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Stock in Conseco Inc. shot up 58 percent this morning after the Carmel insurer reported a big third-quarter loss but beat analyst expectations. The shares rocketed to $2.79 each – well below the $9 level where they traded in September but a big improvement over the all-time lows of less than $2 of recent days. […]
Indiana voters this week in effect fired most of the remaining township assessors after the Legislature merged
the vast majority of their work into county-level assessor offices earlier this year.
But many of the recommendations from the report on…
If the economy were the weather, the extended forecast would call for cloudy skies with a smattering of sunshine. That’s the consensus of Indiana University economists who presented their 2009 economic forecast this morning in Indianapolis. A recession that started in the third quarter will last through the middle of next year and possibly until […]
John McCain’s loss to Barack Obama in Tuesday’s presidential election is a loss not only for staunch Republicans and conservatives, it’s also a loss for motorsports.
I know, there are more pressing presidential issues,…
HHGregg Inc. reported today that same-store sales fell in its second fiscal quarter, and that profit missed analyst expectations. The Indianapolis-based appliance and electronics retailer said sales in stores open at least a year slumped 8.8 percent during the period ended Sept. 30. Earnings per share of 10 cents fell short of the 12 cents […]
Cooling global markets and the rising strength of the dollar will weaken Indiana exports and ultimately hurt the state’s economy next year, a panel of Indiana University economists said this morning. Employment will fall through most of 2009 and leave the state with 10,000 to 15,000 fewer jobs than in 2008, said the economists, who […]
Revenue for Kite Realty Group Trust rose more than 5 percent, to $35 million, for the third quarter. But its profit fell by $1 million compared to the same period last year, the locally based company reported late yesterday. Kite recorded a profit of $2.9 million for the third quarter, compared to $3.9 million in […]
Conseco Inc. reported a big third-quarter loss after the markets closed today. But the results appeared to be better than analysts had forecast. Carmel-based Conseco recorded a net loss of $182 million, or 98 cents per common share. That widened its loss from the third quarter last year, which totaled $53 million, or 28 cents […]
Toshiba Office Solutions has acquired HPS Office Systems from ImageTec LP less than two years after Illinois-based ImageTec bought the Indianapolis supplier of copiers and other office equipment. Leon Mordoh sold HPS to ImageTec LP in December 2006 for more than $6 million. HPS was the fifth-largest Indianapolis-area office-equipment dealer. Mordoh said at the time […]
NBC has sold almost 90 percent of its advertising inventory for Super Bowl XLIII, which leaves only about 7 of 67 in-game spots remaining, according to network officials. That leaves an astoundingly low number…
Minneapolis-based retailer Target Corp. announced today that it will shutter its location at 3700 S. East St. The store is south of downtown but north of I-465. Target said the store, which will remain open until Jan. 17, is being closed “after careful consideration of the long-term viability of this specific location.” The 84 employees […]
In the past, I’ve hosted a wide range of IBJ Night at the Movies screenings.
The next two, however, are a little different. The tickets I’m giving away are, to be accurate, for IBJ LATE Nights at the Movies. Midnight, to be specific.
First…
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar isn’t interested in becoming secretary of state in the administration of President-elect Barack Obama, according to an MSNBC report today. Nor is Lugar interested in any other position in Obama’s cabinet, the report said. However, a spokesman for Lugar, who serves on the Foreign Relations Committee, said he was looking forward […]
Anita Harden, a 34-year veteran of Community Hospitals of Indiana and president of Community Hospital East since April 2004, is taking early retirement as of Nov. 26, the hospital announced to employees yesterday. Harden, 61, is the third executive to announce a departure in recent months. Longtime CEO Bill Corley said in June that he […]
The luxury condo and retail project called 3 Mass is taking shape as sales pick up speed. Buyers have snapped up 26 of the 44 units, including $8 million in sales in September and October, said Todd Maurer of lead…
Voters in eight Marion County townships overwhelmingly opted to consolidate duties of their local assessors and transfer the duties to the county assessor. Warren Township had the lowest affirmative count, 57 percent, while Washington had the highest, 70 percent. Results of the referendum question, “Should the assessing duties of the elected township assessor in the […]
Wireless phone distributor Brightpoint Inc. eked out third-quarter earnings of $5.5 million – in line with analysts’ expectations but off 58 percent from a year earlier. On a per-share basis, profit was 6 cents a share – matching the average estimate of five analysts who track the company. Revenue in the quarter totaled $1.2 billion, […]
Millions of people around the globe were thrilled by Democrat Barack Obama’s election victory last night. This morning, they anticipated a bright new political era of hope and inclusion. But millions of others harbored deep concerns about the president-elect. P.E. MacAllister, chairman of locally based MacAllister Machinery, was among those who consider last night’s national […]
Locally based Kite Realty Group Trust will report its third quarter earnings after the stock market closes this afternoon. The developer has seen its shares flounder as investors predict a slow holiday shopping season will hurt retail real estate firms. Shares dropped as low as $4.21 in recent weeks but fetched more than $6 this […]
Indiana Manufacturers Association CEO Pat Kiely spent last evening at the governor’s residence until 1 a.m. The mood was celebratory, he said, but Gov. Mitch Daniels didn’t spend much time on revelry. Instead, he worked the phones, making calls around the state to learn whether key seats in the Indiana House of Representatives had swung […]
