Arthur Hirsch

Barring a spike in crude prices or disaster in the Gulf of Mexico disrupting refineries there, summer prices are expected to be as low or lower than they've been since 2009, perhaps even as low as 2005, acccording to a petroleum analyst with GasBuddy.com, which tracks prices.

The Baltimore area home market showed more signs of recovery last month, as sales hit their highest March mark since 2007 and new contracts rose for a tenth straight month, although the large number of foreclosure sales continued as a drag on prices, a real estate analyst reported Friday.

The Baltimore area home market showed more signs of recovery last month, as sales hit their highest March mark since 2007 and new contracts rose for a tenth straight month, although the large number of foreclosure sales continued as a drag on prices, a real estate analyst reported Friday.

Maryland's casinos reported that revenue in March reached $91 million, a 10 percent increase over February when operators blamed sluggish business on the harsh winter.

Among big cities along the East Coast, Baltimore puts out an enticing WELCOME sign for first-time home buyers.

Polk Audio's presence on its native Baltimore turf is shrinking again. The company that makes speakers and headphones for home sound systems will lose about half of its workforce of more than 80 people in a reorganization by its parent company Sound United, a division of DEI Holdings Inc.

The city of Baltimore has taken a big first step toward establishing a regional jobs training center in the Park Heights neighborhood, welcoming a program designed to help people learn manufacturing job skills that are in demand, find a job and manage their money.

Mens retailer Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. has informed the state government it will lay off 122 workers from its corporate headquarters in Hampstead.

The first U.S. penny is slated to go to auction at Baltimore's convention center.

The executive director of the Maryland Council on Economic Education talks about the nonprofit organization's programs to teach financial literacy to students, and offers some household financial advice of her own