Indianapolis Business Journal

Carmel-based insurer hopes to raise $234 million through public offering. Full Story »

IUPUI says it needs about $15 million to renovate the aging Natatorium swimming complex and wants the city's Capital Improvement Board to fund part of the expense. Full Story »

Bills aimed at placing caps on property tax bills to the state constitution are now before both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly. Full Story »

The House Ways and Means Committee voted 14-10 Monday in favor of the bill, which now heads to the full House for consideration. Full Story »

Tim Durham's Fair Finance Co. says it needs another 30 days to provide Ohio regulators with a mountain of documents they requested relating to insider loans and other issues. Full Story »

Atlanta-based Carbon Motors is a step closer to producing its high-tech police cars in Connersville after a bankruptcy judge authorized auto-parts maker Visteon Corp. to sell a closed plant to the city for $500. Full Story »

The justices on Monday turned down an appeal from the state of Indiana pension funds that earlier challenged the automaker's bankruptcy proceedings. Full Story »

Once-a-month injection of best-selling drug will have patents that could extend until 2018. Full Story »

A receiver appointed to manage the assets of financially troubled Hansen & Horn Group Inc. will recommend whether the Indianapolis-based home builder should remain in business. Full Story »

State lawmakers are weighing possible changes to state gambling laws at a time when growing competition from out-of-state casinos threatens to cut into business at Indiana's 11 riverboat casinos. Full Story »

Economist Paul Samuelson, who won a Nobel prize for his effort to bring mathematical analysis into economics, helped shape tax policy in the Kennedy administration and wrote a textbook read by millions of college students, died Sunday. Full Story »

Hybrid system of technology and human contact to be tried in 10 counties before wider roll-out Full Story »

President Obama’s plan to nationalize the federal student loan program threatens to force Virginia-based Sallie Mae to hack its network of 26 offices down to just five. Yet the company's Indiana operations have several advantages that could help them weather the cuts. Full Story »

The NCAA might expand its annual men’s tournament from the current three-week, 65-team format to one featuring an added week and a whopping 96 teams. Proponents of the plan say it will generate a bigger television rights-fee deal for the not-for-profit NCAA, which disperses 95 percent of the income to member institutions. Full Story »

Wall Street analysts have described the potential sale of Chicago-based General Growth Properties as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” for a company to make “the deal of the decade” in the shopping-mall business. Full Story »

A group of mayors led by Tom Henry of Fort Wayne and Greg Ballard of Indianapolis is seeking new sources of revenue to replace the millions they’ll lose because of property tax caps. Full Story »

A federal financial-disclosure statement Brizzi submitted in May lists the politician as an investor in Red Rock Pictures Holdings Inc., a film-development firm also backed by Durham. Full Story »

In high-turnover industry of gas stations and convenience stores, Greenfield-based GasAmerica builds loyalty. Full Story »

Shares of KAR Auction Services Inc. Friday inched above prices set by the vehicle auctioneer in its initial public offering. Full Story »

The statement says the company anticipates reopening its loan-collection arm, but offers no assurances to the Ohio investors it owes. Full Story »

Stock in Carmel-based KAR Auction Services Inc. on Friday morning traded below prices set by the vehicle auctioneer in its initial public offering. Full Story »

Carmel firm using $12 million in venture capital for buying spree is now nation's second-largest operator of sleep centers. Full Story »

Businesses unexpectedly increased their inventories in October, halting a slide of 13 consecutive declines. The small gain, along with a fifth straight increase in sales, raised hopes that businesses will begin restocking their depleted shelves, helping support the economic recovery. Full Story »

David Lawrence, who has been acting president at Arts Council of Indianapolis since July, continues the task of leading an organization that has seen its funding fall dramatically in the past year. Full Story »

The government's report came as a surprise because the nation's retailers have been reporting generally lackluster results for the start of the holiday shopping season. Full Story »