Old National prices offering at $10 per share
Evansville-based Old National Bancorp said yesterday that it has priced its public offering of 18 million shares of company
stock at $10 per share.
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WellPoint insiders sell stock at right time
Take the money while it’s there. That’s what a handful of insiders at WellPoint Inc. decided in
the past month as they sold off nearly 150,000 company shares for gains of more than $3 million.
Lilly stock slips after analyst downgrade
The price of Eli Lilly and Co.’s stock veered lower this morning after a Goldman Sachs analyst downgraded her rating from
neutral to sell.
Conseco shares jump after profit report
Shares of Conseco Inc. soared today in response to the company’s preliminary report of second-quarter profits. The Carmel-based
insurer’s stock price jumped as much as 53 percent, to $2.91, before settling a bit in the afternoon.
WellPoint stock falls despite quarterly profit
WellPoint Inc. shares slipped in morning trading after the company beat analysts’ expectations for second-quarter profits
but failed to raise its year-end earnings forecast. WellPoint earned $1.50 per share in the latest quarter, excluding investment
losses. Analysts were expecting $1.43 per share, according to a survey by Thomson Financial Network.
Cummins’ stock rises despite lower revenue, profit
Cummins Inc.’s stock jumped more than 6 percent in morning trading after its quarterly results
beat analyst estimates.
Kite Realty misses out on REIT revival
Kite Realty Group Trust has stuck pretty closely to the REIT recession playbook: Renegotiate debt, sell new shares, cut
dividends, and set the development engine to idle. But as the shares of most publicly traded real estate
investment trusts have bounced back from the lows in March, Kite’s shares have lagged.
Board battle brewing at Bioanalytical
West Lafayette-based life sciences contract research firm Bioanalytical Systems Inc. has five directors on its board. If company
founder Pete Kissinger has his way, four of them will soon be replaced.
REITs get boost, not scorn, for selling cheap shares
Here’s more evidence we’re in strange times: Indianapolis’ real estate investment trusts have been issuing hundreds of millions
of dollars of stock at woefully low prices—and getting a pat on the back from their shareholders for doing so.
Activist shareholder makes case against Conseco’s board
An activist shareholder vying to become a director of Conseco Inc. says the insurance company’s board "completely misjudged"
the risks it faced when it emerged from bankruptcy in 2003 and hasn’t recovered since. Now an independent shareholder advisory firm is siding with him.
Bioanalytical Systems founder fights to be heard
It took Pete and Candace Kissinger 33 years to build West Lafayette-based Bioanalytical Systems Inc. into one of the largest
contract research firms in Indiana’s life science sector. It took just a year and a half for them to turn against the company’s new management.
Dan Laikin on sidelines as others admit guilt in stock-manipulation scheme
Carmel businessman Dan Laikin finds himself in the awkward spot of denying wrongdoing at the same time the three men accused
of conspiring with him in a stock-manipulation scheme are admitting guilt.
Duke upends growth plan, focuses on paying debt
In this horrendous environment, nothing is more important for a debt-laden public company than proving it can pay its bills
Mall giant says it’s in good shape, but takes steps to conserve cash
Despite assurances of strength, Simon Property Group Inc. has decided to pay 90 percent of its dividend in stock, a move that allows the company to hold onto $925 million in cash this year but could alienate shareholders drawn by the dividend.
WellPoint shares suffer
It was a bad year to be a shareholder of most companies. But the value of the Indianapolis-based health insurer’s stock lost
more than 55 percent of its value during the year.
Indians score $1.23 million profit
The Indianapolis Indians made $1.23 million this year on $8.7 million in revenue, according to the publicly traded company’s
most recent financial disclosure.
Kite drops about 10 percent of its staff as retail market flounders
Kite Realty Group Trust has joined local peers Duke Realty Corp. and Lauth Group Inc. in laying off employees as it copes
with dried-up credit and a soft retail market.
Bold bets on Hoosier firms yield horrific results so far
The millions of dollars they plunked down to buy stock in local companies over the past two years have shriveled in value,
leaving them way, way below break-even.
Analyzing intrinsic value unearths some bargain stocks
investors looking at business valuations likely will conclude there are companies selling at
prices less than their intrinsic values.
State public company execs grab up stock as prices fall
The unprecedented plunge on Wall Street the last three months has spurred a couple of dozen executives and directors at Indiana
public companies to scoop up shares in their own companies.