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Markets are less competitive than you think
In my previous column, I argued that American citizen-consumers seem far more likely to complain about government failures than about similar problems arising in the free market. Waste, fraud, inefficiency and other frustrations resulting from...
Tags: Barack Obama, Executive Branch, Satellite and Cable Service, Time (magazine), Mitt Romney
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The battle for the 'smart home' heats up
What if the cable guy was also your home security guy?
Maryland consumers are about to find out. Comcast Corp. has launched a marketing blitz this month to sign up customers for its new "Xfinity Home" package, which features a residential alarm system,...Tags: Television Industry, Homes, Networking, Marketing, Satellite and Cable Service
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City schools pass 2013 budget
The Baltimore City school board voted Tuesday to pass the district's proposed $1.31 billion budget, which includes a decrease in the per-pupil funding for charter schools.
As the amount spent on students in traditional schools increases, the system's...Tags: Collective Contract, Andres Alonso, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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City again seeks to raise water, sewer rates
For the fourth consecutive year, Baltimore officials are proposing a 9 percent increase to water and sewer rates — and the charges will continue to grow indefinitely to cover the costs of major projects, they say.
The proposed rate increases come...Tags: University of Baltimore, Baltimore County, Bolton Hill, Carl Stokes, Water Supply
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Comcast launches "Xfinity Home" in Maryland today
If you're transfixed by the idea of a "smart home," Comcast today is launching a new product in Maryland that can help you control your home at the touch of a touch screen, iPhone or iPad. The company is rolling out its Xfinity Home package in...
Tags: New Products, Computer Hardware, Apple iPhone
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City, school system partner to offer more summer options
Baltimore city students will have a plethora of options for education and recreation this summer, under a new partnership between city agencies and school system that will expand the scope and length of programming for city youth. Mayor Stephanie...Tags: Andres Alonso, Teaching and Learning, Business, Students
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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...
Tags: Michael Andretti, Auto Racing, Interior Policy, Executive Branch, Teaching and Learning
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Dawn Stauffer Hyde, consultant
Dawn Stauffer Hyde, who founded an affirmative action and human resources consulting firm, died of early-onset dementia, or posterior cortical atrophy, May 11 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. She was 57 and had homes in Ellicott City and on Gibson...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Conservation, Labor Legislation, Alzheimer's Disease
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City to cut budget 28 percent
Aberdeen unveiled a proposed $12.4 million operating budget for fiscal year 2013 at Monday night's city council meeting that not only holds the line on taxes, but also cuts spending by a surprising 28 percent. The budget was one of several important...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), Bowie, Port Deposit, Mike Bennett, Budgets and Budgeting
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Robert B. Reich: The tinderbox societies
On May 1, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its highest peak since December 2007. But April's jobs report was a disappointment -- only 115,000 new jobs were created. At least 125,000 are required each month just to keep up with the growth of our...
Tags: Dow Jones Industrial Average, Robert B. Reich, Productivity, China, Unemployment Benefits
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As school facilities crumble, executive suites get remodeled
New furniture, a flat-screen television, decorative light fixtures, interactive white boards — these are among amenities the city school system bought during $500,000 in renovations to the central office, even as administrators decried the state...Tags: Local Elections, American Civil Liberties Union, Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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Critics seek more oversight of renovations at school district headquarters
Outraged education, community and political leaders have called for increased oversight of spending in the Baltimore City school system, amid revelations that about $500,000 was spent to upgrade offices at the district headquarters while city and state...Tags: Teachers Unions, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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