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A look back at some of the top business news stories from 2009.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard pulled out his predecessor Steve Goldsmith’s Republican playbook and began exploring a host
of privatization proposals in an effort to save money.
You’re probably out of luck if you haven’t mailed your Christmas cards, but the post office is still open during regular hours
today. Most branches will close at noon tomorrow, but that will not affect normal mail delivery. All branches will be closed
on Christmas Day.
A Shelby County man is in jail and charged with confinement and criminal recklessness after locking himself in his home on
Tuesday afternoon, refusing to release his teenage son, and threatening to kill himself and police. According to authorities,
39-year-old Jason Brammer barricaded himself and his 13-year-old son in his Shelby County home after a domestic dispute with
his estranged wife. Because Brammer was armed, a SWAT team was called to the scene. After several hours and allegedly threatening
police, Brammer surrendered. His son was not injured.
Here’s a look back at the great, the good, and the ugly of the past 10 years.
Ten years ago this week, a new century dawned. A lot has changed since.
A small Michigan insurer has rejected an acquisition bid from The Steak n Shake Co., describing the offer as a “hostile takeover
attempt.”
Two siblings are listed in critical condition and another is dead after a Tuesday morning automobile accident involving a
family on U.S. 35 near Richmond. Investigators believe that the family from Delaware County was heading to New Jersey for
the holidays when 44-year-old Susan Koper lost control of her minivan and swerved into the path of a semi-tractor trailer.
Dylan Heintzelman, 13, was pronounced dead at the scene. A fourth sibling in the minivan has been updated to good condition.
Fox59 will have more at 4 p.m.
Faced with the need to save money, the six-member board of the IMS and IRL voted on May 26 to replace George.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged in court papers that one of his businesses, Ohio-based Fair Finance Co., operated as
a Ponzi scheme.
Here are the 10 offerings that I most enthusiastically recommended to friends and readers in the past year.
Two more local homebuilders fell victim in 2009 to the prolonged meltdown of the housing market. Carmel-based
C.P. Morgan Communities LP closed in February, and Indianapolis-based Hansen & Horn Group Inc. is teetering on the edge
of bankruptcy.
By giving tickets to A&E events, you get a sincere thank you now and another one later.
For the head of an 11,000-employee company, Bryan Bedford has all the profile around these parts as a participant in the
federal witness protection program.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra experienced a year of financial and leadership shocks, as it reported a $2.8 million
budget shortfall and abruptly dismissed Music Director Mario Venzago.
Mel Simon, who
died at 82 on Sept. 16, changed how America shops. He was chairman emeritus of locally
based Simon Property Group Inc., the nation’s largest owner of retail real estate.
Another year of rapid change at Eli Lilly and Co. did little to move the company out from under the cloud cast by its best-selling
drug, Zyprexa.
President Myles Brand died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He is remembered for firing Indiana University basketball
coach Bob Knight, but he later became hailed as a reformer as head of the NCAA.