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Daily Lunch Deal sold last month after just a year in business, marking a milestone for its venture-firm mentor.
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WALKER: A watershed 401(k) deadline is hurtling our way
Plan sponsors will face both higher expectations and legal responsibilities.
Indianapolis-area mergers and acquisitions in 2011
A number of acquisitions last year disclosed no sale price. In the Indianapolis area, those deals ranged from MacAllister Machinery’s purchase of a Caterpillar dealership in Michigan to Herff Jones’ acquisition of a Memphis, Tenn.-headquartered maker of cheerleading uniforms.
Indiana deals ranged upward of $800 million
Mergers and acquisitions in 2011 ranged from WellPoint’s acquisition of CareMore to a trucking company merger.
East-side biz incubator target of foreclosure
Wells Fargo Bank claims in a lawsuit that Indianapolis Enterprise Center LLC defaulted on a $3.1 million loan. The bank wants the center’s property sold to help satisfy the debt.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Sales training guru takes own advice
What lessons in salesmanship and humility did Paul Lushin learn as an Indianapolis police officer? What common mistakes do managers make? When should they give employees the reins?
Temp firms say business is good, hiring picking up again
Employment services in the Indianapolis area say hiring is rising again, but the pace of activity has yet to return even to 2008 levels, and staffing executives don’t expect it to for some time.
Avon security company beefing up work force
Nolan Security & Investigations said it plans to add as many as 300 part-time and full-time workers to serve new clients.
Owner launches HVAC business after selling family firm
Larry Howald sold his father’s 40-employee HVAC business to Lennox in 2000 during a wave of industry consolidation. He stayed with the firm for a decade, but has now left to strike out on his own again.
Indiana software firm growing with life sciences focus
RND Group fills development gaps for companies.
Fortune Industries reports annual profit growth
The publicly held Indianapolis-based professional employer organization’s profit in fiscal year 2011 more than doubled from the previous fiscal year, to $1.3 million.
Fortune turns profit in first quarter on higher revenue
The Indianapolis-based professional employer organization reported a profit of $265,000 in the first quarter after posting a loss of $426,000 in the same three months last year.
Law firms inch back toward hiring mode
Improved economy boosts prospects, modestly, for new grads.
Bills that passed, failed in this year’s General Assembly
A look at some major legislation considered this year by the Indiana General Assembly.
Formstack stuck in suit by Oklahoma tech firm
Online form builder says a lawsuit from Tulsa-based MacroSolve Inc. against it and three other tech firms is without merit.
Language Training Center expands relationship with LPGA
The Indianapolis-based Language Training Center is now translating the letters of the professional golf association’s commissioner into multiple languages and providing live interpretation at association meetings.
Carmel firm top notch in the tourism industry
Strategic Marketing & Research Inc., commonly known as SMARI, measures ad effectiveness for several states, attractions.
Indiana mergers and acquisition ranged upward of $2.3 billion
Simon Property Group’s acquisition of Prime Outlets was the largest by an Indiana company in 2010.
Jackson Group acquired by Houston company
Indianapolis-based The Jackson Group had 132 employees in mid-2010, ranking it the sixth-largest woman-owned business in the area, according to IBJ research.
Storage-unit auctions not so ‘strange’ anymore
Cable television shows have helped drive the popularity of storage-facility auctions, and an Indianapolis man who conducts the sales is witnessing the trend firsthand.