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W.R. Grace says income dropped 13% in first quarter
Chemical maker W.R. Grace & Co. said Wednesday that its net income in the first quarter fell about 13 percent from the year-earlier period, in line with its warning to investors and analysts earlier in the month. The Columbia company said sales volumes...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Earnings, Prices, Stock Market
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From pride to disillusionment: a black leader sours on Obama
I can hear 'em now. "He's a good guy"; "He's a family man"; "He'll govern like a moderate"; "It will be so good for the country"; "He's post-partisan." That the election of a mixed-race candidate for president sent positive messages about America around...
Tags: Labor Disputes, Fox News Channel (tv network), Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Howard County maintains AAA bond rating
Howard County has maintained its AAA credit rating from all three bond ratings agencies after one agency had warned the county might lose its superior standing because of uncertainty with the federal government. Howard County was one of 38 counties...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Ken Ulman, Minor League Baseball, Manufacturing and Engineering, Moody's Corporation
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Avoiding sequester requires fixing the problems that got us into this mess
Your article on the impending across-the-board spending cuts points out the harm to the nation's economy that will result and the inability of Washington interest groups to come together to find a solution ("Budget-cut blame escalates," Feb. 26)....
Tags: Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Chemical Industry, Pharmaceuticals
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Authority advises caution on ICC privatization
The Maryland Transportation Authority has thrown some cold water on the idea of leasing the Intercounty Connector as a relatively pain-free way of raising money to pay for other projects – saying such deals are too complex to enter into without...
Tags: Maryland Department of Transportation, Breach of Contract, Privatization, Calvert County, Government
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Maryland's cloudy credit horizon
It would be ironic if Maryland, for the first time in the history of municipal bond ratings, lost its AAA status now. Thanks to a combination of spending restraint, tax increases and other reforms, Maryland's balance sheet is stronger that it has been...
Tags: Annapolis, Minor League Baseball, Moody's Corporation, Executive Branch, Local Government
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BGE customers to see rate increase
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers will be paying higher rates this year, with the average bills rising by several dollars a month, to cover the cost of upgrading the utility's infrastructure. Maryland's Public Service Commission, which regulates...
Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Government, Civil and Public Service, Howard County, Consumers
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St. Joseph loses $400,000 every day it can't bill Medicare
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center loses about $400,000 every day it's not certified by Medicare to collect payments from the federal health care program. The big question is how much that will ultimately cost the Towson hospital. Tens...
Tags: Research, Towson, Health and Safety at School, Health Insurance, Cardiologists
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Howard County faces loss of AAA bond rating
Howard County has maintained a AAA bond rating from agencies Standard & Poors, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings since the mid-1990s, but if Moody's downgrades the federal government to AA-plus, Howard County could follow. Howard County...Tags: Interior Policy, Minor League Baseball, Moody's Corporation, Gun Control, Howard County
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Kopp says state bond rating could suffer if Washington fails to act
Maryland could lose one of its prized AAA bond ratings if the U.S. government fails to find a way out of its debt and budget problems in the coming months, state Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp has warned. Kopp told a Senate committee in Annapolis this week that...
Tags: Annapolis, Bonds, Minor League Baseball, Manufacturing and Engineering, Moody's Corporation
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Obama's State of the Union address as prepared for delivery [Text]
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress…It is my task,” he...
Tags: New Products, Health and Safety at School, Jill Biden, Graduation, War in Afghanistan (2001-present)
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Prepared text of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's State of the City Address 2013
Mr. President, Madam Comptroller, Senators and Delegates, members of the City Council, clergy, colleagues in public service, committed people of Baltimore—thank you for the opportunity to report on the progress of our city and to renew our...
Tags: Inner Harbor, Laws, Safety of Citizens, Gun Control, Lobbying
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