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Senate bill would snuff out Indiana's smoking-cessation agency

January 22, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
Anti-tobacco advocates worry cost-cutting move could seriously diminish state's efforts to curb Hoosier tobacco use.
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Purdue to slice benefits for staff, techology costs

January 22, 2010
Associated Press
University will cut employee benefits, retirement contributions and information technology services to partially close a $67 million budget deficit for the West Lafayette campus
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State's unemployment rate jumps to 9.9 percent

January 22, 2010
Scott Olson
Indiana's jobless rate made its biggest increase since mid-2009. Department of Workforce Development Commissioner Teresa Voors attributed the rise, in part, to a decrease in construction in December.
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Indiana businesses are welcoming investment from ChinaRestricted Content

January 22, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
Some observers see a parallel to the state's seeking Japanese investment following recession in the early 1980s.
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Pickens' natural-gas plan may prove boon to truck builders

January 22, 2010
Bloomberg News
Converting the U.S. trucking industry to natural gas will benefit manufacturers including Columbus-based Cummins Inc., T. Boone Pickens says.
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Simon Property accepts $2.3B of notes in offer

January 22, 2010
Associated Press
Simon will fund the purchase with available cash plus proceeds from the sale of $2.25 billion in senior unsecured notes.
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Bill on Sunday microbrewery sales clears Senate

January 22, 2010
Associated Press
The bill would limit the amount of Sunday carryout sales from Indiana microbreweries to about three cases per transaction.
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EnerDel has more deals in the works

January 21, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
Lithium battery maker EnerDel will need more business than its existing relationships with Think and Volvo to justify the $237 million investment it announced Thursday.
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Grocery distributor buys convenience store supplier

January 21, 2010
An Indianapolis-based grocery wholesaler has purchased the assets of a convenience store supplier in Danville, enabling it to expand its number of customers to 800 in five states.
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EnerDel hopes to hire 1,100 at new manufacturing plant

January 21, 2010
Peter Schnitzler
Lithium battery-maker will get incentives worth $53.1 million for expansion into Hancock County.
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Simon says husband's shrinking fortune spurred new will

January 21, 2010
Greg Andrews
Bren Simon says in a new court filing that her billionaire husband Mel Simon granted her a bigger share of his fortune in the last year of his life because of alarm over Simon Property Group's plunging stock price and a sharp cut in its cash dividend.
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ITT Educational's quarterly profit, revenue climb

January 21, 2010
ITT Educational Services Inc. reported higher profit in the fourth quarter of 2009, earning $2.56 per share. The Carmel-based for-profit educator's earnings topped analysts' expectations.
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PNC profit rises despite growing loan losses

January 21, 2010
Associated Press
The bank's $1.01 billion in profit and its $5.08 billion in revenue were better than analysts expected.
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EnerDel expected to announce new manufacturing plant

January 20, 2010
 IBJ Staff
Lithium battery-maker had requested a Hancock County zoning exemption to establish a manufacturing operation in the Mount Comfort business park.
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Indiana House panel backs statewide smoking ban

January 20, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
An Indiana House committee approves legislation that would ban smoking in most public places statewide.
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Airport expert to bring 'Aerotropolis' concept to Indianapolis

January 20, 2010
Chris O'Malley
Idea for old terminal calls for more deliberative planning of development in and around Indianapolis International to make airport more of an economic development hub.
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Finish Line forfeits incentive deal

January 20, 2010
Cory Schouten
Mall retailer The Finish Line Inc. has agreed to forfeit a potentially lucrative tax-abatement deal because it won't be able to meet a 2008 promise to create almost 200 jobs and invest $24 million at its Indianapolis headquarters.
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EnerDel in line for $3 million grant

January 20, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
Battery maker EnerDel could land $3 million in federal disaster-recovery money that would help bring 200 more jobs to its facilities on the north side of Indianapolis and in Noblesville.
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Knauf fills new CEO position

January 20, 2010
Knauf Insulation in Shelbyville appoints a company executive to its newly created position of CEO of North American operations.
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State Republicans try to block health reform mandates

January 20, 2010
J.K. Wall
Joint resolutions in the state Legislature seek to amend the state constitution to block enforcement of provisions in the federal bills that would require individuals to buy insurance and all but the smallest employers to help pay for it.
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Wall Street likes wobble on health reform

January 20, 2010
J.K. Wall
With the stunning victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Massachusetts election for U.S. Senate, Wall Street analysts expect to see a "run" on health care stocks.
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Former attorney sentenced in fraud case

January 20, 2010
A former attorney who pleaded guilty to mail fraud has been sentenced to three years probation for submitting inflated bids on foreclosed homes to the company for which he worked and pocketing the difference.
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Kerasotes planning to sell theaters to AMC

January 20, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press

Kerasotes, the nation's sixth-largest movie house chain, has four theaters in the Indianapolis area; AMC, the No. 2 player, has two.

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Simon Property Group rolls out $2.25B offering

January 20, 2010
Associated Press
Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes and to fund the purchase of senior notes.
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Outlook remains grim for commercial real estate

January 20, 2010
Cory Schouten
Expect another year of rising vacancies, declining property values and distressed sales in the central Indiana commercial real estate market. That's the message from Colliers Turley Martin Tucker in its annual State of Real Estate report.
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