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Repair shop wants to buy vacant GM building

A building abandoned by General Motors Corp. as it moved its once-extensive operations out of Anderson might be bought by an Anderson company that serves medical and aerospace companies. Hy-Tech Machining Systems LLC has agreed to buy the 240,000-square-foot Plant 18 for $425,000 – half the original asking price of $850,000, according to The Herald […]

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SourceNet shutters East Chicago office

SourceNet Inc., an Indianapolis-based temporary worker firm, has closed its East Chicago location, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Forty-eight workers are affected. The company, which serves large industrial and manufacturing clients, was not immediately available for comment.

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UPDATE: Ice Miller merger follows national trend

Ice Miller may be the biggest law firm in Indianapolis, but it’s only a medium-sized player in the national landscape. That likely prompted Ice Miller and the smaller, Louisville-based firm of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC to merge in order to stay relevant. “You need to provide legal services in more than one jurisdiction to […]

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Angie’s List raises $7 million

Fast-growing locally-based consumer service appraiser Angie’s List this morning announced it has raised $7 million from Chicago-based Prism Mezzanine Fund. The deal caps a year in which the company had previously raised $53 million from investors. Prism will invest $1 million in exchange for an equity stake in Angie’s List. It also will provide $6 […]

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Companies shifting more health costs to employees

Employers, now doubly pinched by steadily rising health insurance premiums and a steadily deteriorating economy, are searching
for new and larger cost-shifting tools, according to survey and anecdotal evidence from Mercer, a global benefits brokerage
and consulting firm.

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Transit isn’t just an expense; it’s an investment

The Metropolitan Development Commission gave Indianapolis area transportation planners the green light Nov. 12 to do an expedited
study that would show locations, cost and potential ridership for mass transit routes region-wide.

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Parks department gets $1.2M for IPS program

Indianapolis Parks & Recreation has received a four-year commitment of $1.2 million in grants to support after-school learning programs at eight Indianapolis Public Schools locations. The grant will offer $350,000 in each of the first two years, then $280,000 the third year and $245,000 in the final year. The federal 21st Century Community Learning Center […]

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Death causes longtime car dealership to close

Duke Gold’s Speedway International Inc., a longtime Volkswagen and Subaru car dealership on the northwest outskirts of downtown, went out of business Friday after its owner, Larry “Duke” Gold, died of a self-inflicted gunshot. The cause of the Nov. 19 death was ruled a suicide by the Marion County Coroner’s Office. Gold, 49, was found […]

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Clarian merger talks in Bedford fall through

Merger talks appear to have ended between the two hospitals in Bedford, one of which is owned by Indianapolis-based Clarian Health. The board of governors of Dunn Memorial Hospital issued a statement to the Times-Mail of Bedford that says the hospital “no longer wishes to continue affiliation discussions” with Clarian, which operates Bedford Regional Medical […]

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St. Vincent eyeing hospital in Salem

St. Vincent Health is in discussions with leaders of a 25-bed hospital in Salem, which is halfway between Bedford and Louisville, according to Business First Louisville. Directors of Washington County Memorial Hospital are talking with St. Vincent officials about becoming an affiliate of the Indianapolis-based hospital system. Business First reported that both hospitals have signed […]

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Coal gasification project ended for now

Plans to build a $1.5 billion plant in southwestern Indiana to turn coal into natural gas have been put on ice. The developer, Indiana Gasification LLC, yesterday pulled its application to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, according to The Times of Munster and the Evansville Courier & Press. The project, which was to be built […]

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