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Direct shipment law expands wine choices
A law enacted by the General Assembly in 2011 allowing direct shipment of wine to consumers appears to be having its intended effect of expanding consumer choice -- at least for the connoisseurs who care about such things. A report prepared by the...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Wines
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Harford delegates, senators to push for school construction, fight gun control in General Assembly
Harford's delegation to the Maryland General Assembly will be tackling a number of major bills this year, including those dealing with gun control and the death penalty. Some elected officials, like Sen. Nancy Jacobs, plan to fight those measures....
Tags: Business, Gun Control, Tourism and Leisure, Personal Weapon Control, Maryland General Assembly
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Gas tax gets a second look
Anyone who believes that political stalemate over raising taxes or a preference for deferring hard choices were problems unique to Congress has probably never been to Annapolis. Even when one party dominates both chambers, as the Democrats do in the...
Tags: Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Howard County, Finance, Martin O'Malley
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A year of challenges for city residents
A year ago, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake gave an inaugural address that was both lofty in vision and grounded in reality — the poetry of growing Baltimore by 10,000 residents in the next decade tempered by the prose of how to get there. "We...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Business, Johns Hopkins University, Local Elections, Accounting and Auditing
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Obama should sidestep Congress
Incumbent presidents don't run for reelection simply to preserve first-term accomplishments. Presidents and presidential candidates are men and women of big ambition, driven by the immense self-confidence required to run for the job and a desire to...
Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Global Change, Children's Health, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Consumer advocates stress discrimination concerns despite new mortgage rule
Consumer advocates welcomed a federal effort aiming to prevent predatory mortgage lending at a town hall in Baltimore on Thursday, but expressed worries that new rules would not halt discrimination.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled a...Tags: Finance, Banking, Loans, Benjamin L. Cardin, Linthicum
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Five questions with Vince Talbert
For the last dozen years, Vince Talbert has focused on one thing: Bill Me Later.
The 45-year-old Baltimore native co-founded the online payment company with three partners in 2000. The company helps Internet shoppers buy stuff online without a credit...Tags: Business, AOL LLC, Citigroup Incorporated, eBay Inc., University of Virginia
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Carroll County plumbing companies, owner ordered to pay $1 million for consumer violations
Two Carroll County plumbing companies and their owner have been ordered to pay more than $1 million after the state attorney general’s office found work done by employees who were not licensed plumbers. All State Plumbing Inc. and All State...Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Lawyers, Plumbing, Douglas F. Gansler, Justice System
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Md. loses 3,100 jobs in November, Labor Department says
Maryland's economy shed 3,100 jobs in November, the latest U-turn in a bumpy year overshadowed by the fast-approaching "fiscal cliff," according to federal data released Friday. The U.S. Department of Labor also sharply revised downward its estimate...
Tags: Barack Obama, John Boehner, Democratic Party, Strikes, Consumer Confidence
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Rec center reopens as Digital Harbor Tech Center
Tonight a former South Baltimore rec center is re-born as a tech center. Work — paid work for clients whose fees will help send students to college — will happen there. But there will still be plenty of play. Focused on after-school...
Tags: Business, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Networking, Teaching and Learning, Towson University
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Retailers test new formats during holidays
At GameStop Kids at White Marsh Mall, shoppers will find plush Mario book bags and Angry Birds hats mixed in with the Lego Star Wars and other kid-friendly video games, a mix meant to attract both serious "gamers" as well as those who've never played...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Games, Video Games, Gaming Industry, GameStop
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