Bumpy road to recovery
The Baltimore Sun explores the tales behind these challenging economic times
12:55 AM EST, February 28, 2011
Cubicles, offices are shrinking, while space for teamwork grows
Your office cubicle may be feeling more cramped than ever.
February 27, 2011
Made (once again) in America
When NovaSom Inc. was looking to produce its sleep apnea diagnostic kits, the Glen Burnie-based company didn't look to factories in Asia or Mexico. Instead, it found a manufacturer right off the Beltway in Woodlawn.
7:14 PM EST, February 21, 2011
Group proposes alternative currency to support local economy
A Baltimore group wants to put civic pride in your wallet.
5:14 PM EST, February 18, 2011
An up-and-down year for Baltimore's housing market
Gauging the trajectory of the real estate market in the Baltimore region has become a hyper-local exercise — it depends on precisely where you live.
8:37 PM EST, February 7, 2011
Jobs grew 6 percent in downtown Baltimore in 2010
As the economy improved, the number of jobs in downtown Baltimore rose 6 percent last year — the first gain in three years and a much faster pace of employment growth than in the entire city, statistics to be released Tuesday by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore show.
January 30, 2011
Legg focused on reversing fund withdrawals
Legg Mason Inc. has bounced back from the worst of the financial crisis by many counts.
12:39 PM EST, January 29, 2011
Employers increase flexible workplace options
Employees at Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield, the region's largest insurer, can work from home several days a week.
7:27 PM EST, January 25, 2011
Md. unemployment holds steady for fourth month
Maryland's unemployment rate held steady at 7.4 percent for the fourth month in a row in December, though 6,900 jobs were lost in the state that month compared to the previous month, according to figures released today by the U.S. Labor Department.
6:25 PM EST, January 22, 2011
For older, out-of-work residents, the future looks grim
Kathleen Harwell can't imagine what life on the streets would be like for a 59-year-old woman with diabetes and high blood pressure, but she's afraid she'll soon find out.
8:41 PM EST, January 18, 2011
GMAC dropping 250 Maryland foreclosure cases
GMAC Mortgage said Tuesday it is dropping about 250 Maryland foreclosure cases that were apparently "robo-signed," giving homeowners a second chance to save their properties — and raising the possibility that other lenders might follow suit.
6:57 PM EST, January 15, 2011
After spectacular fall, Struever reappears on the radar
Two years after C. William Struever's real estate empire collapsed and the once-ubiquitous developer dropped off Baltimore's radar, the urban visionary has reappeared as a managing director of a new company, working on the same kinds of projects that helped make his name.
7:27 PM EST, January 3, 2011
Apartment rents rise as homeownership sinks
Apartment complexes in the Baltimore region are raising rents as a muted economic recovery and a foreclosure crisis have discouraged homeownership — and added to the ranks of renters.
6:18 PM EST, December 11, 2010
Small retailers struggle in tough economy to stock up for holidays
Beth Hawks' cozy Federal Hill boutique is so chock-full of earrings, scarves, ornaments and other merchandise that customers taking it all in might never guess to what lengths she has gone to stock the shelves.
11:07 PM EDT, October 12, 2010
False signatures cloud Maryland foreclosure cases
Lawyers at two Maryland firms handling foreclosures filed court documents without actually signing the papers themselves, a development that is calling into question the validity of at least some of the home foreclosure cases in the state.
10:03 PM EDT, June 8, 2010
Baltimore 'green' careers training center opens
Less than four years ago, Bill Harmon lived hand to mouth on the streets of Baltimore, struggled with a drug addiction that depleted his savings and had no prospects for a job with a future.
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