The Justice Department imposed major conditions upon Live Nation and Ticketmaster in approving the companies’ merger, moves
that
Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney said would have the effect of lowering ticket prices.
An Indianapolis-based grocery wholesaler has purchased the assets of a convenience store supplier in Danville, enabling it
to expand its number of customers to 800 in five states.
These deals had no price tag, but still were significant.
WellPoint’s sale of its NextRx unit was the largest deal in the Indianapolis area in 2009.
Pent-up demand, anticipated thaw in financing might cause business valuations to rise modestly
The Batesville holding company said it will purchase K-Tron International Inc. in New Jersey for about $435 million, including
$45 million in K-Tron debt and cash on hand. The deal is expected to close by the end of March.
Commercial Office Environments gets larger with its purchase of Area 4 Office Furniture. Operations of the two companies will
be consolidated at Commercial Office Environments’ facility on Zionsville Road.
Indianapolis-based HP Products Corp. announced Tuesday morning that it has completed its acquisition of Great Lakes Supply and Chemical in Michigan City.
PNC Financial is still digesting its $5.6 billion acquisition of National City Corp., but a quiet fight almost certainly
is under way over its lucrative private banking clients.
Omnicity makes seventh acquisition since going public in February. The Rushville company aims to be nation’s largest wireless
broadband provider in rural markets.
The Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority, known as ICOLSA, has merged with the Michigan Library Consortium to form
the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services.
After 36 years of flying smaller planes painted in the colors of the major airlines for which it flies under contract,
Republic Airways Holdings in 2009 became a branded airline operator of its own.
The decade witnessed a massive terrorist attack, two wars, and a building-and-buyout boom fueled by easy credit.
The Steak n Shake Co. is taking a dramatic turn away from its core business with a bid to purchase a Michigan insurer in a
deal valued at almost $37 million.
The Steak n Shake Co. has offered to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Fremont Michigan Insuracorp Inc. in a deal
that could be worth almost $37 million.
The firm founded in 1999 recently announced it bought Indianapolis-based Zent Consulting. Financial terms
of the deal were not disclosed.
Adding the 22-mall portfolio of Baltimore-based Prime Outlets will give Simon a total of 63 outlet malls with more than 25
million square feet of space.
Simon Property Group Inc. is doubling down on outlet malls with an agreement to buy Baltimore-based Prime Outlets, a
privately held firm that owns 22 of the giant properties.
Indianapolis-based Miller Pipeline Corp. announced Monday morning that it has purchased Illinois-based Elcon Pipeline Inc.,
marking the company’s fifth acquisition in the past four years.
Florida-based Sun Capital has completed the turnaround of Marsh Supermarkets and now is seeking a buyer
for the home-grown chain. CEO Frank Lazaran told IBJ Sun will sell Marsh “when the market is right, financing
is right, and
someone is willing to pay a fair multiple.”
