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Taxing Internet sales
In 1998, when President Bill Clinton signed the bipartisan Internet Tax Freedom Act, which prohibited state and local taxation of Internet access and Internet-only services, the purpose was to promote the commercial potential of the Internet, especially...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Local Government, The Wall Street Journal, Sales, Newspaper and Magazine
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Laurel Board of Trade gears up for Saturday's Main Street Festival
Laurel has undergone many changes since the 1980s, but one thing has remained consistent over the years: the Laurel Board of Trade's annual Main Street Festival. This year's Main Street Festival, the 33rd one overall, will be held on Saturday, May 11,...
Tags: Festive Events, Small Businesses
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Graul's to hold fundraiser Saturday for local Boston bombing victim
When it comes to Erika Brannock, a Cockeysville resident who lost her lower left leg in the Boston Marathon bombing, and Brannock's mother, Carol Downing, the staff at Graul's Market in Hereford consider them part of the family. Brannock, a preschool...
Tags: Lardarius Webb, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Justin Tucker
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Labor official brings minimum-wage push to Baltimore
The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore. The head of the U.S. Department of Labor plans to swing into town Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about how they make — or don't make — ends meet. Seth D. Harris, the agency'...
Tags: Employment, George Miller III, Barack Obama, Tom Harkin, State of the Union Address
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Diner Days: A timeline of the Hollywood Diner
The Baltimore SunThe Hollywood Diner has had a turbulent history in Baltimore. Here's a look back. 1981 — Location scouting begins for the MGM production “Diner,” which is to be filmed in and around Baltimore. The Hilltop Diner, the northwest...Tags: Long Island, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry, William Donald Schaefer, Baltimore International College
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Bill would force contractors to hire city residents
The City Council is poised to vote Monday on a bill that would require businesses receiving large city contracts or major financial support to hire 51 percent of new workers from Baltimore — or face sanctions. "We have the highest unemployment...
Tags: Baltimore Development Corporation, George Nilson, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Sales, Unemployment
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Counterfeit bill passed at Westminster gas station
The Carroll County Sheriff's Office is reminding local businesses to be alert for counterfeit currency after an incident at a Westminster gas station early Sunday morning. The Sheriff's Office reported that a counterfeit $20 bill was passed as...
Tags: Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, U.S. Secret Service
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O'Malley, CEO praise Knorr's new Westminster facility
The Knorr Brake company unveiled its new Westminster facility Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Gov. Martin O'Malley and Knorr-Bremse CEO Heinz Hermann Thiele. Knorr Brake is the American base of German-based Knorr-Bremse. It...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Carroll County (Maryland)
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H&S development plans could hasten efforts for bustling Central Avenue corridor
John Paterakis Sr. didn't believe it when Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke told him nearly two decades ago that Harbor East's Marriott Waterfront Hotel would spur revitalization from the Inner Harbor to Canton. The city had picked Paterakis' H&S Properties...
Tags: M.J. Brodie, Realty, John Paterakis Sr., Kirby Fowler, Sales
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The hollowing out of government
The chemical and fertilizer plant in the town of West, Texas, where at least 15 were killed and more than 200 injured a few weeks ago hadn't been fully inspected by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration since 1985. (A partial inspection by a...
Tags: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Sales, Taxation, Health Care Reform (2009)
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'VEEP' and 'Cards' bringing money, glam to our gritty city
The Baltimore SunOnly three years ago, Baltimore and Maryland were all but out of the TV and film production business. After the glory years of “Homicide,” “The Corner,” “The Wire” and tens of millions of HBO dollars spent here on...Tags: Television, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Sales, Robin Wright, David Simon
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New barber shop opening as merchants in Hampden play musical chairs
A shave and a haircut of yesteryear cost the proverbial two bits, 25 cents. A shave alone at The Old Bank Barbers, a soon-to-open barber shop on The Avenue in Hampden, will cost $25. It won't be any old shave, though. Owner Daniel Wells promises an old-...
Tags: Chicken, DirecTV Group Inc., Foods and Beverages, Timonium, Dundalk
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