groups are the subject of
a study that could result in them being reorganized.
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October 24, 2009
Chris O'MalleyOf all the inappropriate postmarks for the largest distributor of plug-in electric vehicles in Indiana,
Gas City, about an hour north of Indianapolis, takes the prize. But Steve Mitchell, proprietor of Electric Cars
and Carts, figures he’s in the right place as far as business prospects go. Despite a stalled economy, Mitchell’s
electric vehicle sales are up 35 percent over the same month last year.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.