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Westfield lumber company part of acquisition

Hall & House Lumber Co. in Westfield will become part of one of the largest distributors of lumber and building materials
in the nation, once the purchase of its parent is completed next month.

Simon making $10B bet on future of malls

Wall Street today is cheering Simon Property Group Inc.’s giant bet on the future of retail real estate, a sector that
appeared left for dead just months ago. The nation’s largest mall owner has offered $10 billion to take over its
nearest rival, Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc., which is in bankruptcy.

Democrats face uncertainty in filling Bayh’s shoes

Sen. Evan Bayh’s decision not to seek a third term left Indiana Democrats on Monday scrambling to identify a general election
candidate while grappling with the loss of their most reliable vote-getter and the only party member to win a statewide office
in the past decade.

IUPUI gets OK for public-safety master’s degree

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has approved the state’s first master of science degree program in criminal justice
and public safety. The program will begin next fall at IUPUI.

WellPoint hits bottom with customers

Even before WellPoint dissatisfied President Obama over its rate increases in California, it wasn’t doing so hot satisfying
its actual customers, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index.

People

Jeff Radabaugh has been promoted to vice president of Clarian Health’s ambulatory services, which
include LifeLine Critical Care Transport, Clarian Home Care and Hospice services, Clarian Sleep Disorders Centers and Clarian
Occupational Health programs. Radabaugh’s group now also will support Clarian Health affiliates throughout the state.

Cara Breidster, corporate controller for Clarian Health, has been promoted to vice president of finance
and corporate controller.

Debra Bedwell, a registered nurse, has been named
director of Community MedCheck Express.

Kelly Grabman has been
named site manager for Community Physicians of Indiana’s County Line Medical Pavilion.

Sharon Jenkins was named site manager for Pendleton Medical Group,
Lapel Medical Arts and Fortville Community Medicine.

Teresa Miller, a registered
nurse, has been named clinical manager for the intensive care and progressive care unit at Community
Hospital South.

Timothy Tapp was named chief operating officer at Gallahue Mental Health Services.

Company news

Forget venture capital. Forget selling the firm outright. ImmuneWorks, an Indianapolis-based biotech firm,
is taking a different route to get early-stage funding for money-sucking biotech drug development. The company signed
a joint development agreement with Lung Rx, a subsidiary of Maryland-based United Therapeutics Corp. Lung Rx will fund ImmuneWorks’
research and development operations with the option of acquiring the firm. ImmuneWorks, based on the research of Dr. David
Wilkes at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is trying to develop treatments for orphan lung diseases, which affect
fewer than 200,000 people nationwide.

Looks like the changing of the guard in Indianapolis-based
Eli Lilly and Co.’s research operations is going beyond Dr. Steve Paul. In the
same month Paul retired, his top lieutenant, Dr. William Chin, has taken a newly created job at Harvard
Medical School. Chin was Lilly’s senior vice president for discovery research and clinical investigation.
Paul was replaced by Jan M. Lundberg, former head of global discovery research at London-based AstraZeneca
plc. Looks like Lundberg will be bringing in his own team.

Indiana University School of Medicine
researchers have identified a mechanism by which tuberculosis evades the body’s immune system
and have identified a compound that blocks the tuberculosis bacteria’s ability to survive. Those
insights could lead to new drugs to treat tuberculosis. Zhong-Yin Zhang, a professor of biochemistry
and molecular biology, was the lead author explaining the discoveries in in this week’s online
early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Zhang’s team also described
an anti-tuberculosis compound they have synthesized, A09. The compound is now being evaluated in animals at Johns
Hopkins University School of Public Health.

Q&A: Dr. John Fitzgerald

The Indiana Clinic, launched about a year ago, has signed 412 physicians as employees, and is still working
toward a goal of as many as 1,500 by 2011. The clinic, a joint venture of Clarian Health and the Indiana University
School of Medicine, is headed by Dr. John Fitzgerald. He discussed the progress.

Indiana part of national medical school surge

Marian University’s planned medical school is one of two dozen nationally, but budget cuts are forcing Indiana University to retreat
on enrollment expansion.

Volunteers return home from Haiti

Indiana’s Salvation Army disaster team arrived back in Indianapolis Sunday after spending a month in earthquake-ravaged
Haiti. Team members were originally expected to return two weeks ago, but their services were in such high demand that they
extended their stay. So far The Salvation Army has provided more than 2 million meals and medical care to more than 16,000
survivors in Haiti.

Winter storm warnings in effect

Another blast of winter weather has prompted the National Weather Service to issue dozens of winter storm warnings and advisories
in counties across Indiana. Counties northwest of Indianapolis will see between 1 and 3 inches of snow today. Downtown Indianapolis
and areas northeast of the city are expected to get between 2 and 6 inches. In southern Indiana, residents could see anywhere
from 5 to 10 inches of snow.  According to Steven Hardiman with the Indianapolis Department of Public Works, the city’s
snow-removal force is now operating at full capacity with 80 drivers working to clear local roads. Fox 59 will have more at
4 p.m.

Wintry weather testing work snow-day policies

Coping with wintery blasts is made easier by advancements in work-from-home technology. But different kinds of companies have
different policies when it comes to giving employees the option to telecommute or blow off the workday altogether.

It’s time for Colts’ Chris Polian to step forward

Bill Polian’s son, Chris, has quietly worked his way up through the ranks of the Indianapolis Colts’ front office. If he’s
to become the team’s next president, it’s time for him to step out of the shadows.

Fed up with Congress, Bayh will not run for third term

U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh has a news conference scheduled for 2 p.m. at IUPUI’s
University
Place Conference Center and Hotel, where he will announce that he won’t run for re-election. "I  do not love
Congress," he said in a prepared statement.