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Gun-toting athletes grab headlines

I am torn today. I know a story about gun-toting athletes will get readers’ attention. And with New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress’ recent problems, it’s timely.

Yesterday I was only slightly surprised…

BREAKING: Ice Miller set to merge

The city’s largest law firm, Ice Miller LLP, plans to merge with Louisville-based Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC on Jan. 1, several sources in the legal community said. Spokeswomen for both firms said they could not immediately comment. Sources familiar with the discussions asked that their identities not be revealed. It is unclear which firm […]

Angie’s List raises $7 million

Fast-growing locally-based consumer service appraiser Angie’s List this morning announced it has raised $7 million from Chicago-based Prism Mezzanine Fund. The deal caps a year in which the company had previously raised $53 million from investors. Prism will invest $1 million in exchange for an equity stake in Angie’s List. It also will provide $6 […]

Indy in January: Back to the ’50s

Break out the poodle skirts and leather jackets. Mid-January, 2009, is being taken over by the 1950s. At least, in Central Indiana it is.

Nobody planned it this way. It’s not a part of some cross-promotion. It just seems to be…

UT asks for Manning blessing

Few doubt that Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning will be a first-rate coach—if he chooses to pursue that line of work after his playing days are over. He’s already taken on the role…

Dow cools to sale of Indy ag business

Locally based Dow AgroSciences, one of Indianapolis’ top employers, may not be going on the sale block after all. Parent company Dow Chemical Co.of Midland, Mich., started the year in a frenzied hunt for cash. And the company’s CEO, Andrew Liveris, acknowledged in February that it might sell the Indianapolis ag-chemicals- and-biotech company “even though […]

UPDATE: State takes over Rooney company

Pat Rooney’s insurance company is about to die, nearly two months after Rooney himself passed away. Medical Savings Insurance Co. was ordered into receivership today by Marion County Judge Theodore Sosin. Indiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Atterholt will oversee liquidation of the company’s assets. Medical Savings, based in Park 100, sold individual high-deductible health insurance policies, […]

Forecast: Recession will end early next year

Indiana will be out of recession by spring, but the Indianapolis area will perform so well that most people will not even realize a recession came and went. That’s how Ball State University economist Michael Hicks sizes up prospects for 2009 in a forecast scheduled to be issued Dec. 9. “I’m not sure that you’re […]

Hospital end-game: get big

Hardly a month goes by without more news about hospital consolidations and partnerships.

Clarian Health, St. Vincent Health and Community Hospitals â?? all behemoths by Indiana standards, and all with
head offices in Indianapolis â?? are scooping up local institutions in…

NASCAR sponsors lead IRL

The newly released Joyce Julius sponsorship value numbers for NASCAR are pretty sobering. They dwarf those of the Indy Racing League.

Lowe’s, the primary sponsor for this year’s NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, garnered television exposure valued at $200 million….

CORRECTIONS

CORRECTIONS Last week’s page one story “State pension fund fallout: Billions Disappear” reported an incorrect figure for the Indiana Public Employees’ Retirement Fund’s one-year investment return as of Sept. 30. Its actual return was minus 18.6 percent. A story on page 5A last week about KAR Holdings’ lending company should have specified that a $161.5 […]

Indiana Venture Center shutting down

The Indiana Venture Center, a local not-for-profit that mentors Hoosier entrepreneurs and startup companies, is shutting its
doors.