Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Republic Airways shares surge on Frontier sales talk

November 8, 2011
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. shares soared more than 61 percent Tuesday after the company said it would likely sell or spin off its Frontier Airlines unit.
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Best Buy closing warehouse sooner than expected

November 4, 2011
More than 220 employees at Best Buy's warehouse in Franklin will lose their jobs at the end of January, two months earlier than the company had anticipated closing the facility.
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Slower sales curb results at Adesa parent

November 3, 2011
J.K. Wall
Carmel-based KAR Auction Services suffered a 16-percent decline in its adjusted profit, missing analyst expectations.
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Republic Airways pilots vote on strike authority

November 3, 2011
Associated Press
Republic Airways pilots who fly regional jets for several airlines are voting on whether to authorize a strike if negotiators can't agree on a new contract.
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Indiana school district that ended bus routes faces lawsuit

November 2, 2011
Associated Press
An Indianapolis parent is suing Franklin Township schools over its decision to stop running school buses. The district this summer sold its buses to an education cooperative that now charges for transportation.
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Celadon snub obscures other purchasesRestricted Content

October 29, 2011
Chris O'Malley
Celadon Group has swallowed, whole or in part, nine trucking firms in as many years. But the acquisition momentum lurched to a halt late this month like a semi stopped by a runaway-truck ramp when it was rebuffed by Arkansas-based USA Truck. Since then, Celadon hasn’t signaled its next move.
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Speedway hosts meetings about potential for electric car racing seriesRestricted Content

October 29, 2011
 IBJ Staff
The three-day conference looked at such things as design plans and technical infrastructure for electric racing vehicles, and preliminary business plans for such a series.
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Compressed natural gas for cars shows signs of catching onRestricted Content

October 29, 2011
Chris O'Malley
The alternative fuel may soon generate more cash for local firms because it's much cheaper than gasoline.
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Brightpoint earnings rise as revenue soars

October 27, 2011
 IBJ Staff
Increased distribution and demand for smartphones drove Brightpoint Inc.’s third-quarter revenue up 51 percent, to $1.34 billion, the company said after markets closed Thursday.
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Terre Haute airport looks for Super Bowl business

October 27, 2011
Associated Press
Terre Haute International Airport officials distributed brochures and advertisements about the facility and its hangars during a business aircraft convention this month in Las Vegas.
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Quarterly profit surges for trucking firm Celadon Group

October 27, 2011
 IBJ Staff
Celadon Group Inc.’s first-quarter profit grew nearly 23 percent, to $5.4 million, or 24 cents a share, on revenue of $141.5 million.
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Republic studies $113M boost from sale of planes, slots

October 26, 2011
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. is considering the sale of planes and airport landing rights in Washington, D.C., to help raise about $113 million in a second round of restructuring at its unprofitable Frontier Airlines unit.
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Rival trucking firm not interested in Celadon merger

October 24, 2011
Cory Schouten
USA Truck Inc. has turned down a meeting with Indianapolis-based trucking rival and investor Celadon Group Inc. to discuss a possible merger.
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I-69 rejection could affect bus service in Bloomington

October 23, 2011
Associated Press
Buses in Bloomington and on the Indiana University campus could lose funding starting in 2014 if local officials don't include Interstate 69 in their transportation infrastructure plans.
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State signs sponsor for road-side assistance programRestricted Content

October 22, 2011
 IBJ Staff
State Farm Insurance will pay $1.25 million over the next three years to sponsor the Hoosier Helper program.
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LDI names new president as part of succession plan

October 20, 2011
J.A. Lacy, son of company chairman Andre Lacy, ultimately will ascend to CEO in 2013, when current chief executive David Shane is set to relinquish the top job.
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Indiana senator pushes taxing online sales

October 19, 2011
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, plans to ask his Statehouse colleagues Thursday to help him lobby Congress for the right to tax online sales.
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Interstate 69 opponents target another section of project

October 19, 2011
Chris O'Malley
Indiana environmental groups file a second lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers, alleging permits for 29 miles of the I-69 project between Oakland City and Washington violate the Clean Water Act.
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Contractor gets March deadline to fix closed Ohio River bridge

October 18, 2011
Associated Press
Indiana on Tuesday awarded a $13.9 million contact to repair a closed Ohio River bridge linking southern Indiana and northern Kentucky to a Louisville-based company that promised to have the nearly 50-year-old span reopened by early March.
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PROXY CORNER: Celadon Group Inc.Restricted Content

October 15, 2011
Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc. is a trucking company that provides long-haul, full-truckload freight service through Canada, the United States and Mexico.
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Airport gas station could fuel retail in proposed complex

October 14, 2011
Chris O'Malley
Restaurants, a medical clinic and even a dog kennel are ripe for consideration on an 11-acre airport site slated for a gas station. Airport officials have asked for proposals from developers by Oct. 25.
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Celadon proposes merger with rival USA Truck

October 11, 2011
 IBJ Staff and Bloomberg News
Indianapolis-based Celadon has become USA Truck's seventh-largest investor with a $4.7 million purchase of shares. In a regulatory filing, the truckload carrier reported its interest in combining with its rival.
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U.S. OKs $196M for high-speed Chicago-Detroit rail

October 5, 2011
Associated Press
The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved $196.5 million for part of a high-speed Amtrak passenger rail link between Chicago and Detroit, U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow from Michigan said Wednesday.
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Busy Keystone Avenue ramps to close for construction

October 5, 2011
Two ramps at Keystone Avenue and Interstate 465 on Indianapolis' northeast side will be closed for seven to 15 days as part of an $18.2 million project to reduce traffic congestion in the area.
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LEADING QUESTIONS: LDI chairman Lacy still charging hard

October 5, 2011
Mason King
LQ_Lacy_watchvideoWhat's next on Andre Lacy's bucket list after a 9,300-mile round trip via motorcycle to the Arctic Circle? Why stay active at LDI Ltd. after passing the CEO reins? As a state fair leader, how does he regard the stage-collapse tragedy? The 72-year-old dynamo has answers.
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