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Cincinnati-based The Kroger Co. has agreed to buy 18 Scott’s Food and Pharmacy stores in northeast Indiana. Terms were not disclosed. The stores were owned by Minneapolis-based Supervalu Inc. Ten are in Fort Wayne and the rest are scattered in surrounding counties. They will become part of Kroger’s central division, based in Indianapolis, and retain […]

Ron Gettelfinger, the Indiana native who rose to president of the United Auto Workers, says he will ask the supervisory board of DaimlerChrysler AG to not sell Chrysler. Gettelfinger is one of 10 union representatives on the German automaker’s board. There is a total of 20 members on the board. Not only has Chrysler helped […]

Vitran Express will add 33 jobs to its work force of 130 as part of an expansion of its computers, fleet of trucks and its headquarters at 6500 E. 30th St. on the far eastside. The Toronto-based freight hauler specializes in less-than-truckload shipments. It received $478,000 in economic development incentives for the $25 million expansion, […]

Noblesville-based King Systems Corp. has bought Emergent Respiratory Products Inc. of Irvine, Calif., in a deal valued at up to $38 million. King took a 51-percent equity stake in Emergent on April 13 through a $3 million investment. The rest of Emergent will be bought between 2009 and 2011 for as much as $35 million. […]

Hhgregg Inc.’s $172 million initial public offering might draw a mixed reaction from investors, who’ll like that the company is reducing debt but not that its profit margin has been shrinking, an analyst said today. But there’s little doubt the Indianapolis-based consumer electronics and appliance retailer will be able to pull off the offering, in […]

Profit from continuing operations at First Indiana Corp. edged up 1.7 percent, to $6 million, in the first quarter. The parent of First Indiana Bank offered no explanation for the virtual stagnation. First Indiana is the largest publicly traded bank in the city.