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Foreclosure filings fall in state, nation

Foreclosure filings in Indiana dropped 36 percent in the first quarter from the year-ago period, and 27 percent nationally. An industry report, however, attributes the decline to paperwork delays related to a documentation scandal.

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Drugmakers call off animal-health deal, possible asset sale

Drugmakers Merck & Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA have abandoned plans to combine their animal-health businesses after wrestling with regulators for a year over potential divestitures.
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. was among a list of possible suitors for about $1 billion in assets the two companies considered selling.

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Lilly, other big drugmakers shut out by FDA in 2010

Regulators cleared 21 medicines, the fewest since 2007, for sale last year. It was the first time in a decade that Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, as well as Lilly, Merck & Co. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. were shut out at the same time, according to agency records.

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Canadian bank to acquire Marshall & Ilsley for $4.1B

M&I has about 30 branches in the Indianapolis area and controls about 6 percent of the market's bank deposits, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The bank is ranked sixth among area banks in terms of employment, with about 400 workers.

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Indiana Live owners miss interest payment

The owners of Indiana Live racetrack and casino failed to make an interest payment due Nov. 1 on $375 million in debt, providing additional fodder for credit analysts already worried about its financial condition.

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