Emmis delays vote on buyout again
As preferred shareholders continue holdout, Emmis postpones vote to take company private. Issue will be taken up again Aug.
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Finish Line founders giving up their extra voting power
The influence of founders’ families in public companies usually wanes over time. But few firms accelerate the process,
as Finish Line is doing.
Trustee: Durham used Fair funds for gambling, donations
The bankruptcy trustee said Durham spent $2.8 million on gambling and resorts, $3.3 million on interior decorating and $14
million on real estate.
HAUKE: Growth of government takes toll on stock returns
The unprecedented size of government in America matters to anyone who is concerned about wealth creation in this country.
Hoosier firms find cutting costs no substitute for growth
The gains amid economic malaise are impressive, but also unsustainable. Companies can’t continue to grow earnings forever based on cost-cutting.
Auer: Dow 20,000 by 2020
Fund manager says rational thinking suggests the future is actually quite bright.
SKARBECK: Financial overhaul law leaves much uncertainty
The public, to no surprise, is skeptical that the new regulations will succeed. A Bloomberg poll shows nearly four out of five Americans have little confidence the measures will prevent a crisis.
Local investors make big bet on senior housing
With the first baby boomers set to turn 65 in six months, investments in senior housing are heating up. A group of Indianapolis-area
professionals—including Mark Waterfill (left) and Tony Schantz—have banded together to launch three senior housing
projects around the state, spending $49 million and looking
to do more.
HAUKE: Future of car stocks may be electrifying
At some point, fuel cells may answer the hype they’ve lived under the last 15 years.
SKARBECK: Short-term sizzle can’t beat consistency
To achieve outsized returns, whether in mutual funds or individual stocks, investors must avoid the hype and reliance on past outperformance.
New Jersey names Indiana’s Walsh to head investment division
Timothy Walsh will take over a $68 billion pension fund, eight times larger than the $8.5 billion Indiana State Teachers Retirement
Fund he headed since 2008.
FBI scoops up Tim Durham’s car collection
An agreement with Durham's attorney paved the way for FBI agents to pick up 18 cars from Durham's residences in Indianapolis
and Los Angeles.
New securities law lets some victims recoup losses
A new state law allows the securities commissioner to award up to $15,000 or 25 percent of unrecovered awards to victims who
can prove that a court or other agency awarded restitution for fraud that occurs after July 1 of this year.
Durham attorney blasts FBI after vehicle seizures
Embattled financier Tim Durham’s lawyer, Larry Mackey, said the FBI should have known a bankruptcy trustee had the titles.
An attorney for
the trustee said investigators were aware.
Sale of local funeral home, cemetery business finalized
Pennsylvania-based StoneMor Partners could pay up to $32 million for Memory Gardens Management Co. after trust-fund and debt
obligations are made.
Schrenker auction expected to fall well short of claims
More than $30 million in claims have been filed against Marcus Schrenker, but a court-appointed receiver expects an auction
of the financier’s property on Saturday to bring in less than $1 million.
Durham poised to turn over proceeds of mansion sale
Beleaguered financier Tim Durham acknowledges owing millions to Fair Finance and is turning over artwork and selling assets
to reduce the loan, according
to an attorney overseeing the company’s bankruptcy.
HAUKE: Despite much bad news, market outlook OK for now
Another fact emerged during May. People became way too bearish. Surveys and market action both suggested a growing fear that
became almost everyone’s opinion.
Auction to sell items from former money manager
The court-ordered auction includes a motorboat, jet ski and a $30,000 diamond ring, as well as a motorcycle that Marcus Schrenker
used to flee police.
MAURER: Take a chance on Brightpoint shares
Here’s the new plan: Purchase the stock at $7.25 to $7.50 a share, and hope to realize a 15-percent to 20-percent gain
in the short term.