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The Fallston-Monkton area of Harford County is known for sweeping vistas and steep housing prices, but one farm has a price tag that's high even by Fallston standards.

Ralph Jaffe, a perennial candidate for governor, said he is suing Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. for $1 billion over a power outage response he called illegally slow.

Furby is back on store shelves this holiday season, along with other toys that never left: Barbie, Legos and Elmo, to name a few. But, more than ever, tech-related playthings are elbowing their way onto the traditional toys' turf. iPads landed on the National Retail Federation's most popular toy list for the first time this year. Even the reintroduced Furby interacts with a mobile app.

Cyber Monday may be losing its significance as the biggest online day of the season, thanks to this year's earlier and more diluted kickoff to holiday shopping, both in stores and online.

County Executive Laura Neuman has announced the appointment of Scott Shaffer to the position of county economist ¿ a first for Anne Arundel County.

The data for 3,300 hospitals released by the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services shows wide variation in what hopsitals charge. It marks the first time information about hospital rates has been released publicly.

The state's largest health insurer has proposed raising rates an average of 25 percent for those who buy through the individual market to help cover the cost of more sick people entering the pool under health reform.

FTI Consulting Inc.'s stock price hit a 12-month low Wednesday after the business services company fell short of financial analysts' expectations for first-quarter earnings.

Baltimore-based FTI Consulting said it increased profits by more than 50 percent last year, driven in part by strong growth in its business consulting divisions in Latin America and Asia.

As world economies knit ever closer together, the debt woes and economic slowdown in Europe are sending ripples across the Atlantic — giving pause to Maryland companies anxious about recessionary contagion and offering business opportunities to others.

Early surveys show that shoppers packed stores and spent money in record numbers on Black Friday in what analysts call a hopeful sign for the U.S economy after months of up-and-down consumer spending.

Baltimore-based FTI Consulting Inc. said profit was down 33 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier but would have risen if not for the effect of one-time charges from layoffs.