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John Laursen, an Army veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his wife Casey have spent about than a year handling his recovery after being medically evacuated from Afghanistan, but they are able to begin moving forward, with the first steps being across the threshold of their new home in Harford County Wednesday.

Bill Kennedy: Be wary of bogus emails from scammers

Maryland will receive $33 million from a nearly $1 billion joint state-federal settlement reached with SunTrust Mortgage Inc. over problems with its mortgage servicing and foreclosure procedures, Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Tuesday.

The only way to stop lawbreaking at General Motors or any other big corporation is to prosecute the people who break the law.

The deal to buy 1st Mariner Bank started with an irresistible offer — to two men who had nothing to do with the company.

This summer, the shelter for women and children launched a program called "Front Door," which focuses on quickly finding housing.

Kasasa rewards program helps small institutions compete with big competitors

Marylanders are among the biggest complainers to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

More people live in poverty in Baltimore's suburbs than in the city itself, part of a nationwide shift that is challenging the largely urban assistance network built up over decades.

Maryland for years benefited from its close proximity to the nation's capital, but the mandatory federal spending cuts called sequestration will be a drag on the state's economy for the next couple of years, said the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Dunbar Armored has been in the armored car business for nearly 90 years. But the Hunt Valley-based company is now branching into a new way to protect banks' and businesses' money and valuables: cybersecurity.

Maryland investment firms haven't followed Wall Street's dramatic shift of giving to Republicans dramatic shift

The Board of Public Works is expected to put 22 companies on notice Wednesday that they must show they are not investing in Iran's energy sector or be disqualified from doing business with the state.

Support grows among government agencies to allow private student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy.

Under a landmark $175 million deal, Wells Fargo Bank will provide $7.5 million to the city of Baltimore to settle claims it engaged in price discrimination in its subprime mortgage lending practices.

U.S. PIRG reports on high debit card fees for college students

Maryland financial institutions will be required to report suspected fraud against seniors.

The thrill of potentially winning big bucks gets people to spend millions of dollars regularly on lottery tickets. Can this same concept excite Marylanders to become better savers?

The region is doing better than most, but it needs to work harder at aligning workers' skills with economic opportunities.

MasterCard, Visa warn banks of breach at card processor

Edwin F. Hale Sr., the Baltimore trucking magnate and developer, said Friday that he has retired as chief executive and chairman of First Mariner Bancorp — the banking company he built from scratch and has struggled in the last several years to save from failure.

Obama and Wall Street: A cozy relationship

Clifford Rossi of University of Maryland talks about impact of Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Local credit unions have seized on the public's discontent with big banks to step up their marketing efforts to pull in more customers.

Baltimore officials are guardedly hopeful that the 2010 Census figures will show that the city has quietly put an end to a half century of population decline.