Smith & Hawken going out of business
Upscale garden retailer Smith & Hawken will close all of its stores by the end of the year, including its Indianapolis
location on River Crossing Boulevard near the Fashion Mall.
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Biomet reports loss on special charges
Biomet Inc. yesterday reported a $170.9 million loss in its fiscal fourth quarter as the result of more than $300 million
in special charges.
Biomet reports loss on special charges-WEB ONLY
Biomet Inc. yesterday reported a $170.9 million loss in its fiscal fourth quarter as the result of more than $300 million in special charges. For the period ended May 31, the Warsaw-based manufacturer of orthopedic products reported $103 million in charges related to its 2007 merger with LVB Acquisition LLC, a private-equity consortium partly managed […]
Dow Agro acquiring Pfister Hybrids assets-WEB ONLY
Dow Agrosciences LLC said today it is acquiring the majority of assets of Illinois-based seed corn company Pfister Hybrids. A sale price was not disclosed. Under the terms of the agreement, Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences, a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co. in Michigan, will acquire the Pfister brand and the sales and marketing areas, as well […]
Interactive Intelligence expects higher profit-WEB ONLY
Interactive Intelligence said yesterday it expects a profit of between $1.8 million and $2.5 million in the second quarter, up from $845,000 the company earned in the same period last year. The Indianapolis business-communications software firm will report official second quarter financial results July 30. Earnings per share are estimated to be between 10 cents […]
Interactive Intelligence expects higher profit
Interactive Intelligence said yesterday it expects a profit of between $1.8 million and $2.5 million in the second quarter,
up from $845,000 the company earned in the same period last year.
Ivy Tech chief among final four for Florida job-WEB ONLY
Ivy Tech Community College President Tom Snyder has been named one of four remaining candidates for the position of chancellor of the State University System of Florida, the St. Petersburg Times reported yesterday. A search committee trimmed a list of 13 candidates to four who will be interviewed for the job on Friday. A recommendation […]
Distribution center closing to cost 120 jobs-WEB ONLY
Massachusetts-based Stride Rite Corp. has notified the Indiana Department of Workforce Development that the company will close its distribution center in Huntington, leaving 120 employees jobless. The footwear and apparel retailer said Friday it plans to close the center on Sept. 18 and will lay off employees in two phases: 55 on Sept. 11 and […]
Fortune ekes out profit on falling revenue-WEB ONLY
Indianapolis-based Fortune Industries Inc. managed a small profit in its fiscal third quarter – its third straight profitable quarter, the company announced this morning. Profit for the period ended May 31 rose to $318,000 compared to a loss of $2.9 million in the same quarter a year ago. Revenue fell to $15.4 million from $40.2 […]
Fortune ekes out profit on falling revenue
Indianapolis-based Fortune Industries Inc. managed a small profit in its third quarter and now has turned a profit in each
of its last three quarters, the company announced this morning.
Debt maneuvers help Emmis turn quarterly profit
Emmis Communications Corp. reported a quarterly profit today after buying back a big chunk of its own debt on the cheap, but
the outlook for the company remains grim. The radio broadcaster and magazine publisher saw revenue plunge 27 percent.
Duke considers taking carbon dioxide underground
Duke Energy has proposed spending $121 million to study the feasibility of injecting carbon dioxide deep underground, adding
1 percent to the average ratepayer’s bill between 2010 and 2013.
New restaurants planning to open this month
New restaurants include Iozzo’s Garden of Italy, slated to open July 17 at 946 S. Meridian St.,
in the former home of Leland’s and Cafe@Ray. The owner’s grandfather in the 1940s owned an
800-seat restaurant of the same name where the Hyatt Regency now stands.
Damar Services scores land, ends fund-raising campaign
Damar Services has closed its four-year, $6 million capital campaign, thanks to a donation of eight acres of land from
South Bend-based Holladay Properties.
Conseco reinsurance deal swaps profits for cash
Carmel-based Conseco Inc., still a bit strapped for cash, brought in a reinsurance company to shoulder some of the risk
of its life insurance policies. Minnesota-based Wilton Reassurance Co. will pay $57.5 million to Conseco as a ceding
commission to co-insure and administer 104,000 policies held by Conseco subsidiaries.
Debt maneuvers help Emmis turn profit-WEB ONLY
Emmis Communications Corp. reported a quarterly profit today after buying back a big chunk of its own debt on the cheap, but the outlook for the company remains grim. The radio broadcaster and magazine publisher saw revenue plunge 27 percent. Indianapolis-based Emmis turned a profit of $7.5 million, or 20 cents per share, for the […]
Endocyte, Purdue develop prostate cancer treatment device
Purdue University researcher Philip Low, also the chief science officer for West Lafayette-based Endocyte Inc., has developed
a prostate cancer “homing device” to help anti-cancer agents specifically target prostate
cancer tumors.
MainGate takes on Vikings
Indianapolis-based merchandiser MainGate Inc. continues scoring deals with National Football League teams.
On July 7, company officials announced they had signed a 10-year deal to be the exclusive retail and merchandising company
for the Minnesota Vikings.
EDITORIAL: School funding has fatal flaws
A state budget was passed June 30, but it’s balanced on the backs of poor children. Legislators
deserve praise for at least slightly increasing overall education funding, but because of a flawed funding
formula, urban districts such as Indianapolis Public Schools actually will lose money in the next two
years.
Metro-area home sales dip in June
Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area dipped 1.4 percent in June compared to the same month a year
ago, according to a report released today by F.C. Tucker Co.