Firm nears takeover of Indiana Limestone Co.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — An investment firm is poised to take over a financially troubled southern Indiana company that supplied limestone to the Empire State Building, the Pentagon and other iconic buildings.

A bankruptcy court auction for Indiana Limestone Co. set for Monday was called off after only a subsidiary of suburban Chicago private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital expressed interest in bidding, The Herald-Times reported (http://bit.ly/1m4Qf0j ).