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Change takes time, Maryland voters say
If four years ago they voted for historic change, on Tuesday, Maryland supporters of President Barack Obama cast their ballots for patience. "I figure that in four years, he couldn't have done everything to right the course after the previous...
Tags: University of Baltimore, Catonsville, Mount Vernon, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan
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A new focus for the BDC
Now that M.J. "Jay" Brodiehas officially ended his service as head of the Baltimore Development Corporation, it's time to focus on his yet to be named successor and the economic development challenges he or she will face. This century has led off with a...
Tags: Realty, Business, Economic Policy, Baltimore Development Corporation
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Opinion: When it comes to new business, Carroll needs to stop thinking 'small'
The Board of County Commissioners, which refused an airport expansion that was 95 percent funded by higher levels of government, is about to embark on a fund to loan small business startups money at a rate of $25,000 per each. But these must be...Tags: Business, Bankruptcy, Budgets and Budgeting, Business Enterprises, Startups
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Obama never took Business 101
According to President Barack Obama, entrepreneurs and small business owners cannot take credit for their inventions or business success because their accomplishments were only made possible by the government's investments in infrastructure. Is this a...Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford
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Obama is wrong: Government a hindrance to small business
President Barack Obama said over the weekend at a Virginia campaign speech that private businesses are successful largely because of the government's support. This statement is absolutely ridiculous. It's pretty clear that President Obama has never...Tags: Government, Startups, National Government, Companies and Corporations, Elections
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Lawmakers look to boost small contractors
Like any construction firm hoping to break into government contracting, Linwood Scott's company needed to obtain a surety bond — a type of insurance — in order to win its first job. But getting the bond, which is required for contracts...
Tags: Justice System, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Benjamin L. Cardin, U.S. Senate
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The Interview: Robert L. Wallace on minority entrepreneurs
Robert L. Wallace, CEO of Baltimore-based Bithgroup Technologies, has spent more than two decades building a minority-owned business into a multimillion-dollar success and writing and lecturing about entrepreneurship.
The Cherry Hill-born mechanical...Tags: Cherry Hill (Baltimore, Maryland), Cherry Hill, Business Enterprises, Mount Vernon, Companies and Corporations
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Stalemate in Congress makes tax planning nearly impossible
Here we are less than six months away from the "fiscal cliff" and Congress shows little sign of pulling the country back from the brink. The fiscal cliff is the result of the Bush-era tax cuts expiring at year's end combined with $1.2 trillion in...Tags: Republican Party, Taxation, Credit Ratings, Rentals, Mitt Romney
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With Ryan, Romney can win -- and restore America
Last Thursday's Wall Street Journal editorial "Why Not Paul Ryan?" made the case for his selection as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in this statement: "Romney can win a big election over big issues. He'll lose a small one." After Mr. Ryan's...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Paul Ryan, The Wall Street Journal, Elections
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'Romney inspires me to pursue my dreams'
As a recent college graduate, I'm full of dreams. I can't wait to help make a better world with my skills. But lately I've been full of concern. I'm concerned for my future and the future of my generation. I'm concerned for my country. Recently, we...Tags: Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, CNBC (tv network), Bain Capital, LLC, Employment
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Government definitely does not help small business
As a small business owner, I take great umbrage at the idea that government helps small business ("Government helps small business? Absolutely," July 20). Yes, government does everything your letter writer says, but we taxpayers are the ones who pay the...Tags: Business, Democratic Party
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Supreme Court upholds health care law's mandate
The U.S. Supreme Courtupheld the constitutionality of President Obama's health care law Thursday, ruling that the government may impose tax penalties on people who do not have health insurance.
The court's long-awaited ruling rejected a broad legal...Tags: Justice System, Executive Branch, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Benjamin L. Cardin, National Government
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