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Mary Louise Bennett, longtime educator
Mary Louise Bennett, a longtime Anne Arundel County educator who was a founding member of the Chesapeake Academy, died Sunday from complications of an infection at Genesis Health Care Facility in Severna Park, where she had lived for the past three years....Tags: Judges, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Genesis (music group), Severna Park, Colon Cancer
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Curtis B. Reiber, Army officer
Curtis B. Reiber, an Army intelligence officer whose career spanned three decades, died Nov. 20 of a stroke at Saint Agnes Hospital. He was 77.
The son of a DuPont Co. worker and a homemaker, Curtis Brooks Reiber was born in Centre Hall, Pa., and...Tags: Central Michigan University, Catonsville, Melbourne, Defense, Anglicanism
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Cordelia P. Gilbert, homemaker
Cordelia P. "Cordy" Gilbert, a homemaker and flower arranger, died Nov. 24 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Towson's Edenwald retirement community.
She was 91.
A daughter of farmers, Cordelia Phillips was born and raised in Laurel, Del.,...Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Alzheimer's Disease, Edenwald, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Baltimore County
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Farm profits boom amid employment bust as owners automate
The property Kevin Liefer and his son, Kirk, cultivate in southern Illinois has been expanding for decades without adding a single manager. These are boom times for farming and a bust for farm jobs. The 3,600 acres of mostly corn, wheat and soybeans the...Tags: David Anderson , Monsanto Company, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Employment Opportunities, Finance
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Martha Elizabeth (Deeter) Brown, 92, of Providence Place Chambersburg and formerly of Greencastle
Martha Elizabeth (Deeter) Brown, 92, of Providence Place Chambersburg and formerly of Greencastle, died Friday morning, Jan. 25, 2013, at Providence Place. She was the wife of the late Bruce B. Brown, her husband of 55 years who died Jan. 14, 2002. Born...Tags: Somerset County (Maryland), American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), World War II (1939-1945)
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Dow Chemical to slash 2,400 jobs, close 20 plants
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) - The Dow Chemical Co. will eliminate about 2,400 jobs and close roughly 20 manufacturing facilities as part of a restructuring plan aimed at coping with slowing economic growth in Europe and elsewhere. The manufacturing giant said...Tags: European Debt Crisis, Dow Chemical Co., Europe, Job Layoffs, Electronics
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Europe, China taking toll on U.S. corporate profits
With U.S. stocks near five-year highs, the unmistakable reality of a sputtering global economy has hit home, stifling U.S. corporate sales and spooking investors. They started heading for the stock market exits last week, and they picked up the pace...
Tags: McDonald's, General Electric Company, Earnings, IBM, Dining and Drinking
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Exits show how few women make it to CEO in U.S.
For advocates of gender equality, this week's ouster of two of corporate America's most powerful women served as a reminder of how little progress U.S. companies have made in promoting women to executive positions.
In particular, Yahoo Inc.'s decision to...Tags: Shareholders, Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Officers, Carly Fiorina, Management Change
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Drum pioneer snares a big chunk of the market
The gig: Chief executive and founder of Valencia-based Remo Inc., a pioneer in drumhead technology and a leading manufacturer of drumheads for more than 50 years.
Background: Remo Belli, 82, started drumming at age 12, while growing up in the South Bend-...Tags: Music Industry, Companies and Corporations, Betty Hutton, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Music
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Bush: Obama's 'sherpa' with Europe
The Swampby Mark Silva What an international dance is taking place today: Around the perimeters of a global Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy which President Bush has convened on a rainy day in the nation's capital, the leaders......Tags: Heads of State, G8, White House, John McCain, George W. Bush
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White is Top Car-Color Choice Again This Year
KickingTiresThere's probably a really obvious D.L. Hughley joke in this story. According to the 2008 DuPont Global Color Popularity Report, White and White Pearl are America's choice for favorite car color, with 16% and 4% of the market share, respectively.......Tags: Dennis J. Kucinich, Marketing, Vehicles, Corporate Performance
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