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Mobile app economy inspires local entrepreneurs
The mobile app economy is real — and it's brewing in Baltimore.
Many businesses are opening their wallets and spending to build mobile apps for customers to use. And developers are in hot demand across the United States, various surveys this year...Tags: Networking, Apple iPad, Startups, File Sharing, Computer Hardware
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Warren Buffet has a good plan for managing our trade with China
Peter Morici's recent article provides an excellent synopsis of our relationship with China and its practice of mercantilism ("China currency bill: America fights back," Oct. 11). He lists GE and Caterpillar as U.S. companies salivating at the prospect of...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Money and Monetary Policy, China, Companies and Corporations
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Jobs and fairness: 'prevailing wage' rule good for Marylanders
The Obama Labor Department has established a fair and simple requirement for issuing H-2B visas: Employers must first offer jobs to U.S. workers, at the prevailing wage in their community, before they can get permission to import foreign workers. This...Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Employees, Employers, Companies and Corporations, Employment Opportunities
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Maryland crab industry needs guest workers
Ross Eisenbrey's contention that Maryland's crab meat industry "has scared Maryland politicians for years" ("Jobs and fairness: 'prevailing wage' rule good for Marylanders," Oct. 24) shows he doesn't understand the industry and is willing to ignore or...Tags: Labor Legislation, Aquaculture, Employees, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Food Industry
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Plan would lop off eastern stub of Interstate 70
Interstate 70 starts its eastward course near Old Cove Fort in Utah, crosses the mighty Rockies by tunneling under Colorado's 11,990-foot-high Loveland Pass, traverses the Great Plains and meanders through the rolling hills of Pennsylvania before...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Highway Transportation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Traffic
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Unfair trade agreements got us into this mess; fair trade would get us out
This ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest movements are the result of the Obama administration and Congress' mismanagement of foreign trade. When the real story is told it will be seen that it is unfair trade agreements such as NAFTA and others that have...Tags: Trade Agreements, U.S. House of Representatives, Electronics, Employees, Economic Organization
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Move makes line to Pacquiao longer
Think of boxing's quest for fame and fortune as a game of musical chairs. Recently, the song stopped and Tim Bradley quickly sat down. The 28-year-old fire hydrant, a 140-pounder from Palm Springs, Calif., with lightning-quick hands and feet, signed with...Tags: Muhammad Ali, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Retirement, The Brink's Co., Manny Pacquiao
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Baltimore County average teacher salary is lowest among large systems
Baltimore County's average teacher salary is the lowest among large school systems in Maryland, but its two top officials are some of the highest-paid, according to data collected by the state.
On average, teachers in the county earn $60,272 — less...Tags: Teachers Unions, Teaching and Learning, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Joe A. Hairston, Baltimore County
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Layoffs, furloughs on table in Balto. Co. amid buyout talk
Even as the Baltimore County Council weighs an employee buyout plan that could chop millions from next year's budget, officials are leaving open the possibility of layoffs and furloughs. Council members discussed the early retirement proposal at a...Tags: Interior Policy, Employees, Arbitration, Labor Disputes, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Criticism of Social Security dishonest
It is always depressing when you see evidence of a political point of view overcoming intellect, but particularly so in Peter Morici's commentary on Social Security ("Yes, Social Security is a Ponzi scheme," Sept. 22). He forgets that Social Security is a...Tags: Corporate Crime, Fraud, Social Security
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Social Security is flawed, but it's no Ponzi scheme
Peter Morici's characterization of Social Security as a Ponzi scheme in his recent opinion piece ("Yes, Social Security is a Ponzi scheme," Sept. 22) is an affront to all intelligent people. In the first place, a Ponzi scheme is a deliberate attempt by...Tags: Retirement, Corporate Crime, Fraud, Social Security
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Social Security is a Ponzi scheme, but privatizing it won't help
When established in 1935, Social Security made its first payments to Americans age 65. These first recipients never contributed and were paid from contributions made by younger Americans. Those Americans and successive generations believed their...Tags: Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Executive Branch, Corporate Crime, Government
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