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Herb Simon: $160M Pacer deal helps heirs

Herb Simon, 79, says the $160 million deal the city struck with the Indiana Pacers this month for operating costs and stadium improvements is an outgrowth of negotiations that began way back in 2007.

Growth follows safety

Greg Andrews’ [April 14] column “Kokomo, like Indy, trying to sway suburbanites to move in” mentions mayors of Kokomo and Indianapolis wanting to convince north side suburbanites to move to their respective cities to increase their tax bases. Both mayors stressed the need to make their communities more desirable as places to live, not just work.

FRIEDMAN: Tax cuts undermine prosperity

State Sen. Brandt Hershman, key sponsor of the reduction in state corporate and bank taxes, is still insisting that more business tax cuts are the way to prosperity.

RUSTHOVEN: High court opted for common sense

In Plessy vs. Ferguson, decided in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court held it constitutional for states to discriminate on the basis of race, pronouncing the now-discredited notion that “separate but equal” comported with the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of “equal protection of the laws.”

Indianapolis lags in bike commuting

Indianapolis ranked 34th in bicycle commuting and 35th in walking to work, according to the Alliance for Biking and Walking’s 2014 Benchmarking Report, which collected and analyzed data from all 50 states and the 52 most-populous cities.

Finish Line’s chain of running stores ‘turning a corner’

The Finish Line Inc.’s 48-store specialty running chain has been stuck in neutral and unable to grind out a profit since its inception three years ago. But the Indianapolis-based athletics retailer thinks its Running Specialty Group is poised at least to break even this year after reporting small losses every year since 2011.

Alcohol industry fights teen drinking

“We don’t serve teens” is underwritten by the Wine & Spirit Distributors of Indiana, Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers, Indiana Licensed Beverage Association, Indiana’s Budweiser Wholesalers and the Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association.

WRTV scores big in broadcast awards

The ABC affiliate has been on a roll since new owner E.W. Scripps began making desperately needed investments in news and other operations. Scripps bought WRTV and eight other McGraw Hill stations in 2011.

Novartis deal caps turnaround for Elanco

Next year, after Lilly completes its $5.4 billion acquisition of Novartis Animal Health, Elanco will contribute 17 percent of revenue—or one out of every six dollars flowing into Lilly’s coffers.

PROXY CORNER: Simon Property Group Inc.

Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, manages, leases and develops regional malls, outlet centers and community shopping centers.

Hospitals rethinking a la carte pricing

Indianapolis hospitals have begun to offer joint replacement surgeries to employers and insurers using “bundled prices.” That means, instead of billing piecemeal for each individual service and supply, the hospitals wrap everything needed from just before to just after surgery into a package deal.

Hicks: Obama pitches gender pay gap to the gullible

If we separate people into two groups by age, education, gender, race, occupation or almost any other factor, their average wages differ in some way. But this sort of comparison doesn’t tell us much. If we use statistical methods that account for multiple characteristics, wage differences for most factors disappear.

Residential

The average rate for 30-year mortgages rose from 4.43 percent to 4.48 percent in the week ended April 24, according to Bankrate.com. The rate for 15-year mortgages rose from 3.48 percent to 3.54 percent.

NRA seeks universal gun law at national meeting

The nation’s largest gun-rights group, which officially opens its convention of about 70,000 people Friday in Indianapolis, wants Congress to require that concealed weapons permits issued in one state be recognized everywhere, even when the local requirements differ.