Talks resume at Statehouse after brief impasse
Negotiations on some major issues resumed in the Indiana General Assembly on Monday after a meltdown occurred last week.
Negotiations on some major issues resumed in the Indiana General Assembly on Monday after a meltdown occurred last week.
WellPoint Inc.’s Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut may constrain competition through contracts that require
that the insurer receives hospital discounts at least as favorable as any provided to a competitor.
Lawmakers plan to hold House-Senate conference committee meetings Monday on at least two of the major issues that remain unresolved,
including a proposed delay in unemployment insurance tax increases.
The Republican-controlled Indiana Senate kept working Friday while House Speaker Patrick Bauer adjourned his Democrat-led
chamber until Wednesday.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius met at the White House with the CEOs of Indianapolis-based WellPoint,
Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealth Group, as well as several state insurance commissioners.
Plans call for a Motocross track, one-fifth-mile dirt track and ATV trails on
36 acres near Interstate 465 and Mann Road.
Wellpoint CEO Angela Braly was criticized by President Obama on national television. She incurred the wrath of health insurance
policyholders in California and Indiana. She reignited debate on the moribund national health care reform bill. A woman hasn’t
caused this much turmoil since all those ships were launched by Helen of Troy.
Shopping mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. will have four more months to sort out its exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
and weigh buyout offers–including a $10 billion bid from Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc.
Lawmakers are close to a compromise on a work-site guns bill, but remain farther apart on several other issues.
Shopping mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. will have four more months to sort out its exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
and weigh buyout offers.
While top prospects were on display at yesterday's NFL Combine in Indianapolis, members of the league's competition
committee were hotly debating a rule that could change the game next year.
A local man wants to build a motorsports park complete with a Motocross track, one-fifth-mile dirt track and ATV trails on
36 acres near Interstate 465 and Mann Road on the southwest side.
General Growth, the bankrupt takeover target of Simon Property Group, aims to confirm a reorganization plan by Oct. 5. In addition, it said it will launch an initial public offering on Friday.
A consumer watchdog group filed a lawsuit Monday against WellPoint’s California subsidiary on behalf of policyholders, claiming
they were pushed to take coverage with fewer benefits and higher deductibles.
Trail Side on Mass Ave would include 69 one-bedroom apartments and about 23,000 square feet of ground-level retail space.
The Federal Trade Commission has contacted Gap Inc. about Simon Property Group's proposed acquisition of Prime Outlets
Acquisition Co.
General Growth Properties Inc. asked a judge to block a shareholder lawsuit accusing its board of improperly rejecting an
acquisition bid from Simon Property Group Inc.
Key House Democrat recommends summer study for a Gov. Daniels legislative priority: consolidation of the $14.2 billion Indiana
Public Employees Retirement Fund and the $8.1 billion Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund.
U.S. House legislators want to get to the bottom of banks' roles in the economic recovery, both via loans to small businesses
and shouldering losses on commercial real estate lending.