Biomet offers to acquire DePuy trauma biz for $280M
Warsaw-based Biomet, which designs and manufactures orthopedic products for surgical and non-surgical uses, said the deal would greatly expand its sports, extremities and trauma business.
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FirstPerson buys FlashPoint HR unit
Indianapolis-based benefits brokerage FirstPerson acquired the small-employer human resource division of Indianapolis-based consulting firm FlashPoint last week in a bid to provide a wider array of services to small businesses.
FTC asks critics of Express Scripts-Medco deal for ideas
Two pharmacy groups opposing Express Scripts Inc.’s proposed acquisition of Medco Health Solutions Inc. said they were asked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to suggest ways to revise the $29.1 billion deal so it wouldn’t harm competition.
Simon Property Group goes on $3.5B mall spending spree
The Indianapolis mall owner is expanding its global profile, agreeing to buy a controlling stake in a French firm with a 271-property European portfolio. Simon also is buying out a partner in its Mills portfolio closer to home.
Arcadia: Don’t buy our stock
Arcadia Resources Inc. is telling shareholders not to buy its stock because it is out of cash and faces a $40 million pile of debt that comes due on April 1.
Republic cutting up to 180 jobs in Milwaukee
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. expects to transfer 230 crew members to other cities as it cuts flights by its Frontier Airlines unit in Milwaukee, where it will eliminate as many as 180 jobs.
Wheaton acquiring residential mover Bekins
Wheaton World Wide Moving is buying the nation’s oldest and one of its largest household movers, Bekins Van Lines. The deal is expected to bring 38 jobs to Wheaton’s northeast-side headquarters.
Community agrees to absorb Howard Regional
Kokomo’s Howard Regional Health System has signed a letter of intent to join the Community Health Network less than four months after it broke off a merger deal with Indiana University Health.
Gallagher sees more broker mergers coming
The Carmel office of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. just made its sixth acquisition in five years, and it expects looming changes to tax and health laws to produce even more chances to snap up benefits brokers this year.
Deal with Walgreen perplexes Arcadia’s investors
Something doesn’t add up about Arcadia Resources Inc.’s agreement to sell its pharmacy business for a low price of $2 million, according to many of the Indianapolis company’s investors.
Acquisition-minded investors eye Indiana companies
As deadlines loom, private equity firms, others, move to deploy capital.
ProLiance might go on block
Indianapolis-based ProLiance, a natural-gas marketer and supplier, was singed by a $57.2 million pretax loss in the first nine months of 2011, causing some analysts to wonder if majority owner Vectren Corp. will try to sell its 61-percent stake in the company.
Bingham McHale merging with Louisville law firm
The merger of Bingham McHale and Greenebaum Doll & McDonald will form Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP as of Jan. 2. The combined firm will have nearly 250 lawyers.
Mills: Health care’s future is partnership
In spite of all the consolidation lately among hospitals, Community Health CEO Bryan Mills says the future of hospital systems will hinge more on partnerships like the one Community struck last week on its rehab hospital.
MyJibe’s purchase validates Orr fellowship program
A program to identify and cultivate entrepreneurs—the Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship—just hit a milestone. Orr fellow Mike Langellier has sold his upstart MyJibe LLC, in what appears to be the first Orr fellow to create a tech firm and take it full circle to liquidation.
First Financial aims to use Flagstar deal as springboard
A deal scheduled to close next month will give Cincinnati-based First Financial Bancorp the foothold it has long sought to build a major presence in the Indianapolis market.
SHERLOCK: The sensibility of responsible acquisitions
In a time when capital for growth is hard to come by, acquisitions can provide a much-needed boost not only to an entrepreneur but also to our nation’s economic recovery.
Celadon snub obscures other purchases
Celadon Group has swallowed, whole or in part, nine trucking firms in as many years. But the acquisition momentum lurched to a halt late this month like a semi stopped by a runaway-truck ramp when it was rebuffed by Arkansas-based USA Truck. Since then, Celadon hasn’t signaled its next move.
Baker & Daniels completes merger with Minneapolis law firm
One of the city’s largest and oldest law firms said Wednesday that it has completed its merger with Minneapolis-based Faegre & Benson LLP. It will operate as Faegre Baker Daniels beginning Jan. 1.
Maregatti Interiors acquired by HKS architectural firm
Indianapolis’ largest commercial interior design business has been purchased by the national architecture firm that designed Lucas Oil Stadium.