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Editorial: Staff reductions aid county budget, but it's a one-year fix
When government budgets are unveiled, they are invariably described as "lean," "bare-bones," "belt-tightening," etc. The taxpaying public, understandably, does not want to hear about "fat" budgets. However, the county's $1.65 billion operating budget...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Job Layoffs, Unemployment
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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: Auto Racing, Executive Branch, Teaching and Learning, Bernard C. Young, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Treasury Secretary Geithner speaks to Greater Baltimore Committee
Speaking to hundreds of Baltimore's business leaders in Harbor East on Thursday morning, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner praised President Barack Obama's handling of the recession and outlined his boss' financial reform wish list, which...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Barack Obama, Harbor East, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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One man's austerity is another's common sense
I found the editorial, "Europe's lesson for the GOP" (May 10) to be very interesting and somewhat perverted as it became a critique of the GOP for protecting rich people from paying taxes and not about fiscal management to avoid a crisis. I saw...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Student loan debt traps parents, too
Just as parents and their high school seniors are about to sign those college acceptance letters, there is news that unless Congress acts by July 1, the interest rate on federal student loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.
President...Tags: Loans, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Federal Reserve, Credit and Debt
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The nation's other debt crisis
If you have a college student in the family — or an interest in presidential politics — by now you've probably heard that the interest rates on Stafford student loans are set to double on July 1 unless Congress takes action. President Barack...
Tags: Paul Ryan, The Pentagon, Barack Obama, Homes, Loans
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Are men better with credit cards than women in Maryland?
Alas, sisters, a study by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation finds that men are better users of credit cards. The survey, which polled about 500 people in each state and D.C., found that Maryland men are less likely to carry a balance, pay only...Tags: Credit and Debt
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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: Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Minor League Baseball, Financial and Business Services, Ken Ulman
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Rent-to-own: Soaking the poor
Here's a deal few would jump on: A chance to pay $2,000 for a $600 laptop computer, $1,200 for a $400 TV set, and nearly $2,700 for a used washing machine and dryer that only cost $935 when new. It's probably safe to say most people would run the other...Tags: Electronics, Electrical Appliance, Baltimore County, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Manufacturing and Engineering
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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: Investment Service, Prices, Stock Market, Finance, T. Rowe Price
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Board of Ed approves refinancing for A. A. Roberty building, two other school debts to save $1.275 million
The Harford County school system hopes to refinance three existing debts it carries for an estimated savings of more than $1.2 million. "[I] know we can get better terms in the current market," Jim Jewell, assistant superintendent of business services,...Tags: Public Schools, Towson, Jim Jewell, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Harford's Craig unveils $618.3 million budget for 2013
Harford County's property tax rate would remain the same in fiscal 2013 and employees would once again not get raises, if County Executive David Craig's new budget is approved intact by the county council. Craig formally presented his $618.3 million...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance Cost, Safety of Citizens, Aberdeen
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