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Simon spinoff plans $4.3B merger with Ohio mall firm

Washington Prime Group Inc. has agreed to buy Glimcher Realty Trust of Columbus, Ohio, in a deal valued at about $4.3 billion when including assumed debt. As part of the transaction, Simon Property Group will acquire two malls for $1.09 billion in cash.

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Demise of Radio Disney causing static; local station in play

Walt Disney Co. announced earlier this month that it would sell its 23 radio stations that target children ages 3 to 15. The only Radio Disney outpost on the FM dial, WRDZ-FM 98.3 in Indianapolis, could be particularly sought after if the stations are sold individually.

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Mainstreet’s Turner to sell REIT in $2.3B deal

HealthLease Properties REIT, which is led by Mainstreet Property’s Zeke Turner, will be sold to Ohio-based Health Care REIT Inc., along with 17 projects Mainstreet has under construction. The deal includes 45 future projects.

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KAR Auction Services makes $30M acquisition

Carmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc., which released a solid quarterly earnings report Tuesday, acquired a 50-percent stake in Toronto-based Nth Gen Software Inc., which makes the TradeRev automotive remarketing system.

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Telemon unit acquires automotive manufacturer

Westbrook Mfg., founded in 1977, makes electro-mechanical assemblies and wiring harnesses for the automotive industry at its manufacturing plant in Fresnillo, Mexico. The company has about 400 workers.

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Sale ends 83-year run for Indy’s Harlan Laboratories

Whether the merger of the former rivals is good for Indianapolis will play out in the coming months. Huntingdon has 1,200 employees, most of them in the United Kingdom and Princeton, N.J. Harlan has about 2,300 employees worldwide, including 300 locally.

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Pfizer pulls plug on push to buy AstraZeneca

Pfizer said Monday that it does not intend to make a takeover offer for British drugmaker AstraZeneca, pulling the plug for now on what would have been the largest deal in the industry's history.

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