The 3 Fort Wayne, IN Area Publicly-Held Companies Total Audited Earnings Were Just Crushed in 2015, Driven Mainly By Steel Dynamics ..... Total Audited Losses Were $43 Mil in 2015 as Compared With Total Audited Earnings of $204 Mil in 2014, $307 Mil in 2013, $298 Mil in 2012 and $392 Mil in 2011 ..... The Republican and Democratic Political Establishments Did Not Execute in Creating a Favorable Economic Environment Which Would Have Permitted Fort Wayne Area Companies, Their Employees and Their Families To Thrive Economically in 2015

From both the superb Google Finance website and US Company SEC filings, below here are the reported US GAAP Earnings (Losses) From Continuing Operations, Audited By One of the Prestigious Big 4 CPA Firms, for the most recent Annual Fiscal Year End (FYE) 2015 and each of earlier Years of 2011-2014 for each of the 3 Publicly-Held Fort Wayne, Indiana HQed Companies:

				Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual	Annual
				2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
				Net	Net	Net	Net	Net
			Most	Income	Income	Income	Income	Income
	City	State	Recent	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)	(Loss)
	HQs	HQs	FYE	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils	$ mils
Fort Wayne Area Companies
Steel Dynamics Inc	Fort Wayne	IN	Dec 15	(145)	92	164	142	266
Vera Bradley Inc	Roanoke	IN	Jan 16	28	41	60	72	62
Franklin Electric Co	Fort Wayne	IN	Dec 15	74	71	83	84	64
Total all 3 Fort Wayne Area Companies				(43)	204	307	298	392
2015 Total Earnings Deterioration From:
……….2014				(247)
……….2013				(350)
……….2012				(341)
……….2011				(435)