new products
-
Welcome to Pop Goes the Meatball, a year-long survey of the meatball craze of 2012 - UM President Wallace Loh says a modest investment will unlock the employment potential of the state's research universities
- The Baltimore Sun recently spoke with Steve DiBiagio, PHH's senior vice president of strategic alliances, about distracted driving and the company's new technology.
- Vorbeck Materials, a Jessup firm, won a national competition by the Department of Energy that highlighted startup companies willing to launch new products from technology developed within the country's national laboratories.
-
- Sports apparel maker Under Armour Inc. reported a 42 percent gain in fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, with net income of $33 million for the three months ending Dec. 31, compared with $23 million in the fourth quarter of 2010.
- The American Football Conference championship and a trip to the Super Bowl are at stake for the Baltimore Ravens this weekend, but the game also could mean big bucks for players seeking endorsements.
- State agency removes credits, guided by Baltimore Sun analysis of "double dippers"
- Tax season is here, where to get free help.
- The Wine Market, Brewer's Art and Roy's trot out new menus. Get ready for Korean flavors and cauliflower.
-
- Local tech entrepreneurs Greg Cangialosi and Sean Lane are teaming up to launch what they're calling a hybrid accelerator. Their goal: make small investments in several of startups, germinate their own ideas, and help fuel the city's entrepreneurial ecosystem.
- Hand-held devices get a fashionable upgrade with customized covers
- InsideMDSports: Terps basketball targets Aaron Harrison and Andrew Harrison are no pushovers
- The South Baltimore neighborhood of Cherry Hill will grow several new community gardens beginning next year because of a $60,000 federal grant to Towson University announced Thursday.
- Casa de Maryland launched a program Tuesday to offer small loans to legal permanent residents who would like to apply for U.S. citizenship, the nonprofit said.
- Under Armour officials raise year-end revenue forecast.
- APG Federal Credit Union, Harford and Cecil County's largest credit union, has announced Thomas J. Arena recently joined the credit union's marketing department in the new position of product manager.
- The mobile app economy is real – and it's brewing in Baltimore.
- Players can check playbook, watch film, review motivational messages on team-issued iPad
- The Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative has launched a campaign to raise taxes on all tobacco products in Maryland. Cigarette prices would increase by $1 per pack, and other tobacco taxes would increase at a corresponding rate. But at least one tobacco lobbyist disagrees with the proposal.
- A day after the death of Apple co-founder and technological visionary Steve Jobs succumbed to cancer, it was business as usual at the Apple Store in Towson Town Center. But that's not to say he wasn't on everyone's mind.
- Hiring will likely continue at a slow pace through the end of the year, the job placement firm Manpower reported in its latest quarterly survey. But in the Baltimore region, Manpower says, the outlook is brighter.
-
- He's already got the brand name and the formula. Now, Tim Miller, a 43-year-old Easton Realtor, wants to join the recent revival of old-school suds.
- Local organic products and those without chemicals or minimal processing are coming to a store or mailbox near you
- Aspen, the software used by the Howard County Public School System to track attendance and grades, was back up and running for the second day of school after a programming glitch caused the program to run slowly.
- David Troy: CEO of 410Labs, political gadfly and promoter of Baltimore's technology community
- West Belvedere Avenue 2400 block, between 8:55 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. July 18. Tom-Tom GPS, iPod charger, two-way cigarette splitter, iPod hands-free set stolen from vehicle.
- Popular line of painted and upholstered furniture started in a garage in Severna Park
- Part of Maryland's 'Buy Local Challenge Week', the cookout brings together local chefs and local food producers
- A group of state workforce agencies launched a new job-search site Tuesday for "green" occupations in the region, saying Maryland, D.C. and Virginia have more than 230,000 workers involved in some aspect of environmental protection or natural resource conservation.
- All Island Media, a New York-based publisher, has acquired Pennysaver Inc., the Hanover-based publisher of the Maryland Pennysaver shopping circular, for an undisclosed price.
-
- Now that Southwest Airlines has completed its $1.4 billion purchase of AirTran Holdings, executives have launched the longer-term process of merging two brands, retraining employees, rolling out larger aircraft and positioning Southwest for international expansion.
- A spontaneous decision to post one's thoughts on the social-media service can backfire in barely more than the time it takes to press the "send" button.
-
- This might be the age of the iPhone, but the lowly cassette tape — long abandoned by the average listener — is making a small yet fervent comeback, fueled by a devoted base of indie musicians and fans.
- Some of you have wondered what the heck Ravens fullback Le'Ron McClain was talking about when he mentioned Sweater Gang on his Twitter feed. Well now we know
-
