Financing and Stock Offerings

Like most county public schools that were built in the 1960s and are in need of a face-lift, Northeast High School in Pasadena needs a new gymnasium, more classrooms and a larger cafeteria. But whether county officials can fully fund the renovation...

The Anne Arundel County Board of Education will meet for a workshop on the fiscal 2010 capital improvement budget and capital budget at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the administration building, 2644 Riva Road, Annapolis. A meeting and public hearing on the fiscal...

Anne Arundel County schools Superintendent Kevin M. Maxwell unveiled a $216 million capital budget yesterday - with nearly a third made up of school construction spending to fix the county's deteriorating public schools. Maxwell's plan for fiscal 2010...

Daniel Congiolosi is sure it won't be long before energy is so expensive he won't be able to pay the bills. When that happens, he will be ready. This spring, he tripled the size of his garden. He's rushing to install a hand pump on the well, build a...

Dale Roland came back in black. Like many Broward teachers upset with a contract impasse, she wore protest clothes for the first day of classes at Coconut Creek High School. "I'm appreciative that I have a job," said Roland, a 21-year teaching veteran...

Regional department store chain Boscov's Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it will close 10 stores including anchors at White Marsh, Owings Mills and Marley Station malls in the Baltimore area. Officials from the 49-store...

FTI Consulting Inc. plans to spin off its fast-growing technology division, potentially bringing the Baltimore company hundreds of millions of dollars to position itself for another round of acquisitions. FTI, a business advisory firm best known for...

Private equity powerhouse Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. said yesterday that a plan to go public through a takeover of its Amsterdam-listed investment fund would give it access to new markets to make acquisitions and provide the European shareholders...

Federal Trust Corp. is re-launching a stock offering that the savings and loan hopes will raise as much as $35 million to help shore up its capital reserves, officials said late Monday. It is the second time in less than three months that the Sanford-...

Rising production and skyrocketing prices could more than double the Iraqi government's expected bonanza in oil revenue this year, leading a top U.S. government auditor to call for an end to American funding of Iraqi reconstruction projects. The Iraqi...

Brokerage firm International Assets Holding Corp. is laying the ground work for issuing up to $150 million in common stock to raise capital for potential future expansion, debt financing, acquisitions or general operations, the company said this week....

Pat Dahlson's wholesale flower business was blooming last year. He expanded from Los Angeles to Detroit, Cincinnati and other cities. He put more workers on the payroll, added trucks to his distribution fleet and dreamed of even more expansion. Then came...