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Clarian Health Partners and Bloomington Hospital entered into an agreement this morning to begin planning for a potential affiliation between the two health care providers. The 18-month planning process will include input from a 25-member community task force and be spearheaded by Kaufman Hall and Associates, a Skokie, Ill.-based health care consultancy hired by Bloomington […]

Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. has put its pharmacy benefits-management business up for sale, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. The London-based business newspaper, citing sources familiar with the matter, said the business could be worth more than $1 billion and as much as $5 billion. A WellPoint spokeswoman told the newspaper that the company […]

Prescription-drug imports to the United States would be allowed under a bill introduced by former presidential candidate John McCain and two other senators, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. The plan, sponsored by McCain (R-Ariz.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), is supported by President Barack Obama’s budget, but is opposed by the nation’s pharmaceutical industry, […]

F.C. Tucker Co. has entered into an agreement with Shoopman Home Building Group in which 21 of its real estate agents will staff model homes in seven communities Shoopman is developing. Jim Litten, president of F.C. Tucker Co.’s residential real estate services division, lauded the arrangement as “one-stop” shopping for prospective homebuyers. “Consumers will be […]

Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, said today that its new beverage factory in Anderson would be expanded, creating 500 jobs in total once it’s completed in two years. The Nesquik and Coffee-mate plant, which opened today, will be enlarged from 880,000 square feet to 1 million square feet, Vevey, Switzerland-based Nestle said in […]

Nestle SA, the world’s largest food company, said today that its new beverage factory in Anderson would be expanded, creating 500 jobs in total once it’s fully completed in two years. The Nesquik and Coffee-mate plant, which opened today, will be enlarged from 880,000 square feet to 1 million square feet, Vevey, Switzerland-based Nestle said […]

East-side Indianapolis business Marine Tech is almost a total loss after fire broke out at the company at 4232 Hull St. at 4 a.m. In addition to flames, firefighters battled cold temperatures, downed power lines and an electric fence. One firefighter suffered a minor shock. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Fox 59 […]

Supporters of new driver’s license requirements for teenagers are holding a rally today at the Indiana Statehouse. They’re trying to encourage lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 16, which is designed to help lower the number of deaths among teens involved in car accidents. The bill would ban teens from using cell phones while driving. It […]

A Franklin Township school bus driver is facing criminal charges after police say he drove more than 100 children home while drunk. Officers arrested Phillip Leslie yesterday afternoon. Officers caught up with Leslie as he was returning to the bus barn. A breathalyzer reading tested him at almost three times over the legal limit. He […]

Carmel-based KAR Holdings Inc., the parent of Adesa Auction Services, today posted a fourth-quarter loss of $49.3 million on $396.2 million in revenue for the period ending Dec. 31. KAR’s loss widened from $34.3 million, and revenue declined 0.6 percent, from the same period a year ago. For the year, the auto auction company reported […]

Carmel-based KAR Holdings Inc., the parent of Adesa Auction Services, today posted a fourth-quarter loss of $49.3 million on $396.2 million in revenue for the period ending Dec. 31. KAR’s loss widened from $34.3 million, and revenue declined 0.6 percent, from the same period a year ago. For the year, the auto auction company reported […]

Local home builder C.P. Morgan Communities Inc., which closed Friday, said today it is mailing refunds this week to customers who signed contracts for homes that have not been built. Meanwhile, customers with homes that are complete or nearly completed will hear from a title company within the next month to schedule a closing, the […]