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App opens gateway to employment in Baltimore

A new door to employment in Baltimore is about to open wider. The gateway is the latest variation in online job listings and uploaded resumes called Apploi. Using desktop, laptops, smartphones and free-standing tablet screens in the city and elsewhere in Maryland, the business is poised for expansion.

App opens gateway to employment in Baltimore






Business

Cyber Monday could be crucial this year

After a lackluster Black Friday weekend — spending fell 11 percent from Thanksgiving through Sunday, according to the National Retail Federation — some big retailers were under more pressure to have a sales blowout.

Cyber Monday could be crucial this year


Business

Industrial market booms in Baltimore

Construction, some of it speculative, has returned to the industrial market around the country, and in the Baltimore region, as demand for warehouses hits developers from both sides.

Industrial market booms in Baltimore





Tribune completes spinoff of newspapers including The Baltimore Sun

Tribune is just the latest multimedia news company to split up its broadcasting and publishing assets, joining Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and E.W. Scripps, which completed such a spinoff just last week. Such separation is gaining momentum as traditional media seek to adapt to the fast-evolving digital landscape.

Tribune completes spinoff of newspapers including The Baltimore Sun

Under Armour among the fastest growing retailers

A hodge podge of companies -- grocery chain Albertsons, home furnishings e-tailer Wayfair, sportswear brand Under Armour and discount store Five Below -- made the top 10 list of fastest growing retailers, according to an annual report from Stores, a magazine of the National Retail Federation.

Under Armour among the fastest growing retailers







Business

Amazon's Sunday delivery to spread next year

Online retailer Amazon has partnered with the U.S. Postal Service to provide Sunday package delivery at no extra cost in two key cities, and plans to expand the program dramatically in the next year.

Amazon's Sunday delivery to spread next year

Business

Local startup in the battle for razor customers

Netflix changed the way people rent movies. Amazon upended the big-box bookstore. Other online retailers have grabbed market share in niches as diverse as contact lenses and pet medications. Why not disposable razors? That's the question posed by a Catonsville-based firm — along with about half a dozen other online upstarts.

Local startup in the battle for razor customers



Health

Maryland's Obamacare health exchange hit with problems

As the nation prepared for the launch of Obamacare, Maryland was touted as a leader in adopting the president's signature program. Obama himself used a community college in Maryland as a backdrop to promote his plan — and to praise Maryland as a model.

Maryland's Obamacare health exchange hit with problems





From Baltimore book seller to CIA

The life of an independent bookstore owner is perilous these days. Still, you wouldn't imagine that an indie owner could end up near the top of the Central Intelligence Agency. Until Avril D. Haines came along.

From Baltimore book seller to CIA






Business

Gift card sales booming during the holidays

Gift cards continue to top lists of most popular purchases this season, spurring billions in sales for merchants. And the category is growing fast, moving toward a day when some believe the plastic cards could be replaced by electronic ones

Gift card sales booming during the holidays


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