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The economy is likely to continue dragging in a slow recovery this year, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond told a state bankers group Friday.

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The makeover of the mills along the Jones Falls into a hub of trendy restaurants and residences has succeeded so well that parts of the area no longer qualify for the federal tax credit that helped finance some of the work.

"Zig Zag Wanderer" a book of stories that respond to different pieces of music, is being given away for free

Zerocoin could add privacy to Bitcoin model — with appropriate restrictions

The Northeastern Expressway was expected to be renamed for the late President John F. Kennedy on December 11

The Empty Stocking Fund is still nearly $50,000 short of its goal of $80,000 to help the needy of Harford County this Christmas season. As of Sunday, the fund had received $30,700

The goal again this year is $80,000; as of Monday, donations received totaled $23,970, so there's still a long way to go to fill it up

The National Fair Housing Alliance alleges that Bank of America is hurting minority neighborhoods in Baltimore by providing better upkeep to its foreclosed properties if the home is located in a largely white neighborhood.

More donations have been received this week by the Empty Stocking as the Harford County based charity works toward its 2013 fundraising goals. The fund raising goal for 2013 is $80,000. As of Thursday, the fund has received $21, 740 in monetary donations.

In it's 24th year, the Empty Stocking Fund is once again planning to help hundreds of less fortunate Harford County residents during the Christmas Season.

Maryland had the fifth-highest rate of new foreclosure cases in the nation during the summer, the number increasing from the spring even as many other states improved, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday.

President Kennedy accepted an invitation from Governor Tawes of Maryland and Governor Carvel of Delaware to attend the ceremony to open the Maryland Northeastern Expressway. A special opening day luncheon would be served at the new Maryland House restaurant on the Expressway near Aberdeen. From the luncheon, the dignitaries were expected to travel east to the Maryland-Delaware line, where President Kennedy would help officially open the roadway, arriving there from Washington via helicopter

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When Osiris Therapeutics disclosed an agreement last week resolving concerns from federal regulators, the Columbia biotech firm pitched it as a win. Some news stories — and at least one Wall Street analyst team — described the U.S. Food and Drug Administration agreement entirely differently.

The life and death of Eddie Feete is a reminder that we can find much good in the world if we look.

Bank of America switches Hunt Valley workers' job priorities

MVB Financial Corp., a bank holding company based in Fairmont, W.Va., announced an agreement Wednesday to acquire the assets of CFG Community Bank for $30 million.

Federal prosecutors say Michael Bowman worked with two men allegedly overseas to pilfer accounts

Mary Lou Pahl, a retired bank teller and former longtime Rockdale resident, died WednesdaySEPT25 of Alzheimer's disease at Brightview Westminster Ridge in Westminster. She was 86.

Even before local and federal agents raided Jade Heart Health in Towson and charged its operators with prostitution and human trafficking, what went on at the massage parlor at 1404 E. Joppa Road was hardly a secret.

Maryland State Police are searching for two of three men they say robbed an Eldersburg bank Saturday morning.

Maryland financial professionals look back on financial crisis and the repercussions still being felt

Pennsylvania-based F.N.B. Corp. announced Tuesday it plans to open a regional headquarters in downtown Baltimore as it expands in Maryland.

Brad Banker grew up a sports fan outside Green Bay, Wis., but auto racing was not high on his list of passions.

Howard Bank CEO Mary Ann Scully recently discussed why she took the leap to start a bank, the challenges facing community banks and how her business customers are dealing with the sequestration.

The Arbutus Business and Professional Association had a table at Retriever Fest Saturday in an attempt to reach out to incoming college students

The 1 million-square-foot distribution facility planned for Southeast Baltimore fits the profile of online retailer Amazon's rapidly expanding distribution network, according to shipping industry analysts.

In return for the promise to bring another 650 jobs to Baltimore, city leaders on Wednesday are poised to give financial services giant Morgan Stanley more time to meet the terms of a $3.25 million loan forgiveness program.

Maryland's financial regulator is trying to stop illegal online payday loans by going after the banks that help make these loans possible.

State Sen. Jim Brochin of Towson this week joined a chorus of high-ranking officials who oppose a proposed state loan to help fund renovations to The Greene Turtle in Towson.

Harry L.W. "Tombstone" Hopkins, who alternately been an insurance salesman, banker, rural mail carrier, orphan's court judge, funeral home attendant and tombstone salesman, died Sunday of septic shock at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air. He was 87.

Shares of Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. jumped more than 12 percent Tuesday after investment manager BeaconLight Capital LLC asked the Hampstead-based men's apparel chain to change direction by reorganizing its board and returning cash to shareholders through buybacks.

The Eldersburg Bank of America on Ridge Road was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning, according to the Carroll County Sheriff's Office.

The Prince George's County Council last week unanimously passed a bill creating a lending program for banks and small businesses in the county.

Baltimore's Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. announced Monday that it is purchasing eight television stations, primarily in the South.

Kasasa rewards program helps small institutions compete with big competitors

A shift in Catonsville's population could, in large part, be responsible for the jump in elementary school overcrowding in recent years

Elspeth Anne Banker Wheeler, a retired Baltimore City elementary school teacher, gardener and environmental advocate, died of lung cancer July 21 at her Roland Park home. She was 84.

An Upper Marlboro man was convicted Monday of orchestrating a scheme to steal nearly $1.4 million from the Baltimore Housing Authority, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Robert L. Stocksdale, a real estate attorney who served several state commissions and committees on issues of mortgage financing, died a brain hemorrhage July 7 at Sinai Hospital. The Mays Chapel resident was 85.

Two student cadets of the Maryland Freestate ChalleNGe Academy took part in a multi-day job shadowing program with Freedom Federal Credit Union last month. Cadets Rachelle Munson and Alyssa Kendle were selected to take part in the four-day job shadowing experience

Marianne Ferguson, branch vice president with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Harford County, was recently named as the 2013 Realtor of the Year, announced by Simon Nwaigwe, president of the Harford County Association of Realtors

Hundreds of kids of all ages turned out in April to take advantage of Freedom Federal Credit Union's Youth Month celebration. Every April marks Youth Month at Freedom, where financial management and education are highlighted to children and young adults under the age of 25

George W. Bauernschmidt Jr., a retired banker and avid gardener, died June 19 from multiple system atrophy at his Severna Park home. He was 89.

Edward Trail Mathias, a retired banker and longtime denizen of Bolton Hill, died June 17 from complications of a stroke at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 85.