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Good afternoon, Baltimore: Monday lunchtime lowdown
ON THE SITE... Terrell Stoglin suspended by Terps, will enter NBA draft: Maryland guard Terrell Stoglin, the Atlantic Coast Conference's leading scorer this season, won’t return to the Terrapin men's basketball team after being suspended one year...Tags: Maryland Terrapins, Hospitals and Clinics, New York Yankees, NBA Draft, Baltimore Orioles
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Builder pleads guilty in investment scheme
A Baltimore home builder pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with a construction investment scheme that defrauded victims of more than $14 million, the Maryland U.S. attorney's office said. Brian McCloskey, 44, spent at least two years — from...Tags: Investments, House Building, Finance, Bowie, Court Preliminary
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Mayor, council president spar on water bills
Baltimore's top elected officials are battling over whether the city should seize homes because of unpaid water bills after a recent audit found widespread billing errors. MayorStephanie Rawlings-Blakesays eliminating the threat of liens could endanger...Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Anirban Basu, Credit and Debt, Bernard C. Young, Finance
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Mayor agrees to remove homes with estimated water bills from tax sale
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake agreed Friday to stop seizing homes over unpaid water bills in cases where the bills were estimated, a practice that city officials say led to widespread inaccuracies. The move is a compromise between Rawlings-Blake and...Tags: Ratings, Credit and Debt
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Council bill aims to reduce delinquency rates on condo dues
Condo and homeowners associations have struggled for years to collect dues from all the property owners in their communities, but when the economy turned sour and the housing market declined, delinquency rates skyrocketed. After the Federal Housing...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Values, Medical Procedures and Tests, Canterbury, Federal Housing Administration
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Apple sparks renewed interest in dividend-paying stocks
Apple made headlines again last week, but this time they weren't entirely about the new iPad.
The tech behemoth announced that it would start paying a quarterly dividend worth $2.65 per share beginning in July. That amounts to nearly $10 billion to be...Tags: T. Rowe Price, Stock Market, PepsiCo Inc., Apple iPad, Investment Service
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Annapolis mayor proposes $95.4M budget with higher fees
Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen has introduced a $95.4 million operating budget for the next fiscal year, a proposal that would raise the property tax rate along with some fees for residents as the city moves to invest in its infrastructure and...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Property Tax, Annapolis, Moody's Corporation, Unemployment
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County earns Triple-A bond rating for 15th straight year
Howard County has again earned a Triple-A bond rating from all three rating agencies. "While this is the 15th consecutive year Howard County has earned a Triple-A rating, we never take it for granted," County Executive Ken Ulman said in a statement. "It'...Tags: Financial and Business Services, Ken Ulman, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Minor League Baseball
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Democrats, GOP lawmakers disagree on need for special session
Democrats and Republicans sparred Tuesday over whether a special session of the General Assembly is needed to pass tax increases to avert steep budget cuts, while Moody's Investors Service warned the situation could hurt the credit ratings of localities...
Tags: Annapolis, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Moody's Corporation, Government Debt
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Why fairness is essential for economic growth
Get ready for the tax wars. President Barack Obama wants to raise taxes on the rich, setting a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on millionaires (the so-called "Buffett Rule," named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who says it's unfair that he...
Tags: Productivity, Germany, World War II (1939-1945), Bill Clinton, Colleges and Universities
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Big debt collectors and credit bureaus come closer to federal oversight
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureauhas the power to oversee big debt collectors and credit bureaus. Before it can do so, it has to define “big.” The agency released its proposed rule that defines the size of institutions it will...Tags: Credit and Debt
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Stopping thieves before they steal your child's identity
As concern grows over child identity theft, Maryland is considering legislation that would make the state the first in the nation to protect a youngster's credit report. Minors aren't supposed to have such reports because they're too young to get credit....Tags: Netherlands, Annapolis, Criminals, Fraud, Social Security
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