S&P 500 closes week at another all-time high
Strong third-quarter results from technology companies drove investors into stocks on Friday, giving the market its third straight weekly gain.
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State pension board postpones decision on annuities
Indiana pension officials say they want more information from lawmakers before they consider abandoning a plan to privatize one part of a retirement plan for teachers and public employees.
First Internet profit falls on rising interest rates
Shares of the Indianapolis-based bank took a nosedive during trading Friday morning after it reported its third-quarter earnings.
Tech deal escalates battle of titans
The CEOs and of four cloud marketing companies–two national and two local–might make Indianapolis into a bridge between two feuding Silicon Valley giants. Or put the city in the middle of an aggressive arms race in one of the tech industry’s hottest markets—cloud marketing.
Foreclosure suit tests HDG Mansur on a new front
HGCC Lender LLC this month filed a $4.8 million foreclosure suit and asked a court to appoint a receiver for Hamilton Proper’s 279-acre Hawthorns Golf & Country Club.
Lawmakers ask pension board to keep annuity plan in-house
A legislative commission recommended Monday that pension officials scrap a proposal to privatize one part of the state retirement benefit system.
S&P 500 pushes further into record territory
General Electric, Morgan Stanley and Google all rose after reporting higher earnings than financial analysts were expecting. Google topped $1,000 a share for the first time.
Parade of settlements continues for local securities firms
A third securities firm in the region has been slapped with sanctions by federal regulators.
Simon’s 20-year run has made investors a bundle
Simon Property Group now is the largest real estate company in the world and has a stock market value of $59 billion. That’s $6 billion more than Eli Lilly and Co., not that Simon's hypercompetitive CEO, David Simon, has noticed.
REED: Indiana’s bank, thrift stocks fully recovered
Most remember well the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession. The problems were complex and big, and there were many villains and many more victims.
Cyber bandits are finding new ways into bank vaults
Corporate account takeovers are high stakes for heists.
Indiana-based Springleaf’s shares rise after $336M IPO
Springleaf Holdings Inc. provides non-prime consumer loans through a network of 834 offices and online.
Training firm Adayana seeks bankruptcy protection
Indianapolis-based training firm Adayana Inc. said it sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization this week after two years of unsuccessfully trying to restructure its debts out of court.
Investment pool head seeks GOP state treasurer nod
TrustINdiana investment pool director Kelly Mitchell emailed GOP county chairs over the weekend to announce she's running for the office.
Poll: Half of older workers delay retirement plans
Some 82 percent of working Americans over 50 say it is at least somewhat likely they will work for pay in retirement, according to a poll released Monday.
Lilly stock shrugs off analyst downgrade
The drugmaker has become too reliant on its remaining pipeline of drugs under development for growth as it deals with patent expirations to big sellers and drug-development setbacks, a Jefferies analyst wrote.
After stock zooms up, Internet bank aims higher
Shares of First Internet Bancorp have more than doubled since December, when founder and CEO David Becker boosted the visibility of the stock by announcing it was shifting from the over-the-counter market to NASDAQ.
Stonegate snares less than expected in IPO
The Indianapolis firm debuted Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange at $16 per share, well below the anticipated range of $20 to $22. In total, Stonegate’s 7.1 million shares garnered $114 million.
Obama to nominate Yellen as Bernanke successor
President Barack Obama will nominate Federal Reserve vice chair Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as chairman of the nation's central bank, the White House said Tuesday. Yellen would be the first woman to head the powerful Fed.
Stonegate expects to raise up to $156M in IPO
The Indianapolis mortgage originator will debut Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange, the first local firm to go public since ExactTarget in 2012.