The home services marketplace did not specify it planned to sell itself, but hiring investment bankers is typically the first step in doing so. In a press release, CEO Scott Durchslag said only that the goal was “to achieve the full potential of our new platform.”
The chief investment strategist for Fifth Third Bank on Friday tried to temper optimism in an economic forecast for 2017, noting global headwinds that could curtail growth.
A Washington, D.C.-based investor who had wanted two longtime board members of Angie's List Inc. to quit got his wish in early October.
Online brokerage TD Ameritrade is buying Scottrade in a deal that would significantly expand its branch network at a time when many financial firms are expanding automated adviser programs.
Thomas Pence, one of the area’s most renowned stock pickers, has joined Stifel Nicolaus & Co. after 16 years as managing partner and portfolio manager with Wells Capital Management.
Hoosier companies raised about $12.1 million from venture capitalists in the third quarter—a small haul compared to previous quarters, but enough to keep the state on track for a relatively strong year.
The court-appointed receiver in an alleged $8.6 million Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Indianapolis-based Veros Partners Inc. is preparing to make his first distribution to affected investors.
The additional extension might be a sign Smulyan and the board are at odds over price. In a letter to directors evaluating the deal, Smulyan offered no details, stating, “Our entire team looks forward to further discussions … to complete a mutually acceptable transaction.”
If you’re wondering just what the Fed is and how it raises (or lowers) interest rates, you’re not alone.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to preserve the government's broad power to crack down on insider trading on Wall Street.
In a letter to a special committee of the board of directors, Smulyan said he looks forward “to further discussions with the committee and its financial advisor and legal counsel to complete a mutually acceptable transaction.”
A deal struck two years ago aimed at offloading the risks associated with a big block of long-term care insurance has come back to haunt the Carmel-based company in a big way.
Two hedge funds that own a quarter of the stock argue the Indianapolis-based carrier, which flies commuter routes on contract for the nation’s biggest airlines, really wasn’t insolvent when the company filed for bankruptcy—a move that gave it the leverage to negotiate much more favorable pacts with Delta, United and American. And with those deals now sealed, the outlook is even brighter.
Cracks are widening in the growing student loan crisis.
CEO Jeff Smulyan, who had given the board until Friday to decide whether to accept his $4.10-per-share offer to take the company private, has extended the offer to Sept. 30.
If you listen to the presidential candidates, you would think there is unlimited money available to cut taxes and spend taxpayer money like a drunken sailor.
U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday, pulling the Dow Jones industrial average down almost 400 points, giving the market its worst day since June 24 and worst week since January.
Indiana’s public pension system over the next several months will consider participation in a $1 billion economic-development initiative proposed by outgoing Republican Gov. Mike Pence.
The Indianapolis-based venture studio and its investment arm have been looking beyond Indianapolis, making investments in out-of-town companies and forging a national reputation.
Chicago-based Hyde Park Venture Partners, which established an Indianapolis office in 2015, said it plans to invest the capital in about 75 companies over the next few years, mostly in the Midwest.
