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Abound failure raises questions anew about Obama policies

The failure of a second solar manufacturer that received loan guarantees from the U.S. Energy Department adds to pressure on President Barack Obama to justify incentives for the clean-energy industry that’s being undercut by Chinese competition.

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U.S. health-care overhaul upheld by Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the core of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, preserving most of a law that would expand insurance to millions of people and transform an industry that makes up 18 percent of the nation’s economy.

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Web domain requests include .Cialis, .Walmart

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. and other corporate heavyweights are applying for Web suffixes including .cialis, .walmart and .jpmorgan under a program to expand the number of Internet domain names beyond .com.

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Rolls-Royce must face whistle-blowers’ lawsuit

Rolls-Royce Corp. lost a bid Monday for dismissal of a whistle-blower lawsuit pressed by two former quality-control officers claiming the company cheated the United States by failing to report defense-contract product defects.

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FDA’s $6.4B drug review fee plan passes Senate

The U.S. Senate voted to let regulators collect on a $6.4 billion fee agreement struck with Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., Medtronic Inc. and other companies to fund reviews of new drugs and medical devices through 2017.

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Mexican big rigs shun border, imperiling trucking deal

A cross-border trucking pact that ended a 17-year trade dispute between the U.S. and Mexico last year may unravel unless more Mexican big rigs start crossing the border. Failure of the program could have an impact on trucking firms like Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc.

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Student-loan debt-collection agencies garner criticism

Lucrative incentives paid to federal student-loan collectors are sparking criticism that not-for-profit loan-guaranty agencies are reaping a bonanza from the troubles of former students. USA Funds, the largest guaranty agency, is based in Indianapolis.

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Cancer tools help Roche with Alzheimer’s drug

Treatments for central nervous system diseases have a huge potential payoff, analysts say. A hint of whether the gamble may pay off is due in the second half of this year, as Eli Lilly and Co. and Pfizer Inc. announce results for Alzheimer’s drugs that attack the same protein as Roche’s experimental drug.

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