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Vehicles will soon start rolling off ships at the former Sparrows Point steel mill in Baltimore County. - The fact is, trade agreements are no longer really about trade, writes Robert B. Reich.
- Addressing growing concerns over seafood fraud, a presidential task force called Tuesday for expanded enforcement and a new program to give consumers more information about the origins of the imported fish, crab and other seafood they eat.
- Byron G. "Geoff" Tosi Jr., who was the semi-retired president and CEO of Albre Marble Restoration Specialist Inc., died Friday of complications from emphysema at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He was 70.
- Tamarian Carpets has come a long way from 1994 when founder Steve Cibor loaded a few samples of Tibetan rugs in his Ford Explorer and drove for days along the East Coast trying to convince retailers to sell the high-end, hand-woven pieces
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- Peter Morici says phony fixes for the impeding fiscal crisis could leave us worse off
- Stimulus spending, temporary tax cuts and new health care mandates don't fix the structural problems that are holding the American economy back.
- Mitt Romney can make the case that he will do a better job running the economy if he can show how he will deal with unfair competition from China.
- Strong fourth quarter growth helped the jobs picture in December, but an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent may be as good as it gets, Professor Peter Morici writes.
- Economist Peter Morici says we are already in a trade war with China; the only question is whether we will defend ourselves
- UM economist Peter Morici says the president needs to go beyond tinkering with the payroll tax in Thursday speech
- In a nondescript warehouse in an industrial part of Southeast Baltimore, a customs inspector finds the cast-off skin of the Khapra beetle, a South Asian insect that is considered one of the most dangerous plant pests in the world.
