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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: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Mitt Romney, Milton Friedman, Barack Obama, Consumers
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Egg on Face(book)
There will be investigations and already there are lawsuits over the rollout of Facebook's overhyped IPO last week, but no investigation is necessary into the reason for the outrage over the stock's rapid fall. It's called human nature. It is the same...
Tags: Social Media, Stock Market, Finance, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
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Sharon Love's lawsuit raises questions about coaches' responsibilities
Although a Charlottesville, Va., jury found one man — athlete George Huguely V — criminally responsible for the beating death of Yeardley Love, his former girlfriend and fellow lacrosse player at the University of Virginia, the young woman's...Tags: Teachers, University of Virginia, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Facebook, Lacrosse
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Not many 'likes' for Facebook IPO
Kevin Kallaugher's depiction of new investors in Facebook essentially as being sheep waiting to be sheared ("Standing between Fortune and Chaos," May 20) was right on the mark. Despite a reported 900 million participants in Facebook, but with only $5 in...Tags: Social Media, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
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The empty copy desk
The Baltimore SunGregory Moore, the editor of the Denver Post, is, I believe, a good man grappling with a difficult challenge. The Post, as described in an article at Poynter.org by Steve Myers, is essentially eliminating its copy desk. Eleven are going or gone, a...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Newspapers
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Race clouds debate over downtown crime
The ongoing debate over youth crime in downtown Baltimore has sparked a war of words over race — overshadowing a debate over the police response to disturbances and objections from city politicians who say the issue is vastly overblown.
Since a...Tags: Annapolis, Baltimore County, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, NAACP, Martin O'Malley
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Why is The Sun so negative about the Grand Prix?
Why is it that The Baltimore Sun is so negative about the Baltimore Grand Prix ("Worse and worse," May 9)? Why is it that The Sun's sports pages rarely include any articles about IndyCar races leading up to the Baltimore Grand Prix? Why would they want to...Tags: Open-Wheel Racing, Ellicott City, The Wire (tv program), Business, Snow Storms
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Some consumers oppose smart meters in Md.
Jonathan Libber likes his analog utility meter just fine.
And no amount of debate will convince him that new wireless, digital "smart meters" being installed by Baltimore Gas & Electric and other utilities around the country would help conserve energy,...Tags: Credit and Debt, Civil and Public Service, Consumers, Energy, Headaches
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Milestones for old media and new
You know that question of who, dead or alive, you'd want to invite to a dinner party? I know, I hate it too. It's hard enough to plan the right mix and menu for an actual gathering, and make sure you don't invite people with the kind of romantic,...Tags: Social Media, MySpace, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, News Media
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Younger investors aim to bring horse racing to the 'public's doorstep'
– Thoroughbred racing is sometimes called the "sport of kings," but the horse owners and prospective owners sipping red wine at a reception the other night seemed too young to have ascended to an exalted level of royalty. Maybe they could...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Preakness Stakes, New York University
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T. Rowe Price sees Facebook investment more than triple in a year
T. Rowe Price Group's stake in Facebook Inc. more than tripled in value as the social networking giant went public Friday. At the close of the market Friday, T. Rowe's investment in Facebook was valued at $695.8 million. The Baltimore-based mutual fund...Tags: Social Media, Mutual Funds, Visa Inc., Ning Inc., T. Rowe Price Group Incorporated
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Rachel Marsden: Are government's 'strategic communications' coming to America?
Did you hear about the new bill that would allow the U.S. government's official overseas information agency to rebroadcast its content onto American TV and radio? The bipartisan Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012 was introduced in Congress last week by...
Tags: Pandora Media, Inc., Satellite Technology, Journalism, Joseph Goebbels, Adam Smith
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