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JONES: Lessons for the 2013 IPO market from Facebook

With the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index hovering at or near all-time highs, one would think the stock markets would be highly receptive to initial public offerings in 2013, even if the economy disappoints.

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Allos Ventures raises $40 million for early-stage tech firms

Allos Ventures has raised $40 million from local tech industry luminaries and others to invest in early-stage tech companies in the Midwest, a segment that has seen funding dry up. The fund, Allos II, aims to invest $3 million to $7 million each in about a dozen early-stage companies—not upstarts but those already generating solid revenue streams.

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CNO Financial boosts fourth-quarter profit

The Carmel-based holding company for insurance firms reported fourth-quarter 2012 net income of $101.2 million, or 41 cents a share. That was a 57 percent jump over the same quarter in 2011.

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Renamed Carmel financing firm planning big growth

Dealer Services Corp. in Carmel has begun operating as NextGear Capital after being acquired by Atlanta-based Manheim Inc. NextGear plans to relocate in the next month and double its employment, to 450, in the next year.

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Families sue to recover lost investments

A central Indiana county commissioner, his wife and members of three other families who lost more than $700,000 they invested in businesses state officials say were shell companies are suing two men accused of orchestrating the scheme.

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