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Daniel Baker, Alex. Brown partner
Daniel Baker, a former general partner at Alex. Brown & Sons who headed the firm's institutional sales department and in retirement managed a family farm, died May 19 from cancer at his Ruxton home. He was 82. "Dan was one of the true gentlemen in the...
Tags: Princeton University, Starbucks Corp., Corporate Officers, Annapolis, Rentals
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Local gamers share their curiosity about Xbox changes
The Baltimore SunCheck back on this slug frequently for updated details about the Xbox release. Microsoft today showcased details of its next-generation gaming platform, Xbox One, which will succeed the Xbox 360. The announcement at Microsoft's Redmond campus followed...Tags: Sony Corp., Baltimore County, Reisterstown Road, Gaming, Zynga Inc.
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Search traffic glancing at Xbox, still focused heavily on the Oklahoma tornado
Amazon's hosting service has been approved for government use, a formerly obscure math lecturer has received hard-won praise for an incredible accomplishment, and Oklahoma City is working to dig out from a devastating tornado. Welcome to your online...
Tags: Google Inc., Tornadoes, Lotteries, Dwayne Johnson, Baltimore Orioles
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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Washington Nationals, Technology, Weather Science, Biology, Standards
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How to carve a swan from a watermelon (and other institutional analogies)
Tiger Woods, Microsoft and the Tea Party are all reasserting themselves. Welcome to your post-weekend trends report for May 13, 2013. Woods won his 78th PGA event Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, showing further recovery from a series of injuries and marital...
Tags: Google Inc., Twitter, Inc., Digg Inc., Internal Revenue Service, Tiger Woods
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A new day for U.S. manufacturing
Remember the 1980s? It was to be the decade of Japanese dominance. A post-Jimmy Carter America would be unable to compete with the efficient Japanese jobs machine. Aging technology, lazy management and high-cost labor would ensure America's rapid demise...
Tags: Investments, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Trade Balance, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
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Sci-fi worthy of Malthus
In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...
Tags: Google Inc., James Cameron, Oblivion (movie), Avatar (movie), The Matrix (movie)
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HCC unveils new non-credit courses for summer
Howard Community College in Columbia is offering more than 50 new non-credit courses this summer, with many focusing on how to teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to preschool-age children and women and girls. Other non-credit...
Tags: Real Estate Sellers, Continuing Education, Howard Community College, Real Estate Buyers
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Prizing success in aerospace innovation
The future economic growth and competitiveness of the United States depends on our capacity to innovate. Many ideas have emerged from government, industry and academia regarding how best to inspire and support innovation. But nothing spurs creativity...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Colleges and Universities, Technology, Invention and Innovation, Air Transportation
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Three companies win $100,000 prizes in Md. start-up contest
A pharmaceutical company, a corporate-data analytics firm and a lighting company learned Monday night that they won the top prizes at the state's inaugural competition for start-up firms — $100,000 each. The InvestMaryland Challenge drew entries...
Tags: Investments, Chemical Industry, Entertainment Events, Justice System, Awards and Prizes
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Dundalk's Danny Wiseman bowls his way into Hall of Fame
Danny Wiseman is practicing at Country Club Lanes on Pulaski Highway, sounding like the 10-pin version of Rodney Dangerfield while expounding on a favorite topic: why bowling gets no respect. "I hate it when they say bowling's not a sport," he says now....
Tags: Rodney Dangerfield, Miller Park, Aneurysm, Bowling, Baseball
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Instead of speeding tickets, city could offer the Ticketmaster kind
Probably nothing else needs to be said about the Ticketmaster issue, especially after the well-written letter from Barbara Blumberg ("Ticketmaster is a scalper by another name," March 6). However, it should be pointed out that Ticketmaster is just one...
Tags: Ticketmaster, Electronics
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