
updated: 9/3/2010 12:42:01 PM
A Kokomo-based company says a state tax incentive aimed at attracting more movie and media production helped in its decision to produce an animated children's movie in Indiana. Bach Morris Technologies Corp. says almost all of the production's $2.4 million budget will be spent in the state, and the project will also create about 20 jobs. In an interview that will air this weekend on Inside INdiana Business Television, Bach Morris Chief Operati...
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updated: 9/3/2010 12:42:57 PM
Indiana University says it's closing the historic Brown County Playhouse and moving its summer theater program on-campus in Bloomington. IU says it made the decision because of the facility's "significant operating deficit." The Brown County Playhouse was donated to the Indiana University Foundation by Brown County businessman Andy Rogers.
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updated: 9/3/2010 12:43:26 PM
Elkhart County economic development officials say the area attracted more than $245 million in investments in the past year, creating 4,700 jobs. The Economic Development Corporation of Elkhart County is highlighting projects including Dometic Corp.'s $6.8 million project and a $3.5 million investment by All American Group of Elkhart and Middlebury.
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updated: 9/3/2010 12:44:18 PM
The Estridge Companies says it is withdrawing its proposal to build a multiuse sports complex in the Hamilton County community of Westfield, but will still include a baseball stadium, parks and fitness facilities in its Symphony development. Estridge is one of three developers that submitted a proposal to build the complex as part of the city's efforts to become the family sports capital of America.
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updated: 9/3/2010 11:28:43 AM
Shares of Indianapolis-based Emmis Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: EMMS) were up more than 3 percent in late morning trading after the company again extended a deadline for shareholders to accept a buyout offer. Chief Executive Officer Jeff Smulyan is trying to take the company private and has set a new deadline of September 8 for shareholders to accept his offer of $2.40 per share.
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