At most stores, if you break it, you buy it. But at the WRECK Room soon to open in Hampden, you buy it to break it. At the business, which owners Aaron and Caycee Polun hope to open this summer, participants will be able to don protective gear and smash everything from Donald Trump bobbleheads...
Home sales in Baltimore plunged in May amid the recent ransomware attack on city government computers, including those essential for completing real estate transactions. The drop in city sales in what is often one of the busier months for home sales contributed to yet another monthly decline in...
Jerome Powell has tantalized the financial world with the prospect that the Federal Reserve he leads may soon cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade. Probably not quite yet, though. When the Fed issues a policy statement Wednesday and Powell holds a news conference, the message...
For two decades, Mark Wasserman’s job has been to know the University of Maryland Medical System’s business and to bolster it by leveraging his long-standing connections with elected officials, lawmakers and other influential people. A consistent face in Democratic power circles in Baltimore and...
Della Rose’s Avenue Tavern in White Marsh will close its doors on June 24, the second location to close this year. In a Facebook post, the sports bar and restaurant wrote that it will close its location at 8153 Honeygo Blvd after more than two decades. A spokesperson for the restaurant could not...
The chief executive of Boeing said the company made a "mistake" in handling a problematic cockpit warning system in its 737 Max jets before two crashes of the top-selling plane killed 346 people, and he promised transparency as the U.S. aircraft maker tries to get the grounded model back in flight.
Federal lawmakers from Maryland and West Virginia have demanded a meeting with the owner of the Luke Mill, a Western Maryland paper factory shutting down this month. A Verso Corp. spokeswoman said CEO Les Lederer “expects to have a conversation” with the members of Congress and officials are working...
James “Jimmy” Deene, a business agent and organizer for Teamsters Local 355, died of a heart attack Friday at Kent General Hospital in Dover Del. He was 58 and was a former Odenton and Severn resident. Born in Baltimore and raised in Highlandtown and Rosedale, he was the son of James J. Deene,...
The parent of Dressbarn announced Monday that it plans to wind down the women’s clothing store business and close all of its roughly 650 stores. Acena Retail Group, based in Mahwah, New Jersey, said its decision to close the value-oriented chain has no impact on its others brands, including Ann...
As a line of robots queued up in front of Jackie Spence, she methodically plucked products from them — a pack of sponges, earbuds, Band-Aids, baby bottles, a preordered $399 Oculus Quest gaming device. People somewhere, probably not too far away from this Baltimore warehouse, virtually tossed the...
Stephen Curry will join three other Under Armour athletes on his fifth tour of Asia with the brand to promote its basketball offerings. Stops in Japan and China at the end of June will mark the first time the Baltimore-based athletic apparel maker has pulled together several of its basketball athletes...
Mahogany Kelly, a 13-year-old from New Jersey who plays football, traveled with her mother to Under Armour’s annual shareholder meeting Thursday in Baltimore to ask CEO Kevin Plank for help encouraging more girls to play the sport. “It has come to my attention that there’s not enough motivation...
Sportswear giant Under Armour officially cut the ribbon Wednesday on a second warehouse in the region that is capable of shipping everything from boxes of team uniforms and pallets of goods sold on Amazon to a single shirt for an online customer. The Sparrows Point operation, dubbed Omni Distribution...
Legg Mason will advise a Mexican money manager on investment funds to be sold there under a new partnership announced Tuesday. Legg Mason announced it has established a strategic alliance with Corporación Actinver that allows the Mexican financial services firm to manage and sell funds to its clients...
When you're running a small business, the productivity of your employees can make or break you. That's why it's so important to optimize work environments, using tools and technology to avoid roadblocks that could keep your people from accomplishing their daily goals. The smartest managers continually...
While some may say owning your own business is achieving the American Dream, for many others, working for a small business is an equally fulfilling career choice. In fact, the Aflac 2018 Small Business Happiness Report revealed most small-business employees feel satisfied at their workplace. Although...
If you own or manage a coffee shop, bakery or restaurant, or if you’re thinking about opening one, you may want to consider supporting a social mission. Serving more than food or a cup of coffee can nourish your community and the lives of you and your staff. A restaurant owner/manager has a lot...