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Md. sheds 6,200 jobs in April, Labor Department says
Maryland employers slashed 6,200 jobs in April, cutting short a string of gains, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday, as the state began feeling the pinch of federal budget sequestration and cutbacks in consumer spending. But the government's...
Tags: Finance, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment Rate, Employment Opportunities, U.S. Department of Labor
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Complaining CEOs need to take a hike
I took a walk early Wednesday morning. Azaleas and dogwoods were in bloom. Green-again trees and shrubs were damp, dripping from Tuesday's rain. A zillion birds were singing, and even the starlings sounded sweet. The Orioles had won another game. A...
Tags: Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Unemployment Rate, Connecticut Labor Markets, Government, National Government
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Leadership vacuum, not locusts, is Egypt's greatest plague
A plague of locusts swept through Egypt a few weeks ago, an estimated 30 million of the critters. Egyptian officials tried to downplay the phenomenon, hoping to quash any biblical analogies. They noted that locust swarms show up in the spring every...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Police Arrests, Egypt, Shootings, Epidemics and Plagues
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Maryland gained 6,700 jobs in January; unemployment unchanged
Maryland employers added 6,700 jobs in January, picking up the pace from the end of last year, the U.S. Department of Labor said Monday. Businesses added 5,300 jobs in December, according to the agency's revised estimates. In both December and January,...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Unemployment Rate, Layoffs and Downsizing, Employment, U.S. Department of Labor
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Howard County maintains AAA bond rating
Howard County has maintained its AAA credit rating from all three bond ratings agencies after one agency had warned the county might lose its superior standing because of uncertainty with the federal government. Howard County was one of 38 counties...
Tags: Finance, Ken Ulman, Money and Monetary Policy, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering
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St. Joseph receives Medicare certification
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center said Friday that it has received a new Medicare provider agreement, allowing it to again seek reimbursement for treating patients on the federal government's health program.
The Towson hospital has not...Tags: Medicare, Finance, Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiologists, Chemical Industry
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Maryland's cloudy credit horizon
It would be ironic if Maryland, for the first time in the history of municipal bond ratings, lost its AAA status now. Thanks to a combination of spending restraint, tax increases and other reforms, Maryland's balance sheet is stronger that it has been...
Tags: Government, Automotive Equipment, National Government, Executive Branch, Credit Ratings
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St. Joseph loses $400,000 every day it can't bill Medicare
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center loses about $400,000 every day it's not certified by Medicare to collect payments from the federal health care program. The big question is how much that will ultimately cost the Towson hospital. Tens...
Tags: Finance, Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics, Cardiologists, Roman Catholicism
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Howard County faces loss of AAA bond rating
Howard County has maintained a AAA bond rating from agencies Standard & Poors, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings since the mid-1990s, but if Moody's downgrades the federal government to AA-plus, Howard County could follow. Howard County...Tags: Ken Ulman, Assault, Parties and Movements, Interior Policy, Automotive Equipment
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Kopp says state bond rating could suffer if Washington fails to act
Maryland could lose one of its prized AAA bond ratings if the U.S. government fails to find a way out of its debt and budget problems in the coming months, state Treasurer Nancy K. Kopp has warned. Kopp told a Senate committee in Annapolis this week that...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Bonds, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment, Minor League Baseball
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Municipal bonds, the money we owe ourselves [Editorial]
In the world of high finance, a world that's alien to most people, Harford County's government is highly rated, having been given ratings like AA+ and AAA by the various firms that keep track of such things. For those of us who don't follow such...Tags: Finance, Bonds, Government, Manufacturing and Engineering, Automotive Equipment
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Harford to sell nearly $117 million in bonds on Feb. 19
Harford County officials are preparing to sell $116.9 in bonds on Feb. 19. The bond issues cover $40 million that is being borrowed for various capital improvement projects and $76.9 million to refinance two previous bond issues from 2005 and 2007,...Tags: Harford County, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Water Supply, Financial and Business Services, Havre de Grace
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