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Columbus-based Irwin Financial Corp. said late yesterday that it has struck a deal to sell $1 billion of home equity loans to a New York firm and to securitize an additional block of loans with the same firm. The moves are part of a restructuring that refocuses the bank on small-business and branch-based customers. The […]
A new study recommends that the southern Indiana city of Jeffersonville build a $100 million hotel and convention center complex to help revitalize its downtown. The project should be financed with public and private funds and include 125,000 square feet for the convention center, 275 hotel rooms and a 1,000-vehicle parking garage, the News and […]
Energy Systems Group, an arm of Evansville-based utility Vectren Corp., said today it plans to use gas from a southwestern Indiana landfill to power an electrical generator. The company is tapping gas from Veolia ES Blackfood Landfill near Winslow with the aim of generating 1.6 megawatts initially and building to 3.2 million megawatts – enough […]
Indianapolis police have arrested an Indianapolis man for allegedly operating a Ponzi scheme. Phillip Moore faces 36 felony counts for guaranteeing high rates of return on loans over short time periods, and then not paying out the returns or writing checks that bounced. Working through a business called Moore Business Group, Moore promised a 20-percent […]
At a time when many professional sports teams and properties are seeing their revenue drop in the wake of a rocky economy, the Indianapolis Indians this year have seen a nearly 18 percent…
The world’s largest children’s museum is about to get bigger. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has filed plans to build a $15.7 million expansion that will add 37,500 square feet of space including a new welcome center, bus driveway and bike port. The project is slated to begin in the next few months and finish […]
Second-quarter sales and profits rose by double digits for Eli Lilly and Co., but overhead increased just as fast as the company worked feverishly to find new revenue sources before key patents expire. Investors yawned today after the Indianapolis-based drugmaker met Wall Street expectations of 99 cents per share. Lilly shares inched up 68 cents, […]
Fear not. If you didn’t get your free ticket to tour the Indianapolis Colts’ new home venue, there’s still a way to get a sneak peak—at a steep price. And this event is…
One of the core ideas behind most fringe theater festivals is that anyone can sign up to perform. If you get your application in early enough–and pay the nominal sign-up fee–your show is part of the event.
As demonstrated by the…
Rising prices and strong demand around the world fueled record profit and sales for Dow AgroSciences in the second quarter. Dow AgroSciences, the Indianapolis-based agricultural arm of Dow Chemical Co. Inc. of Midland, Mich., reported $1.4 billion in sales, a 25-percent increase from a year earlier. Profit soared to $335 million from $208 million. The […]
The Democratic primary race between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and winner Barack Obama attracted
so much attention that the Indiana governorâ??s race got short shrift â?? and the governorâ??s race still isnâ??t
getting the respect it deserves.
Thatâ??s how Jim Schellinger…
The collapse of Davis Homes doesn’t mean the Davis family will stop building houses altogether in the Indianapolis area. Davis Homes CEO Brad Davis said today he plans to begin building custom and semi-custom houses before the end of the year. Davis said he plans to start on his native north side by tapping relationships […]
The Chicago region experienced a sluggish economy last month, according to the latest Beige Book report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Mixed consumer spending was influenced by federal tax rebates and increased retail discounting as well as by slowing auto sales. Tourism and agriculture was hurt by wet weather, and discretionary spending on […]
Wall Street rejoiced today after WellPoint Inc. posted second-quarter profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates. Investors bid up shares of the Indianapolis-based health insurer as much as 9 percent. As of late this morning, the stock traded at $52.06, up 6.8 percent. WellPoint stock rose along with broader markets, which surged as the price of crude […]
Several indicators suggest the bear market in stocks is over and greener pastures lie ahead, an Indianapolis broker says. Kevin Schmidt, executive vice president of the private client group at City Securities Corp., said most of the bad news has emerged from the housing, airline and finance debacles, which suggests investor sentiment will begin to […]
If you haven’t seen the video of Saturday’s altercation between Indy Racing League drivers Danica Patrick and Milka Duno, you can go to YouTube. More than 600,000 people have watched it since…
Indianapolis-based YourEncore Inc. has launched an office in the United Kingdom primarily to serve one of its main customers, Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co. Founded in 2003, YourEncore enlists retired scientists and engineers to help companies in the life, consumer and food sciences as well as in specialty materials, aerospace and defense. It has a roster […]
At England’s Ways with Words literary festival, authors were asked to name books that they are ashamed to admit they haven’t read. See story here.
For me, that would be a long list, including “Catch-22,” “Moby Dick,” “Remembrance of Things…
By Norm Heikens Charge-offs on consumer loans crimped second-quarter profit for First Internet Bank, its parent, First Internet Bancorp, said yesterday. The bank reported $437,000 in profit, down 48 percent from the same period a year earlier. First Internet Bank charged off $343,000 in the most recent quarter and set aside an additional $767,782 for […]
