March 14, 2013
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsWhat was once Indianapolis-based MH Private Equity's most valuable portfolio company is going bankrupt. Entertainment
Publications LLC, which produces fundraiser coupon books, filed for Chapter 7 liquidation Tuesday.
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March 9, 2013
J.K. WallSteve Hilbert has been ousted as CEO of Indianapolis-based MH Private Equity after a bitter battle with John Menard, the hardware
store king who financed the $500 million private equity firm.
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March 5, 2013
J.K. WallGayle Cook, the widow of Cook Group Inc. founder Bill Cook, and Herb imon, the owner of the Indiana Pacers, were two of the
four Hoosiers to make Forbes’ annual list of the world's billionaires.
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January 5, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinYou know the investing climate is unusual when a stock’s dividend yields more than bonds issued by the same company.
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January 5, 2013
Scott OlsonKirr Marbach's 'mid-cap blend' outpaces similar Indiana-based investments.
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January 2, 2013
Associated PressWhile the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase,
most of them will still end up paying significantly more federal taxes in 2013.
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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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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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October 29, 2012
Associated PressStock trading will be closed in the U.S. for a second day Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast. Bond trading
will also be closed.
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September 15, 2012
Associated PressEconomic growth is pitiful. So why are the major stock indexes just a few percentage points shy of an all-time record? Start
with two words: Ben Bernanke.
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September 15, 2012
Jeff Cohen / Special to IBJMetal is hedge against printing money, weakening currencies.
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September 11, 2012
IBJ StaffA former financial planner at the Indianapolis offices of Northwestern Mutual and One America-American United Life was sentenced
Tuesday to two years in federal prison and three years of probation after pleading guilty to identity theft.
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August 22, 2012
Scott OlsonFormer Obsidian Enterprises Inc. President Terry Whitesell will pay the amount as part of a settlement agreement. A bankruptcy
trustee representing investors of Fair Finance Co., owned by convicted financier Tim Durham, had sought more than $225,000
from Whitesell.
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July 23, 2012
Scott OlsonAn Indianapolis-area couple that operated more than two dozen companies—including one that provided financial counseling—has
filed for bankruptcy, listing $18.5 million in debt that includes unpaid business loans and mortgages for homes in Florida
and Wyoming.
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June 22, 2012
Associated PressIndiana University says its plans to offer a financial literacy program to give students the tools to complete college without
excessive debt.
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April 11, 2012
J.K. WallAttorney William Wendling will try to collect $1 million to $2 million from a handful of investors in Samex Capital Ponzi
scheme.
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March 31, 2012
Bloomberg NewsMore than $3.6 trillion has been restored to U.S. equity values since October amid better-than-estimated earnings and economic
data. Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. surged 11 percent this week, as the Supreme Court debated the health care law.
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March 28, 2012
Associated PressA financial adviser for Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney and the adviser's lover have been arrested on
federal wire fraud charges that allege they swindled about $2.2 million from the lineman.
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March 23, 2012
Scott OlsonKeenan Hauke of Fishers, who pleaded guilty to securities fraud in December after costing hedge fund clients $7 million, received
a 10-year federal prison sentence Friday morning.
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February 28, 2012
Associated PressThe Indiana House on Tuesday approved a 10-year phase-out of the state's inheritance tax that now brings in about $160
million a year.
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January 28, 2012
Supporters of new legislation say the wealthy shouldn't have to leave the state to avoid the tax.
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January 19, 2012
One case involves an Indianapolis attorney accused of stealing nearly $600,000 from two accounts she oversaw as trustee. The
other involves the theft of $200,000 from the foundation of a national collegiate fraternity.
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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.
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November 22, 2011
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based MyJibe LLC, an up-and-coming budgeting and personal finance software firm that was launched by two 20-something
entrepreneurs last January, has already been acquired.
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October 20, 2011
Bloomberg NewsIndiana Pacer Jeff Foster has played in the NBA for 12 years and earned more than $47 million, and he’s done something extraordinary:
He’s saved about three-quarters of his take-home pay.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.