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 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 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
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 24, 2009
J.K. WallSales of Eli Lilly and Co.’s newest drug were an afterthought during its Oct. 21 report on third-quarter earnings. The
blood thinner Effient totaled up $22.6 million in sales—a mere 0.4 percent of Lilly’s total for
the quarter.
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October 21, 2009
J.K. WallFor the first time publicly, Eli Lilly and Co. officials admitted the obvious: Their pipeline products
aren't likely to offset the revenue the company will lose after its two bestsellers, Zyprexa and Cymbalta, lose patent exclusivity.
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October 21, 2009
J.K. WallExcluding special items, Eli Lilly and Co.'s earnings per share spike 22 percent on the strength of Alimta, Cymbalta and Humalog
sales. Lilly's revenue rose 7 percent in the quarter over the same period of 2008,
to $5.56 billion.
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October 17, 2009
IBJ StaffWellPoint Inc. is one of the nation's largest health insurance companies and also provides dental, vision, disability and
life insurance.
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October 10, 2009
J.K. WallWith a national unemployment rate of nearly 10 percent eroding its customer base, WellPoint Inc. is cutting at least 30
middle-management employees and reshuffling its corporate organization, according to internal memos obtained by IBJ.
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October 7, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisEnginemaker Cummins Inc. is temporarily adding a second production shift at its MidRange Engine Plant south of Columbus, recalling
as many as 270 workers who had been laid off or transferred to other facilities when it was idled in May.
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October 3, 2009
IBJ StaffArcadia Resources Inc. markets and sells surgical supplies, orthotic and prosthetic products, and durable medical equipment,
such as wheelchairs and hospital beds and provides oxygen and other respiratory therapy services and equipment.
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September 25, 2009
Cory SchoutenShares in locally based athletic retailer The Finish Line Inc. jumped Friday morning after the company reported a narrow loss
for the second fiscal quarter, mostly because of the large cost of unloading its unsuccessful Man Alive stores in July.
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September 23, 2009
Scott OlsonEvansville-based Old National Bancorp said yesterday that it has priced its public offering of 18 million shares of company
stock at $10 per share.
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September 21, 2009
Scott OlsonEvansville-based Old National Bancorp said this morning that it is selling $150 million of its stock in a public offering
and will use some of the proceeds to fund potential acquisitions.
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September 19, 2009
IBJ StaffCFS Bancorp Inc., 707 Ridge Road., Munster, 46321 (www.cfsbancorp.com) is the bank holding company for Citizens Financial
Bank, which conducts business from full service branches located in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties in Indiana and Cook,
DuPage and Will counties in Illinois.
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September 16, 2009
Cory SchoutenA Friday funeral is planned for a man who made a fortune building shopping malls across the U.S. and later became a prolific
philanthropist in his adopted hometown of Indianapolis. Melvin Simon, 82, succumbed this morning after a battle with pancreatic
cancer.
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September 16, 2009
Cory SchoutenMelvin Simon, a tailor’s son who earned billions building shopping malls across the U.S. and later became a prolific
philanthropist in his adopted hometown of Indianapolis, has died. He was 82.
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September 14, 2009
J.K. WallSince John Lechleiter was named CEO 18 months ago, he's bet that Eli Lilly and Co. could face down its looming patent challenges
by launching innovative new medicines. Today's announcement of 5,500 job cuts by the end of 2011 and a restructuring of the
company's business units ups the ante on that bet, while indicating that it isn't working yet.
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September 14, 2009
J.K. WallEli Lilly and Co. will cut 5,500 jobs by the end of 2011 as it tries to cut $1 billion in expenses before it loses revenue
from its bestselling drug, Zyprexa. Lilly CEO John Lechleiter said he did not know how many of those cuts would occur in central
Indiana. But with
13,600 employees working in the Indianapolis area, he acknowledged the largest chunk of reductions likely would come here.
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September 12, 2009
IBJ StaffTake the money while it’s there. That’s what a handful of insiders at WellPoint Inc. decided in
the past month as they sold off nearly 150,000 company shares for gains of more than $3 million.
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September 5, 2009
IBJ StaffMonroe Bancorp, 210 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, 47408 (www.monroecountybank.com) is the holding company for Monroe Bank,
which provides consumer and commercial banking services and related financial services in Monroe, Hendricks, Lawrence and
Jackson counties.
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August 31, 2009
IBJ StaffConseco Inc. this morning said it is consolidating three of its insurers into one, a move that will have no impact on employment
but will save the company about $2.5 million annually.
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August 28, 2009
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-based Hurco Cos. this morning reported another quarterly loss after sales dropped a staggering 64 percent. Hurco
lost $1.2 million, or 19 cents a share, in its fiscal third quarter ended July 31. The company had a profit of $5.8 million,
or 90 cents a share, during the same quarter last year.
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August 27, 2009
Cory SchoutenSteak n Shake Co. CEO Sardar Biglari revealed in regulatory filings this week that he spent $1.1 million buying shares in
the locally based burger chain, an apparent vote of confidence in his own turnaround plans.
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August 27, 2009
IBJ StaffEvansville-based Shoe Carnival Inc. today reported flat profit and declining same-stores sales in its fiscal second quarter.
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Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.
Does the buyer get to keep the recent Accu-Chek J.D. Power award? Be careful, those Swiss cannot be trusted. Last June they pimped Mayor Ballard and former Governor Daniels at a media op, announcing plans to invest "$300 million at its Indianapolis headquarters, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2017," only to turn around and close the Roche Nutley, NJ facility and eliminate 1000 jobs there later the same week. It seems that healthcare can be innovated only as long as money is to be made. Right now Roche seems to have big eyes for China: there are many Chinese in China and potential billions in Swiss francs! Since Roche is having difficulty with US insurance companies swallowing the bill for overpriced cancer drugs (with debatable efficacy) why not sell insurance to the Chinese and market the drugs to them there? There is a name for these sort of business practices however proper decorum precludes it use in this forum.
Same kind of Luddites who oppose I-69. Guessing their 501(c)(4) application probably sailed right through the IRS.