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Trial delayed for money manager Schrenker

An Indiana judge has delayed until March the trial on securities fraud charges of a former money manager who tried to fake
his own death by jumping from a small plane before it crashed in Florida.

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Events to teach personal finance, money management

Hundreds of free events to educate consumers on personal finance and money management will occur around Indiana the week of
Oct. 10-17 as part of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s annual Indiana Money Smart Week.

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SEC fines former CFO of American Commercial Lines

Christopher A. Black, a former investment banker in Indianapolis and former chief financial officer of Jeffersonville-based
river barge transportation firm American Commercial Lines Inc., has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine to settle a Securities and
Exchange Commission investigation.

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FDIC fee hitting small banks particularly hard

Fees imposed on U.S. banks to rebuild a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. fund nearly depleted by scores of bank failures is
expected to sap profits of small financial institutions. Community banks with less income than their larger counterparts are
particularly at risk of having their 2009 earnings erased by the charges after an emergency fee on banks took effect June
30.

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Spurned Sponsel creates own CPA firm

A longtime partner of Indianapolis-based Greenwalt Sponsel & Co. Inc. has left the accounting firm and started his own after
he said it became apparent he would not become managing partner.

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