IBJ Staff

Publishers Weekly is reporting that the latest Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is being printed at the R.R.Donnelley & Sons Co. plant in Crawfordsville. The trade publication quoted anonymous but “reliable” sources in the city northwest of Indianapolis. However, the Chicago company wouldn’t comment on where the 12 million copies would […]

Eli Lilly and Co. has been ordered by the Food and Drug Administration to yank certain ads and promotions for its Reconcile drug for separation anxiety in dogs because the promotions are “misleading.” Lilly didn’t note that some dogs in trials improved because they were given behavior modification training, and did not receive just a […]

Miller Environmental Co. Inc., a Shelbyville company owned by Bargersville resident Anthony McCullough, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Justice for dumping oily residue and wastewater containing acids down drains a total of at least 33 times. If convicted, the 63-year-old McCullough could be slapped with $1.7 million in fines for each count. […]

Emmis Communications Inc. said today it lost $1.9 million in its first fiscal quarter ended May 31 due to continued weakness at its radio stations. A year earlier, the Indianapolis media company turned nearly $6.5 million in profit. Revenue also slipped-3 percent, to $87.3 million. Operating income plunged to $12.1 million from $16.1 million.

WellPoint Inc. has agreed to buy American Imaging Management, a firm that uses Web technology to manage the frequency and cost of radiation tests. The Indianapolis health insurer will pay $300 million to buy American Imaging parent Imaging Management Holdings, which is headquartered in Deerfield, Ill. The deal is expected to close in the third […]

Indianapolis-based Compendium Software said today that it has attracted $1.1 million in funding from local angel investors. Compendium offers tools to help businesses create, manage and search-optimize blogs. The startup was founded six months ago by Chris Baggott, who also co-founded the fast-growing e-mail marketing software firm Exact Target, which now has more than 250 […]

Hhgregg Inc. plans to price its initial public offering at $15 to $17 a share, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The appliances and electronics retailer in April said an IPO was in the works but provided few details. The Indianapolis company will offer 9.4 shares, and would raise $150 […]

Three multi-family housing properties in Broad Ripple have been acquired by California-based Orloff Property Management for $12.1 million. The seller was Bloomington-based Pinnacle Properties LLC. The complexes are Broad Ripple Village, Broad Ripple Commons and Broad Ripple Towne Homes-all located on 52nd Street near the Monon Trail.

Many banks, including Harris Bankcorp of Chicago, would have wanted to buy First Indiana Corp., according to long-time analyst John Reed, president of investment banking group at David A. Noyes & Co. of Chicago. In fact, Reed expected Harris instead of Marshall & Ilsley Corp. to snap up First Indiana. Harris is the U.S. unit […]

First Indiana Corp.’s Milwaukee-based acquirer says it will pay $529 million, or $32 a share. That’s a whopping 45 percent premium to where First Indiana stock has been trading. Rumors have swirled for weeks that First Indiana, the city’s largest remaining locally based bank, was in negotiations to be acquired. Industry buzz had focused on […]

Indianapolis-based First Indiana Corp. said today it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired for $529 million by Marshall & Ilsley, a Milwaukee-based financial services firm. First Indiana, which has $2.1 billion in assets, has 32 branches in central Indiana. The branches will become Marshall & Ilsley branches after the deal closes. The deal […]

German transmission maker Getrag Corporate Group and Chrysler Group picked Tipton for their $530 million joint-venture transmission plant over Kokomo and a shovel-ready site at the former Grissom Air Force Base at Peru because it was the best compromise, according to a Chrysler official who helped arrange the deal. Brian Harlow, Chrysler’s general manager of […]

A backer of a 3,000-acre intermodal shipping hub planned for LaPorte County in northwest Indiana says he has the land under contract and as much as $2 billion in financing lined up to proceed. All that’s needed, Chris Davey told the Post-Tribune of Merrillville, are commitments from railroad companies that they would use the facility. […]

A Woodinville, Wash., provider of advertising promotional products has committed to locating a distribution center in an existing Plainfield building, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said today. Bensussen Deutsch & Associates will employ 50 at the 150,000-square-foot site. The company, which has an office in Indianapolis, received $206,000 in incentives.

Milton J. Miller II has been named CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis. Miller is a 30-year veteran of the bank who’d most recently served as chief financial officer. He replaced Brian Fike who had filled the CEO’s role on an interim basis since December, when Martin Heger retired. Miller will assume […]

U.S. employers added 132,000 last month, according to the Labor Department, a decline from the 190,000 jobs added in May. Economists had expected that 125,000 jobs would be added to employer payrolls. The national unemployment rate matched forecasts, holding steady at 4.5 percent. The state unemployment rate for May, the most recent month available, also […]

Michigan-based manufacturer Hayes Lemmerz International Inc. has sold its Wabash unit to Harvey Industries LLC of Massachusetts. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Wabash operation employs about 325 and makes intake manifolds, cylinder heads, water pump housings and cast iron exhaust manifolds. Hayes Lemmerz makes automotive and commercial highway wheels, brakes and powertrain components.

Cabela’s, the outdoor-goods retailer that recently announced plans for a Greenwood store, has had to repay or forfeit nearly $350,000 in incentives it received from governmental entities in Texas because it failed to hire as many workers as promised at two stores there, according to the Austin Business Journal. Cabela’s has said it will hire […]

Beverly Hills-based Hilton Hotels Corp. has agreed to be bought by Blackstone Group for $20.1 billion. The deal, which gives Blackstone 2,800 hotels and 480,000 rooms in 76 countries, will make Blackstone the world’s largest hotel owner. There are two Hiltons in Indianapolis, one downtown and another on North Shadeland Avenue. The acquisition is expected […]