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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: Bill Clinton, The Wall Street Journal, Harry Reid, The Washington Post, Newspaper and Magazine
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From 'Middle East' to 'Eager Park,' a community is rebranded
Hundreds of residents have been relocated and dozens of homes cleared from Baltimore's Middle East neighborhood in recent years. Now the area just north of Johns Hopkins Hospital may be losing something more: its name. As an ambitious redevelopment...
Tags: Patterson Park, Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers, Dwayne Johnson, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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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: Laureate Education Inc., Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Kirby Fowler, Harris Teeter, Inc.
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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: George Nilson, Bernard C. Young, Business, Employment Opportunities, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Pair of sugar mamas open new candy store
Catonsville residents with a sweet tooth now have a new place to satisfy their craving — and are happy about it, if the store's recent grand opening is any indication. Brandy Benhayon and Amanda Sinclair held the grand opening for their new...
Tags: Catonsville, Business, Glen Burnie, Walmart
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Ocean Gallery marks 50 wild-and-wacky years on the boardwalk
All summer long, even on the hottest days, a gentleman in a tuxedo stands on the Ocean City boardwalk. Locals and vacationers scurry over to find out what he's up to. The man is Joe Kro-Art, owner of Ocean Gallery, and if he's not playing boardwalk...
Tags: Arts, Passenger Cars, Television Industry, Trips and Vacations, American Visionary Art Museum
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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Globalization, Democratic Party
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Hopkins students notable in their absence in Charles Village
Loading his earthly belongings into a laundry cart that he rented from Campus Services, Johns Hopkins University freshman Austin Dennis made several trips from his dormitory room to his car on residential Greenway at North Charles Street, opposite the...
Tags: Union Memorial Hospital, Sandwiches, Students, Charles Street, Johns Hopkins University
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President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges
Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Baltimore! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...
Tags: Family, White House, Intel Corp., Barack Obama, Elijah E. Cummings
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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: Layoffs and Downsizing, Finance, Elections, Taxation, Laws
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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: Dundalk, Timonium, Sixteen, DirecTV Group Inc., Foods and Beverages
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Senate OKs online sales tax
The Senate voted Monday to allow states to assess a sales tax on purchases from Amazon.com, eBay and other online retailers in a bipartisan measure that would also reduce the increase planned for Maryland's gas tax. The bill, which passed 69-27, would...
Tags: Chris Christie, Benjamin L. Cardin, Baltimore County, eBay Inc., Amazon.com Inc.
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