Month: January 2024

[ad_1] Freight rates to Europe — India’s second largest export destination — via the Red Sea region have almost doubled due to rising attacks along the crucial shipping route, a senior government official told The Indian Express. This comes after global shipping giant Maersk on Friday decided to extend its diversion of vessels from the…

[ad_1] Merrillville-based StrategIQ Financial Group, formerly Strategic Financial Group, has been acquired by an Alabama-based firm. Birmingham, Alabama-based Waverly Advisors acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. StrategIQ was headquartered in Merrillville with offices in Oak Brook and the Indianapolis area. The investment advisory firm had about $1.5 billion in assets under management. CEO Chad Hassinger and three…

[ad_1] The Corvallis Clinic, a physician-owned medical group, will be acquired by a private insurance provider, also the world’s largest health care company, amid pay cuts and projected revenue losses. Optum Oregon, a subsidiary of the Minnetonka, Minnesota-based multinational corporation UnitedHealth Group, stated in a Dec. 28, public notice that the company will buy out shareholders…

[ad_1] The Nebraska Business Hall of Fame next month will welcome a railroad executive, a banker and a Grand Island family in the ammunition business. Lance Fritz, former chief executive officer, president and chairman of Union Pacific. Sid Dinsdale, chairman of Pinnacle Bancorp. The Hornady family of Hornady Manufacturing. The Nebraska Chamber and the University…