JANUARY 25-31, 2010

This week, read about how universities are responding to escalating coaches salaries. We also have a report on a new logistics company backed by a high-profile lineup of investors, including Brightpoint Inc. and Stephen Hilbert. A&E, etc. weighs in with another pizza restaurant review, and critic Lou Harry laments the rules violations he witnessed at the Harlem Globetrotters game.

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Minority-owned logistics firm lands high-profile investors

January 21, 2010 |

Wireless phone distributor Brightpoint Inc. is among the backers of a new logistics company that says it might employ 250 by 2012.

Rising pay for coaches puts pressure on athletic departments

January 21, 2010 |

A group of academics recently grilled the NCAA about what it plans to do to secure the future of more than three-fourths of
its largest members, whose athletic departments are hemorrhaging cash at a surprising rate.

ISTA scandal could limit union’s influence, sway election

January 21, 2010 |

A securities-fraud case Secretary of State Todd Rokita brought against the union last month could make matters worse for the
already hobbled ISTA, blunting its ability to help elect Democrats in November.

Indianapolis hospitals extending reach statewide

January 21, 2010 |

St. Vincent Health’s agreement to lease the county hospital in Salem for five years is the latest in a string of deals
by Indianapolis hospital systems seeking a statewide presence.

Rising credit card fees eroding retailers’ profits

January 21, 2010 |

Businesses say the money they must pay to provide customers the convenience to use plastic adds up. For example, Ricker Oil
Co. paid a whopping $3.9 million in 2009, according President Jay Ricker.

Farmland once targeted for housing still being plowed

January 21, 2010 |

Farmers who might have worried about losing their livelihood
to new homes or retail have gotten a little breather.

One exec pays off risky loan, another pays a big price

January 21, 2010 |

Emmis’ Jeff Smulyan paid off a loan collateralized by nearly all his Emmis stock. Retired Duke Realty Chairman John Wynne is facing new fallout from his margin loan, with the lender on his Williams Creek home pursuing foreclosure.

Salvation Army draws scrutiny for supplying homes to officers

January 21, 2010 |

In Indiana, the Salvation Army owns 34 residences, including 10 in Indianapolis with a combined value of $1.6 million.

Affordable-housing group goes on apartment-buying binge

January 21, 2010 |

Partners in Housing Development seized on a weak real estate market to acquire three urban apartment communities in the last
18 months.

Indiana businesses are welcoming investment from China

January 20, 2010 |

Some observers see a parallel to the state’s seeking Japanese investment following recession in the early 1980s.

Indianapolis deals in 2009 ranged from $4.6 billion to $70

January 20, 2010 |

WellPoint’s sale of its NextRx unit was the largest deal in the Indianapolis area in 2009.

Additional deals that didn’t make the mergers-and-acquisitions list

January 20, 2010 |

These deals had no price tag, but still were significant.

Merger-and-acquisition activity expected to warm in the Indianapolis area

January 20, 2010 |

Pent-up demand, anticipated thaw in financing might cause business valuations to rise modestly

EDITORIAL: Legislators should stick to the basics and go home

January 21, 2010 |

We like the Indiana General Assembly’s no-nonsense approach to this year’s short legislative session—at
least it looks good on the surface.

MAURER: Here’s how Katz Sapper Miller balanced its books

January 21, 2010 |

Last November, Katz Sapper and Miller went back to schooll—Broad Ripple High School.

MARCUS: Is health care reform socialism?

January 21, 2010 |

The time is coming when everyone will recognize that, as every structure in a city is entitled fire department services, so,
too, each individual should receive appropriate health care, whether or not he or she can pay for it.

GARNER: Find a mentor to make you better

January 21, 2010 |

Most people muddle through, often learning the hard way. But those who are successful will point to
mentors who helped them find their way.

FEIGENBAUM: Daniels’ agenda built on avoiding new taxes, programs

January 21, 2010 |

The State of the State address delivered by Gov. Mitch Daniels Jan. 19 contained no surprises at all, except, perhaps in
his optimism.

SKARBECK: Stocks that pay dividends can provide yield, safety

January 21, 2010 |

These are challenging times for savers who demand a high level of safety from their investments.

HICKS: When it comes to migration, people follow the money

January 21, 2010 |

Folks tend to migrate to warmer, sunnier and more tax-friendly places.

Bring back IBJ stock charts

January 21, 2010 |

Your decision to discontinue the printing of stock prices and economic activity charts, as announced in your Jan. 17 issue,
was extremely disappointing to us as well as, surely, to other paid subscribers.

Why more taxes for education?

January 21, 2010 |

Re: Bruce Hetrick’s [Jan. 11 column] “Hey kids! Come and get your pound of flesh,” at first I was stunned.
Then I was speechless. After that I was just plain mad.

Concert review was right on

January 21, 2010 |

Since I canâ??t summarize this exciting four-plus-hour [Hoosier Dylan] concert nearly as well as [the Jan. 18 Louâ??s Views column], I will merely agree with you verbatim on your precise review—including your disappointment with Indianaâ??s poet laureate.

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