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Maryland's smaller banks may be headed for a wave of mergers
It's the billion-dollar question for Maryland banks: Do they need at least that much in assets to survive? "Who knows what the magic number is? A billion, $1.5 billion, $750 million?" said Ronald Paul, chairman of Eagle Bancorp, parent of the second-...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Shareholders, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Frederick County (Maryland), Companies and Corporations
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Bank robber sentenced to 12 years in two city holdups
A 50-year-old man who threatened to shoot patrons and tellers while robbing two Baltimore banks within a block of each other near Johns Hopkins Hospital was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison. George Jordan, of Baltimore, admitted in U.S....Tags: Justice System, Punishment, Theft, Wachovia Corp., Hospitals and Clinics
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The Interview: Robert G. Wilmers
Robert G. Wilmers, M&T Bank Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer, has been leading the Buffalo, N.Y., bank's shopping spree in Maryland.
After gaining a foothold in the state with the purchase of Allfirst Financial Inc. in 2003 (the same year...Tags: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Culture, Maryland, Illinois, Corporate Officers
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Running keeps stroke victim going
Even before he got home from the hospital, Phil Anderson signaled for his wife, Carol, to stop the car at the entrance of the Ma and Pa Trail near their home in Bel Air.
Phil Anderson, who had retired a few months earlier after more than 30 years...Tags: Marathon, Documentary (genre), Boston Marathon, Stress, Elections
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Bank of America upheaval an opportunity for local competitors
On the day last week that Bank of America announced sweeping cost-cuts, including the elimination of 30,000 jobs, executives at BlueRidge Bank celebrated a milestone for the three-year-old financial company.
The Frederick-based community bank opened a...Tags: Unions, Layoffs and Downsizing, Public Employees, Labor Markets, University of Maryland, College Park
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Performance Workshop gets new home, Artists' Initiative debuts
It's a big weekend for two organizations devoted to bringing more people into the local theater community.
Performance Workshop Theatre, a nonprofit company and theater arts training school, just moved from its Federal Hill location to new digs in...Tags: Federal Hill, Luigi Pirandello, Mass Media, Tennessee Williams, Edgar Allan Poe
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A trail of deception
As the sun rose over the Atlantic in the early hours of April 15, 2003, an Ocean City police officer pulled his squad car into the parking lot near the inlet that separates Assateague Island from the carnival rides of the boardwalk. He had been sent there...Tags: Bankruptcy, Trials, St. Mary's County, Punishment, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Laundering laws, terror policy hurt check-cashers
Sun reporterSome national and regional banks are dropping as customers check-cashing operations and other money-service businesses over concerns the firms aren't following federal guidelines meant to thwart money laundering and terrorist financing. Without banking...Tags: Organized Crime, Financial Services, Justice System, Bankruptcy, Business
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Embracing Isabel's 'silver lining'
Sun reporterOn a point overlooking Galloway Creek, Joe and Rosalie Hession savor sunsets from the top floor of their new, round, hurricane-resistant house. Up the road, William and Janice Norris are still living in a cramped, government-issued trailer. But they draw...Tags: Natural Disasters, Floods, Metal and Mineral, Meteorological Disasters, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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Bankers are a bit nervous about 2001
Sun StaffA nervous banker is a good banker, and there are plenty of nervous bankers these days. After eight years of surging profits and rapid loan growth, bankers are worried this year that the slowing economy will result in more problem loans and a stunted...Tags: Federal Reserve, George W. Bush, Banking, Bankruptcy, Mercantile Bankshares Corp.
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Once-hot stock option programs losing some luster
Sun StaffIt wasn't so long ago that stock options were the equivalent of corporate America's lottery. That still may the case be for a handful of Maryland executives. Among those who got mega-grants last year, Coventry Health Care Inc. CEO Dale B. Wolf...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Linthicum, Auto Trends, Maryland, Corporate Officers
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Green eggs and ham, cats in hats
Sun StaffGov. Parris N. Glendening stripped off his suit jacket and sat cross-legged on the floor of an Annapolis restaurant Friday morning, surrounded by 33 first-graders in matching tall, red-and-white striped hats - a la "The Cat in the Hat." "When I was...Tags: Executive Branch, Dr. Seuss, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Students, Carroll County (Maryland)
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