Plainfield-based Brightpoint Inc. posted profit of $13 million for the third quarter, a 47-percent increase from a year earlier. Revenue of $1.2 billion in the period ended Sept. 30 was up 86 percent. The wireless device distributor said results were boosted by its first-quarter acquisitions of Denmark-based Dangaard Telecom and Texas-based CellStar, as well as […]
Noble Roman’s Inc. yesterday reported third-quarter profit shot up 58.2 percent, to $2.1 million, on a rise in royalties and fees for the Noble Roman’s Pizza and Tuscano’s Italian Style Subs restaurants it franchises. The Indianapolis company has been on a furious expansion spree-having signed a total of 24 territories to area developers, a move […]
A sweeping internal assessment at Angie’s List has resulted in 38 of the company’s 382 employees being shown the door in the past few days. Most of the workers given pink slips were in sales, although others were in operations, marketing and other areas, said spokeswoman Cheryl Reed. Based at 1030 E. Washington St. on […]
A study by the Indiana Business Research Center indicates the flow of jobs from Indiana to overseas locations has shifted and is now moving to other states, particularly Michigan. From early 2004 to the middle of this year, the state lost 44,808 jobs to mass layoffs, said the center, which operates through the Kelley School […]
Carmel‘s first L.A. Fitness club plans to open in a 45,000-square-foot freestanding building to be built at 2700 E. 146th St. in Carmel, according to the landlord, Terre Haute-based Thompson Thrift. The building, which is leased to L.A. Fitness for 15 years, will be located in Cool Creek Village, a 79,800-square-foot mixed-use development. The Carrollton, […]
The Indianapolis Airport Authority is looking for a few good sculptors-two, in fact. The authority is asking artists to submit proposals for two sculptures to go in the north garden at the new midfield terminal. Proposals are due Dec. 21, with one sculpture scheduled for installation in late 2008 and another in 2009. The sculptures […]
Funds from operations at the Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust Kite Realty Group Trust increased 6.7 percent in the third quarter. The $12 million in funds from operations, a common measure of REITs, amounted to 32 cents per share-matching the average estimate of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial. Kite also reported today that its development […]
The mayor who was in office when Honda Motor Co. announced in summer 2006 that it would build an assembly plant in Greensburg was shoved out of office yesterday by a wide margin. Frank Manus lost to city council member Gary Herbert 1,679-1,000, according to the Greensburg Daily News. Herbert told the newspaper that Manus […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said today that Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. and several other providers of drug benefits kept overpayments too long. The companies, which also include Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group and Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., should have more quickly refunded the $4.4 billion in overpayments, the department said. The figure […]
Delta Faucet Co. will eliminate about 30 jobs at its headquarters in Carmel, the company said in a statement. Many of the positions were vacant. Delta, a unit of Michigan-based Masco Corp., said the move was needed to respond to “challenging economic times, including an unprecedented downturn in the U.S. housing market and softening retailing […]
Indianapolis Motor Speedway has licensed a co-branded wheel with TSW Alloy Wheels of Huntington Beach, Calif. It is the Speedway’s first such licensing agreement for wheels. TSW will offer the Indy 500 wheel in painted and chrome versions. The rims will range from 17 to 20 inches, and will be made in varying widths to […]
David Kiebach, the co-founder and principle of MD Logistics in Plainfield, died of a heart attack yesterday prior to leaving for work. Kiebach, 47, started MD Logistics and MC Express in 1996. He launched a strategic partnership with SEKO Worldwide in 2002 and then MD Packaging Services a year later. MD Logistics ranked 8th among […]
The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled against Whirlpool Corp., saying an employee at its Evansville plant was fired in retaliation for filing a racial-discrimination complaint, reports the Evansville Courier & Press. The ruling, which upholds earlier decisions by the Vanderburgh County-Evansville Human Relations Commission and Circuit Court Judge Carl Heldt, states Harriett Layne should […]
Maxon Corp., a Muncie company that makes burners, gas valves and other heating equipment used by industry, has signed a definitive agreement to be sold to Honeywell International for $185 million. In a statement, Maxon President Rich Clasby said he anticipates Honeywell’s presence in developing countries to accelerate Maxon growth that had shown increasing strength […]
After reporting mixed results on a potentially lucrative blood thinner, Eli Lilly and Co. plans a new late-stage test of prasugrel for patients not receiving stents to open clogged heart arteries. Lilly and its development partner, Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., plan to submit the drug for regulatory approval before the end of this year; the […]
Haverstick Consulting Inc., the Carmel defense-consulting firm, is being acquired by Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. of San Diego, Calif., for $90 million. Of the $90 million, $69 million is cash and $21 million is Kratos stock. Kratos’ announcement late this morning did not discuss the future of Haverstick’s employees. Financial backers of Haverstick […]
Atlanta Magazine, which is owned by Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp., has published an unusual retraction to a fawning profile of disgraced Falcons quarterback Michael Vick it published four years ago. The magazine reprinted the article but with observations in red handwriting, portions marked out and other changes. A section of one sentence, “You know about […]
Fewer people feel safe downtown, particularly after dark, the latest annual survey from the IUPUI Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management shows. Seventy-five percent feel safe downtown compared to 83 percent two years earlier, the survey found. After dark, only 34 percent feel safe; that figure declined from 44 percent in the 2005 survey. […]
LaSalle Bank’s purchaser is keeping on Keith Slifer, head of LaSalle’s commercial lending services in Indianapolis, and giving him additional responsibilities. Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America Corp., which bought LaSalle Oct. 1, has put Slifer in charge of its commercial banking operations in Indiana and Ohio. He will remain in Indianapolis and oversee the converted […]
HemaQuest Pharmaceuticals, a startup in Newton, Mass., said today it has received $20 million in funding from Lilly Ventures, De Novo Ventures of Palo Alto, Calif.; and Forward Ventures of San Diego. The amount of the investment by Lilly Ventures, the venture capital arm of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., wasn’t specified. HemaQuest is developing […]
