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Baltimore-based STX plans line of ice hockey equipment
STX, which built its business through innovation on the lacrosse field, aims to play in a larger but more slippery arena — the ice rink. The Baltimore-based sports equipment maker plans to introduce a line of ice hockey sticks and protective...
Tags: National Hockey League, Washington Capitals, Reebok Ltd., Alexander Ovechkin, Sales
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A nuclear opportunity
Companies supplying components for the nuclear power industry are located throughout the United States, including a number in Maryland. These manufacturing firms have developed businesses providing components and equipment required for the maintenance and...
Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of Commerce, Nuclear Power, International Trade, Petroleum Industry
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Policy pits candy against sugar
Some of Baltimore's best-known candy makers are pressing Congress to overturn a decades-old sugar policy they say is leaving a bad taste in their mouth. Goetze's Candy Co., Wockenfuss Candies and others want lawmakers to rethink long-standing...
Tags: Jeanne Shaheen, National Government, U.S. Congress, Patrick J. Toomey, Government
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Understanding the deep roots of entitlement woes
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s Sunday columns are usually thought-provoking, but not always in the way he intended. His latest opinion piece laments the vastly expanded entitlement economy — what he calls "a European-style welfare state" ("...
Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Mitt Romney, Health Insurance Cost, Government, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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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: Government Health Care, Credit Ratings, Jill Biden, Engineering, Labor Legislation
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Unions are not the answer
I take issue with much of Lane Windham's recent commentary ("If not labor unions, then what?" Jan. 29) beginning with the fundamental premise that it was the unions that provided us with economic redistribution. Like many other academicians, Ms. Windham...
Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Agriculture, Windham (Windham, Connecticut), Productivity, Steroids
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If only the rich knew what was best for them
As President Barack Obama said in his inaugural address, America "cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it." Not even the very wealthy can continue to succeed without a broader-based prosperity. That's because...
Tags: Germany, Walmart, McDonald's, Unions, Barack Obama
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Bel Air's new food truck regulations are probably unnecessary
It's been nearly 25 years since Bel Air experienced a tempest in a teapot over whether hot dog vendors would be allowed to sell their wares on the streets of town. After plenty of back and forth, hot dog vendors eventually were allowed to push their...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Business Enterprises, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Business
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Editorial: Don't fall prey to credit card information thievery
There are those who have observed that the global economy has always been part of the human experience. The demand for exotic goods, ranging from salt and spices to gold, led to the establishment of the Silk Road linking Europe and eastern Asia, trans-...Tags: Harford County, Asia, Credit and Debt, Europe, Electronics
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College still matters
Young people and their parents are rightly nervous these days about the economy. Many wonder whether their investment in a college education will pay off. Such worries are overblown. College graduates continue to do far better, even in this difficult...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Students, University of Baltimore, Employment
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Obama or Romney? We're in deep trouble either way
Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential election today, one thing seems certain: Americans are about to learn the same hard lessons recently visited upon the French and the British. That is, whoever ends up being elected head of any given political...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Elections, Environmental Pollution, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: University of Michigan, Alzheimer's Disease, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Scientific Invention, Criminals
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