Indianapolis Business Journal

JANUARY 14-20, 2013

This week, read about a local group's plans to develop the nation's largest rugby complex and find out how much more money Indianapolis' symphony needs to raise by a February deadline. In Focus, see how liberal arts colleges are responding to challenges. And in A&E, Lou Harry shares his take on a National Geographic photo show at the Eiteljorg.

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Analysts: ITT’s woes are likely to worsen

Investors have dumped the already-depressed shares of ITT Educational Services Inc. after the operator of for-profit colleges shelled out $46 million for bad private student loans it had backed to help students pay the portion of its pricey tuition that federal loans won’t cover. With fewer ITT graduates able to find jobs, the default rates on these loans has spiked.

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New ChaCha unit to pair celebrities, advertisers

The ever-evolving information/answers service ChaCha Search has launched a startup within the 7-year-old company. Social Reactor will match advertisers with participating celebrities and other “social influencers,” who will use social media tools such as Twitter to drive fans to advertisers. Verge founder Matt Hunckler was tapped to get it rolling.

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Vectren digs in to fight gas plant

A synthetic natural gas plant proposed downstate need only tweak its contract with would-be gas purchaser Indiana Finance Authority to comply with an October court ruling and to proceed with the project, Indiana Gasification said in a recent filing with the Indiana Court of Appeals. But opponents of the plant, led by Evansville-based gas and electric utility Vectren, immediately objected.

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Benner was ‘uplifting’

Thanks so very much for pointing out the many triumphs and great moments Indianapolis and Indiana had in 2012 [Dec. 31 Benner column].

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Change before it’s broken

The dying service clubs mentioned in John Guy’s [Dec. 31 column] “How to revive dying service clubs” could benefit from following the lead of Toastmasters International which, even though it was growing, evaluated where it was and how it could best serve its membership.

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