[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…

[ad_1] Hornady Manufacturing has been named the 2023 recipient of the Industrial Water Quality Achievement Award, chosen by the Water Environment Federation Award & Recognitions Committee. “Working with the Nebraska Water Environment Association and the City of Grand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, we were nominated for this prestigious award,” said Dallas Powell, Hornady environmental compliance…

[ad_1] Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Taylor Swift arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. CNN  —  A controversial New York Times opinion piece that openly speculated this week whether Taylor Swift is a closeted queer person has drawn the ire of the pop superstar’s associates,…

[ad_1] Rivian’s 15th year is starting just as poorly as Tesla’s did A Rivian R1T electric truck outside its factory in Normal, Illinois.Image: Kamil Krzaczynski (Reuters) Did the market get too far ahead of itself? | Smart Investing Electric truck maker Rivian’s shares fell as much as 11% on Tuesday (Jan. 2), after the company…