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New Grand Prix chief has been a big city contractor, campaign donor
Despite financing more than $140 million city contracts in the past 12 years, donating tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic candidates and being a member of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's inner circle, J.P. Grant III has largely avoided the...
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Regulators pressure life insurers to help beneficiaries collect their due
Regulators nationwide are pushing life insurers to do a better job of tracking when policyholders die and locating the beneficiaries — an effort that could reap billions of dollars for consumers. Insurers regularly monitor Social Security's Death...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Consumers, Social Security, MetLife Incorporated, Insurance
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Natural gas exports eyed through Calvert County
— It's quiet these days at Dominion's liquefied natural gas terminal in the Chesapeake Bay. Only five tankers docked last year at the pier a mile off the Calvert County shoreline, and not much traffic is expected this year, either.
But thanks in...Tags: Economic Organization, Natural Gas, Plant Openings, Environmental Politics, Trade Agreements
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Jobless benefits aren't welfare
Opponents of continuing the extension of unemployment insurance often make one of the following arguments: (1) the program is welfare for the undeserving; (2) it subsidizes leisure and is a major contributor to the high unemployment rate; or (3) the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Unemployment, Rand Paul, Unemployment Benefits, Federal Reserve
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How to get the economy moving again
Last week, we learned that farm income in 2011 is forecast to reach an all-time high, up 28 percent over 2010, signaling that American agriculture remains a bright spot in our nation's economy. The growth in farm income is also making a real difference...Tags: Economic Organization, Productivity, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Trade Agreements
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Farm income up 28 percent
Editor: Recently, we learned that farm income in 2011 is forecast to reach an all-time high, up 28 percent over 2010, signaling that American agriculture remains a bright spot in our nation's economy. The growth in farm income is also making a real...Tags: Economic Organization, Productivity, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Trade Agreements
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Fire companies question new memorandum from county
Harford County's Volunteer Fire & EMS Association is still hoping Harford County Executive David Craig will be more flexible in his requirement that each of the county's 12 fire and EMS companies provide financial information. Association president...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Finance, Havre de Grace
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South Korean trade deal: A small step toward fixing the economy
President Barack Obama's jobs bill, a relatively modest effort given the risks the economy faces and the toll that extended joblessness has taken on American workers, is bogged down in a divided Congress and is about to get more so. Senate leaders are...Tags: South Korea, Economic Organization, U.S. House of Representatives, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Trade Dispute
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Some Harford fire companies still at odds with county on financial information
Harford County Executive David Craig's administration remains at odds with the Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association over the county's demand that all fire companies disclose budget information individually in order to continue receiving...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Finance, Justice System, Lawyers
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Most Harford fire companies say they have 'no problems' with county's demands
Only one of Harford County's 12 volunteer fire and ambulance organizations has yet to sign a memorandum of agreement with Harford County government that requires each company to submit detailed financial information before it gets future county funding....Tags: Companies and Corporations, Finance, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Budgets and Budgeting, Advertising
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Federal judge to rule by next week on dismissal of Currie charges
A federal judge said Monday he will rule by next week whether eight bribery and extortion charges filed against state Sen. Ulysses Currie and two former executives of Shoppers Food Warehouse, which employed Currie as a consultant, will stand. Defense...Tags: Prosecution, FBI, Prince George's County, Tools and Hardware, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy
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Jury selection begins in bribery trial of state Sen. Currie
Jury selection in the federal bribery and extortion trial of Maryland Sen. Ulysses Currie and two Shoppers Food Warehouse executives opened Monday with the judge reading aloud a who's who in state politics.
Gov. Martin O'Malley, Senate President Thomas...Tags: Punishment, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Judges, Lawyers
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