Area home sales barely rise amid fewer choices, rising prices
Existing-home sales in central Indiana ticked up only slightly in December as inventories continued to shrink and price tags remained on the rise.
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Conner Prairie tops attendance, membership marks
Conner Prairie set multiple attendance records in 2017, the interactive history museum in Fishers announced Wednesday evening at its annual meeting.
Two former auto dealer employees convicted of racketeering
Two men who helped manage used-car dealerships in Indianapolis face up to 20 years in prison after being convicted on federal racketeering and fraud charges, U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler announced Wednesday.
PROXY CORNER: Cardinal Ethanol LLP
Union City-based Cardinal Ethanol LLC is based in Union City and operates an ethanol plant in Randolph County.
EDITORIAL: Companies should make good on hiring pledges
Corporate America, including some of Indiana’s top executives, implored Congress to give it a tax cut—a move businesses said would translate into more U.S. jobs and investment. Now that’s occurred.
Two Hoosier companies pull off IPOs
OrthoPediatrics Corp. raised $52 million on Oct. 12, and Carmel-based Merchants Bancorp raised $115 million on Oct. 27.
Indiana’s unemployment rate declines to 3.4 percent
Private sector employment grew by 6,000 over the month of December and is up 24,400 over the past year, the state said.
With $20M infusion, health analytics software firm plans to hire 100 by 2020
Indianapolis-based Springbuk expects to grow by leaps and bounds after landing a big package of venture capital.
Indianapolis-area home builders have busiest year in a decade
Area home builders in the nine-county area experienced their sixth straight year of rising sales.
Anthem to leave Monument Circle HQ, move top execs to Virginia Avenue
Anthem decided not to renew its lease on the former J.C. Penney department store, which was refurbished for the insurance giant in the 1990s.
First Internet reports record year for earnings
The Fishers-based parent of First Internet Bank had another big year despite a small decrease in profit in the fourth quarter.
Madame Walker Theatre to get $15M renovation, operational help
An initiative involving Indiana University and the Lilly Endowment is set to provide a $15 million renovation to the historic Madame Walker Theatre Center while ensuring the historic landmark’s viability into the future.
Indy leaders, residents celebrate Amazon news on social media
Political and community leaders use news to extol Indy’s virtue on Twitter, but there’s caution, too.
Sony disc plant in Indiana to eliminate about 375 workers
A company official said the changing home-entertainment market has taken a toll on the plant, which manufactures movies and video-game discs.
EDITORIAL: Time for Hogsett to step up
The city has a long list of pressing needs—including reducing crime, squelching poverty, educating our workforce, and attracting higher-income residents who will pay the taxes needed to fund all those efforts.
Two Indiana agricultural associations complete merger
The Agribusiness Council of Indiana has merged with the Indiana Seed Trade Association, the associations announced Wednesday.
Simon settles suit with Starbucks over closing Teavana stores
The Indianapolis-based mall owner had sued Starbucks, attempting to stop the coffee giant from closing dozens of Teavana locations at its properties.
New enrollment system gets 3,500 applications
OneMatch is a web-based application process for IPS and 90 percent of Marion County charter schools.