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Tenable Network Security Inc. has quietly built a booming business selling network security products and services to the U.S. government and companies around the world. It's profitable and has thousands of clients.

An audit of Maryland's video lottery terminal program found the state had not yet implemented a way to direct proceeds to the state's small business community, as intended by a 2008 law.

Cybersecurity industry analysts expect the market to grow more than 50 percent in the next four years even as other types of defense spending are expected to flatten or decline, creating new opportunities for workers and businesses in Maryland.

Invest Maryland Challenge attracts dozens of companies

Today is one of the biggest days in the history of Firaxis Games. The Sparks-based studio has had a team of more than 40 people working for more than four years on project that was kept secret until earlier this year. It's a richly detailed and immersive video game called XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

InvestMaryland Challenge startups

Smiths Detection, a division of a London-based multi-national engineering conglomerate, said Monday it consolidated its headquarters and security manufacturing operations in Harford County, and planned to hire more than 100 people.

Indie film 'Ping Pong Summer' could have $2 million economic impact, state says.

The Baltimore Development Corp. is to hold a hearing Wednesday evening to discuss whether Harbor Point, the future home of Exelon Corp., should be included in a state-wide property tax program.

Pixelligent Technologies is scaling up production of a pair of nanocrystal additives made with zirconia and hafnia, which promise to boost the performance of products in a wide range of industries, from electronics to plastics.

Havre de Grace quickest to respond; Baltimore City provides incomplete information

A key organizer of the unsuccessful bid for the 2012 Summer Games by the Baltimore-Washington region is gauging interest in making a run at the 2024 Games.

New head of Maryland Venture Fund named

Medifast Inc. is growing so fast in the weight-loss food product industry that there will soon come a time when it outgrows its sole production facility in Owings Mills and builds plants elsewhere.

A nautical-inspired wedding on the Eastern Shore is just the ticket for Christian Johansson and Lacey Morley.

GBTC recruits new members

Nearly two years since Maryland's first casino opened, the state has yet to dole out any of the $3.6 million in slots revenue that has accumulated for small, minority- and women-owned businesses.

Baltimore County paid for only County Executive's travel; Council members paid own way

A large swath of downtown Baltimore's west side would become the city's third state-designated arts and entertainment district, and the state's 20th, if Maryland economic development officials approve a city application designed to strengthen the area.

A proposal to speed the approval of new prescription drugs has patient advocates and biotechnology firms, including many that are based in Maryland, hoping that Congress can deliver a rare dose of bipartisanship this year.

'Better Living Through Chemistry' brings Liotta, Wilde, Rockwell and Monaghan to Maryland.

State economic development officials have launched an online tool to help companies interested in relocating to Maryland or local businesses in need of new space.

Businesses in China and India, the emerging markets that Gov. Martin O'Malley has been trawling for trade relationships, are beginning to bite.

A government-controlled Chinese bank will establish its first U.S. office in Maryland, state economic development officials announced Friday.

After Nixon's famous trip to China, the University of Maryland followed up with historic pingpong diplomacy.

A report on the 189-acre Spring Grove Hospital Center campus in Catonsville and the potential to divide it for redevelopment was released...

A Maryland plan to sell tax credits to insurance companies succeeded in raising $84 million in a novel online auction, and the revenue will be pumped into promising technology companies across the state over the next 18 months, officials said.

When it opens next year, The Great Mall of China near Beijing will be the biggest retail and entertainment center in the world — with the world's tallest indoor roller coaster, imported from Baltimore.

A Baltimore charitable foundation is joining with Maryland's main technology development agency to create a $3.3 million investment fund that will pump money into new tech startups in the city, officials plan to announce Tuesday.

Last year Maryland ranked last in the nation for job creation; the job losses the state has suffered are a disgrace

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake stressed the "safeguards" in a deal her administration has crafted with a new group to run the Baltimore Grand Prix.

Eight Maryland businesses approved for $34 million in tax credits from 2007 to 2010 failed to document their project or startup costs, according to a legislative audit of the state's economic development agency.

Despite looming budget cuts and anti-government rhetoric in Congress, Maryland officials say the two massive federal agencies based in Woodlawn — which have long helped buoy the region's economy — may be better positioned than others to ride out the political turbulence expected over the next several years.

Group chosen to manage Maryland tax-credit auction, whose goal is to raise money for new state high-tech startups.

The mission is as secret as the agency itself: Maryland's congressional delegation is working quietly to land the FBI headquarters in Prince George's County. Lawmakers have been working behind the scenes to prepare for what will likely become a competition with Virginia for 12,000 federal jobs.

Legislation would allow the National Security Agency to pass classified information to private businesses vetted by the government to defend against disruptions, destruction or the theft of trade secrets, business plans and private information about clients, customers and employees.

A Canadian company is launching a food manufacturing operation on Maryland's Eastern Shore, the state announced Monday.

Rather than wasting money on the state and local economic development agencies, why not just lower the tax rate?

Marylanders from nearly every walk of life could be affected by across-the-board budget cuts starting in 2013 as a result of the congressional supercommittee's failure to reach an agreement to trim the nation's spiraling budget deficits.

During his nearly 10 years in office, Baltimore County Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver has won over supporters but disappointed former allies in a tenure that's proven turbulent

A Maryland jury on Tuesday found Sen. Ulysses S. Currie not guilty of accepting bribes from two Shoppers Food Warehouse executives, acquitting all three men of extortion and conspiracy charges.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz offers some meaningful ethics reforms that others should adopt as well

Balto. Co. Executive Kevin Kamenetz on Wednesday proposed to place officials' financial disclosure forms online and add teeth to a rule that prohibits County Council members from state employment.

Baltimore County Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver's apparent violation of a county charter provision barring council members from working for the state suggests a cavalier attitude toward ethics and the law

Baltimore County Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver has told state officials he plans to resign from his position at the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, a job that apparently violated a county charter rule prohibiting council members from working for the state.

Latest conflict-of-interest case in Baltimore County demonstrates why transparency in government, local and state, remains an elusive goal

Northrop Grumman Corp. will cut 800 jobs in its Electronic Systems sector by the end of January through layoffs and voluntary buyouts, mostly in Maryland, the defense company said Thursday

Baltimore County Councilman Kenneth N. Oliver has been working for a Maryland agency, an apparent violation of a county law that bars council members from working for the state.

Russett resident captains school's cyber security team to final round of competition