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But a plan announced Tuesday to guarantee the CEO's personal control is raising eyebrows as the $3 billion firm pursues global expansion. On Monday, Under Armour's board approved an unusual two-for-one stock split that would create a new class of stock without voting rights and give owners of each existing share of common stock one new share of Class C stock. It would preserve Plank's control even as he sells off shares.
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Internet marketing firm Jellyfish has quietly built up a $100 million business in Baltimore helping clients drum up business from Google searches.
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The Woodlawn High grad long ago reached the top of the music industry. Now he's making moves to expand his ventures globally
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The Baltimore tech startup incubator continues to grow and shape the city's business landscape
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Millennial Media's losses widened five-fold in the second quarter of the year, missing Wall Street estimates and sending shares down 9 percent in after-hours trading.
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Under Armour could join forces with smartphone maker Samsung Electronics Co. on wearable fitness devices, according to a South Korean news report
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Millennial Media CEO Michael Barrett says he sees increased competition from Google and Facebook as a sign that the Baltimore company is doing something right.
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Mindgrub Technologies has moved from Catonsville to the former Phillips Seafood headquarters in Locust Point.
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Real estate agents have long boasted of the lengths they'll go to market properties. Now, for some, the sky's the limit.
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Less than a week after a grim earnings report sent Millennial Media's stock price tumbling, CEO Michael Barrett purchased shares worth $1 million, giving the shares a boost Wednesday.
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Facebook took a bite out of the Baltimore company Millennial Media's earnings and sent its stock crashing this week.
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With "Save the Last Dance" and the shot-in-Baltimore "Step Up," Duane Adler established himself as one of the go-to screenwriters for 21st-century dance movies. But apparently that wasn't enough.
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Getting my daughter's ears pierced: the mall loses out to tattoo parlor
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Mobile advertising company Millennial Media is plotting a major expansion that includes a deal to dub its headquarters the Millennial Media Center at the Can Company.
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VSPOne expects growth at its new eyeglass manufacturing facility in Halethorpe — including orders related to Google Glass. The company anticipates that the local site will make prescription lenses for the product after it launches sometime this year.
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Millennial Media founder and CEO Paul Palmieri has left the Baltimore mobile advertising company for a position working with technology startups for a prominent local venture capital firm.
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Roughly 54,000 state employees are switching to a cloud-based e-mail and scheduling system provided by tech giant Google — making Maryland the largest state in the nation to rely on the ubiquitous search engine firm for its email, scheduling and document sharing.
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Former Maryland wide receiver Torrey Smith sat in the first row as Lee Hull was introduced as Morgan State's 19th head football coach on Thursday.
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The banner year for the stock market brought good news to Baltimore money management firms, with leaders pointing to a rising tide that buoyed their funds and their companies' prospects.
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Google has opened six pop-up stores in the U.S. for the holiday season, including the one at Westfield Annapolis, which will be open through Dec. 24.
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Google opens one of six pop-up stores around the country at Westfield Annapolis Mall for holiday shopping season
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Google will pay Maryland state government $1 million as part of a $17 million, 37-state settlement for collecting information on consumers' Internet browsing activity without their consent.
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When aspiring filmmaker Austin Chapman was finally able to choose the soundtracks for his movies, he went on a musical binge.
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The shutdown of the federal government means that our national parks -- including Yosemite -- are being closed today. Ironically, the closing of the awe-inspiring California park comes as it celebrates its 123rd anniversary, which is noted in today's Google Doodle.
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The owner of the Baltimore City Paper said Monday that it's looking to sell as it focuses on the media market near its Pennsylvania base.
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Millennial Media has struck a deal to acquire Boston-based competitor Jumptap in a mostly stock deal worth at least $209 million, the company said Tuesday.
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Maryland and 22 other states say Google needs to beef up consumer privacy
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Today's Google Doodle marks the anniversary of Franz Kafka's birth in 1883. Kafka, who was born in Prague, brought us memorable stories such as "Metamorphosis," the tale of a salesman who wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant bug. (Hence the creepy insect in the Doodle.)
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More than a dozen firefighters in Arizona died this weekend.
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Surveillance and censorship and Jay-Z are on the Internet's collective brain today. Welcome to your post-weekend trends reporrt for Monday, June 17, 2013.
American citizens from both ends of the political spectrum are rallying behind a former Marylander who has come forward as the NSA whistleblower.
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