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Sinclair drops plan to buy Va. TV station
Sinclair Broadcast Group has halted previously announced plans to buy a CBS television station in the Richmond-Petersburg, Va., market for $85 million after the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice denied approval. The Hunt Valley...Tags: Hunt Valley, Consumer Electronics Industry, Marketing, Television Industry, CBS Corp.
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Top-paid executives
Sun reporterConstellation Energy Group dominated the list of the most highly paid local executives in 2007, a year in which the company's stock price rose nearly 50 percent. Leaders at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. parent accounted for four of the top 10 -...Tags: Banking, Barack Obama, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Auto Trends, Business Enterprises
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Sinclair falls short of analysts' estimates
Shares of Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. fell 13 percent yesterday after the media company reported second-quarter earnings that fell short of expectations. Profit surged to $13.3 million, or 15 cents per share, for the quarter ended June 30, compared with... -
Sinclair to buy CBS TV station in Va.
Sun reporterSinclair Broadcast Group plans to buy a CBS television station in the Richmond-Petersburg, Va., market for $85 million - the second TV station acquisition this year by the Hunt Valley broadcaster. Sinclair said yesterday that it has agreed to buy the...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Hunt Valley, Consumer Electronics Industry, Sales, NBC
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: Administaff Inc.; Brown & Brown Inc.; Cephalon Inc.; Charles River Laboratories International Inc.; General Growth Properties Inc.; Hub Group Inc.; Loews Corp.; Mercury General Corp.; Priceline.com Inc.; Yum Brands Inc. Tuesday: --...Tags: Daimler AG, Genzyme General, Chipotle Mexican Grill Incorporated, Ameren Corporation, Realty Income Corporation
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If they aired it
THE REFUSAL of many Fox affiliates to air the network's spectacularly ill-considered interview with O.J. Simpson finally brought Rupert Murdoch and his colleagues at News Corp. to their senses on Monday. They scrapped the interview and the release of...Tags: Steven Spielberg, News Corp., Television Industry, Rupert Murdoch, O.J. Simpson
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Sun files suit to lift ban on journalists by Ehrlich
Sun StaffThe Baltimore Sun Co. sued Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday, asking a federal judge to lift the administration's order banning state government employees from talking to two of the newspaper's writers. The newspaper, along with State House Bureau...Tags: Freedom of the Press, New York Times, Local Elections, National Government, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
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Sinclair backs 'Nightline' honoring soldiers
From Staff And Wire ReportsThe Sinclair Broadcast Group, which last year refused to air on its ABC affiliates a Nightline program listing Americans killed in Iraq, is applauding ABC's decision to show a similar program this Memorial Day. Ted Koppel on Monday will pay tribute to...Tags: National Government, Public Holidays, John Kerry, Government, Hunt Valley
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Side deals raise ethical issues
Sun StaffExecutives and board members at some of Maryland's most profitable companies have lucrative side arrangements with the companies they run and oversee. Edwin F. Hale Sr., the chairman, chief executive and largest stockholder at First Mariner Bancorp,...Tags: Business Enterprises, National Government, Corporations, David Smith, Corporate Officers
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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: Provident Bankshares Corporation, Aon Corporation, Employers, CEO Pay, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Top Maryland employers
SunSpot StaffFrom agriculture and manufacturing to military contracting and natural gas production, Maryland's economy is diverse. And it is this broad spectrum of enterprising activity -- which also encompasses the offices of 21 federal government agencies in...Tags: Banking, Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, M&T Bank Corporation, Further Education, T. Rowe Price
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So long, 'Captain Chesapeake'
Sun reporterWearing a white steamship captain's hat with shiny black visor, a turtleneck and tailored red blazer, George A. Lewis was the natty nautical personification of "Captain Chesapeake." As the imaginary bay mariner, the avuncular Mr. Lewis was a fixture on...Tags: Christianity, Armed Forces, Johns Hopkins University, Hobe Sound, Radio
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