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I blame Donald Trump for turning the presidency into a debased prime-time soap opera. But we in the media are not blameless when we provide a national platform to ridiculous, self-serving characters like Anthony Scaramucci as CNN and Bloomberg did Thursday. - President Trump is right to give serious consideration to a higher federal gas tax
- The Federal Communications Commission relaxed broadcast ownership rules on Thursday, paving the way for a deal that Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. is reportedly considering to acquire Tribune Media Co.
- Shares in Legg Mason dipped Tuesday amid reports that the Baltimore-based money management firm was in talks to buy a majority stake in a real estate investment specialist company.
- Baltimore-based Laureate Education announced it Friday it had filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering.
- Economy on rebound as consumers return to spending
- Oracle Corp. is reportedly nearing a deal to buy Columbia-based Micros Systems Inc., which supplies information systems to the hospitality and retail industries.
- A former Baltimore Sun editor has been named the new president of the Poynter Institute, a journalism school and media strategy center with students around the world.
- Kris H. Jenner, the manager of T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund until his resignation in February, has raised more than $100 million to launch a Baltimore-based hedge fund, Bloomberg News reported.
- Hispanic and union leaders in Maryland applauded reports Sunday that Thomas E. Perez, a longtime civil rights attorney who led the state's labor department for two years, is poised to be nominated secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor as early as this week.
- Nostalgia for Hostess' iconic snacks and Wonder breads drove consumers to the outlet on Furnace Branch Road and area grocers Friday to buy Hostess products by the bag load.
- Construction completed on new Johns Hopkins Hospital in East Baltimore, facility is dedicated
- U.S. employers added more jobs than forecast in July and wages climbed.
