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Bloomington-based Author Solutions Inc. is purchasing a big rival-a move that reflects consolidation in the self-publishing industry as firms like Amazon.com take a bigger share of the business. Author Solutions, which operates as AuthorHouse, agreed to buy Nebraska-based iUniverse. Terms were not disclosed. Since its founding in 1997, Authorhouse has produced more than 45,000 books. […]

A new index compiled by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development predicts registered nurse will be the job most in demand in the state from 2004 to 2014. Registered nurses were followed by post-secondary teachers, computer software engineers and truck drivers. Jobs on the list had to be in the top 200 in both total […]

Manufacturers within a half-hour’s drive of Greensburg might have to boost pay for their workers by 5 percent to 10 percent to compete with the Honda Manufacturing Indiana assembly plant now under construction, said the president of a prominent company that supplies temporary workers to manufacturers and warehouses. Gary Hentschel of Personnel Management said the […]

Comparable-store sales for Finish Line Inc. fell 4.7 percent in the second fiscal quarter, the Indianapolis-based shoe and apparel retailer said yesterday. Finish Line also said sales rose 1.3 percent, to $343 million, from a year earlier. Profit will be made public when Finish Line releases its earnings report Sept. 27. The company said it […]

Brown County’s economic development commission has started an incubator for arts-related startups in the county seat of Nashville. The Arts Industry New Business Incubator will have room for six arts-oriented companies, according to the Brown County Democrat. Possibilities include businesses involved in publishing, licensing, auctions, graphic arts and entertainment. Other targeted businesses are involved in […]

Biomet’s $11.4 billion acquisition by a group of private-equity firms has been accepted by shareholders, the Warsaw prosthetics company said today. More than 91 percent of shares voted were in favor of the deal with The Blackstone Group, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and TPG. Closing is expected this month.

Economic activity in the Chicago region expanded modestly in July and August, the Federal Reserve Bank said today in its Beige Book report. The report, which is issued eight times a year based on interviews and other means of gathering information on economic trends, said manufacturing expanded at a slower pace, household lending declined and […]

Indianapolis-based Centaur Inc. said today that the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission has approved its building and operating a $428 million harness racing facility near Pittsburgh. The project still must be approved by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Valley View Downs would have 150 live racing days on a 1-mile oval track and 363 days of […]

So many real estate deals are crumbling that prices for commercial real estate could fall 15 percent in the coming year, which would create the biggest decline since 2001, according to Bloomberg. Property owners are being forced to put off sales or accept lower prices as the cost of borrowing rises. “People aren’t willing to […]

Former U.S. Attorney Susan W. Brooks will be senior vice president of work-force and economic development in addition to her new duties as general counsel at Ivy Tech Community College, Ivy Tech said today. Brooks, a deputy mayor under former Indianapolis Mayor Steve Goldsmith prior to being named U.S. attorney, takes over economic development duties […]

The president of the Yorktown town council said yesterday that many sources tell him Indianapolis-based Clarian Health Partners plans to develop a 100-acre site at the southwest corner of Nebo Road and State Road 332, west of Muncie. Steve Lowry’s confirmation is the first to be made officially, according to The Star-Press of Muncie. The […]

Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences has signed an agreement with Exelixis Plant Sciences to speed Dow AgroSciences’ ability to find genes that control traits in corn and other crops. Assets purchased include a library of patents and patent applications, laboratory equipment, software and a greenhouse in Woodburn, Ore. Terms of the deal were not released. Exelixis is […]

Ongoing manufacturing layoffs have resulted in Fort Wayne being stung worse than 14 other Midwestern cities, an Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne study shows. Fort Wayne wages increased just 7.9 percent between 2001 and 2005, the lowest among Dayton, Ohio; Rockford, Ill., and other cities studied, according to Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly. Earnings for […]

Two former WellPoint Inc. executives have joined Indianapolis-based Medical Animatics LLC as chairwoman and vice chairwoman of the health care education company’s board after becoming angel investors in May. Jane Niederberger, Medical Animatics’ chairwoman, had been vice president and general manager of operations for WellPoint’s central region. Barbara Kew had been vice president of information […]

Nestle Waters North American Inc. plans to build a $32 million water bottling plant in Greenwood, reports the Daily Journal of Johnson County. The 294,388-square-foot plant would employ 64 workers who would make an average annual salary of $33,000. Nestle Waters is a unit of the Swiss tea, coffee and chocolate company that is building […]

Middlebury-based Pilgrim International Inc., which was acquired by private equity firm Monomoy Capital Partners LP in July, will not be merged with Washington-based Western Recreational Vehicles Inc., which also is owned by Monomoy Capital. The private equity firm had said it would merge the two travel recreational vehicle companies. No reason was given for changing […]