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Familiar culprit holds up Anthem-Cigna merger

Anthem Inc.’s proposed $47 billion buyout of Cigna Corp. is the latest example of corporate deals that get hung up over executive egos and turf battles. For example, Anthem CEO Joe Swedish wants to lead the merged firm, to the chagrin of Cigna’s CEO.

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Cook Group President Hawkins plans retirement

Kem Hawkins, who has been president of Cook Group Inc. since 2001, will retire on July 1. He will be replaced by Pete  Yonkman, who since 2013 has been president of Cook Medical, the Cook subsidiary that makes medical devices.

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Ambitious Browning stayed for civic work

Michael Browning never envisioned he’d still be in Indianapolis after arriving nearly 40 years ago from South Bend. But the Detroit native and University of Notre Dame grad bought a business here and became one of the city’s biggest developers.

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