Recent minor-league team sales suggest Indians worth $40M-plus
A stunning string of sales of minor-league baseball teams this year suggests the Indianapolis Indians’ current stock buy-back offer might be undervaluing the franchise.
A stunning string of sales of minor-league baseball teams this year suggests the Indianapolis Indians’ current stock buy-back offer might be undervaluing the franchise.
Kite Realty Group Trust’s stock fetched $25 on Tuesday, an increase of more than 300 percent from the previous close, after the company’s split took effect.
Carmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc. announced late Monday afternoon that CEO Kevin Modany planned to resign within six months. The struggling for-profit education firm has drawn scrutiny from government officials for its marketing and lending practices.
The move will hike the real estate firm’s stock price, combining every four shares into a single share. Kite officials hope a double-digit price will give shares a more stable foundation and an image makeover.
The purchase of LSB Financial Corp., parent of Lafayette Savings Bank, will add $366 million in assets and five branches to Old National’s portfolio.
Simon Property Group has revised its earnings forecast with the Thursday launch of spinoff firm Washington Prime Group.
Shares of the fledgling, Indy-based firm hovered just under $21 in advance trading on Wednesday morning, providing a window to its official open Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange.
Washington Prime Group Inc., listed under the “WPG” ticker symbol, will begin trading Thursday. The new real estate investment trust will own 98 retail properties, including 13 in Indiana.
Kite Realty Group Trust will remain in Indianapolis after the purchase, which will balloon its holdings to 131 properties covering 20 million square feet of shopping center space in 26 states.
At least two investor lawsuits note that the company now generates the vast majority of its revenue from the service providers it's paying members to review.
The Columbus-based engine maker recorded a 7-percent increase in profit, but full results for 2013 lagged behind 2012.
Shares of the Indianapolis-based retailer had fallen 18 percent by early afternoon Thursday, after the firm reported slumping sales and profit in its latest quarter.
Simon Property Group has tied CEO David Simon’s $154 million retention bonus to the financial performance of the company, but plaintiffs in a related legal action are not satisfied.
The complaint charges the company and executives with misrepresenting the strength of the Indy-based firm’s business model, financial performance and future prospects.
Allegion PLC, an international firm that made its debut as a public company on Monday, plans to hire another 150 people within six months between its Carmel corporate hub and Indianapolis manufacturing facility.
Two Indiana-based banks showed up on a national ranking of best non-interest income as a percentage of operating revenue: Evansville-based Old National Bancorp and South Bend’s 1st Source Corp.
Businesses will begin using their profits and horded cash to reinvest in themselves in 2014, helping push economic growth back to a more comfortable 2.5 percent, according to John Augustine, chief market strategist for Fifth Third Bank.
The primary investors in Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. are looking to lock in profits by unloading 16.6 million shares of the company for more than $350 million.
Shares of the California-based cloud computing giant continue to lag after last week’s announcement of its $2.5 billion offer for Indy-based marketing powerhouse ExactTarget.
xactTarget Inc.’s sale will swell the value of employee stock options to nearly $300 million—a windfall local tech experts expect will launch a wave of entrepreneurship over the next several years.