SKARBECK: Hedge fund superstars take it on the chin
Lauded as “masters of the universe,” the star investment managers overseeing the largest hedge funds built
huge expectations they couldn’t fulfill.
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Lauded as “masters of the universe,” the star investment managers overseeing the largest hedge funds built
huge expectations they couldn’t fulfill.
An urban advocacy group is trying to bring a big-city concept to Indianapolis: car sharing. People for Urban
Progress cites environmental benefits as well as cost savings for urban dwellers who might find it practical to ditch their
seldom-used vehicles.
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The passing of Mel Simon adds more uncertainty to the Indiana Pacers’ future in Indianapolis.
The new city would count more than 80,000 residents. In terms of population, it would zoom past Fishers and Carmel to rank
sixth or seventh in the state.
Kroger has signed on to anchor a new shopping center along Michigan Road north of 106th Street on the site of Altum’s Garden
Center.
Fort Wayne officials are concerned they won’t be able to persuade Navistar against moving its truck design center to suburban
Chicago.
CFS Bancorp Inc., 707 Ridge Road., Munster, 46321 (www.cfsbancorp.com) is the bank holding company for Citizens Financial
Bank, which conducts business from full service branches located in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties in Indiana and Cook,
DuPage and Will counties in Illinois.
The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since early July, possible
evidence that job cuts are slowing.
Indiana’s lofty unemployment rate not only is taking a toll on the jobless but also the recruiters that help them find
work, leading to the demise of several local employment agencies.
The U.S. House of Representatives is nearing a vote to push private lenders out of the federal college loan business—a
move that could cost Indiana hundreds of jobs.
I urge you, as comprehensive health care reform is considered before Congress, to realize that the best way to expand
access to health insurance is to work toward containing health care costs.
Whether we
do so out of fear, greed or a sense of duty, relentlessly volunteering for more work is one of the worst choices we can make
at the office.
Where once we believed people were victims of disease, we now insist
that illness is a reflection of choices actively made.
Engineer Refaat "Ray" Kammel’s Anderson engineering firm has received a $2-million grant from the Indiana Department of Economic Development to start manufacturing a patented device that will help old trucks meet new federal emission standards.
In the wake of Mel Simon’s death, Indiana Pacers’ future is in the firm grip of younger brother Herb, who now has sole ownership
of the team.
Housing construction rose in August to the highest level in nine months as a big surge in apartment building offset a decline
in single-family activity.
Myles Brand was best known as the man who fired Bob Knight and as president of the NCAA, but he left a legacy at Indiana University
much broader than the world of athletics.
State schools chief Tony Bennett said he wants a renewed commitment from parents, students and schools to improve test scores
after results released today showed that about 70 percent of Indiana students passed their spring exams.
NCAA President Myles Brand has died at age 67 after a struggle with pancreatic cancer. Brand took the post in January 2003
after serving as president of Indiana University.