plant closings

A new study, which I co-authored. debunks the argument that gender pay differences largely reflect the unequal career choices of men and women. More importantly, our research moves beyond the debate toward a solution.

Craig's gift to the 1 percent

Household products maker Sun Products Corp. said Tuesday that it will close its manufacturing plant on Holabird Avenue in Southeast Baltimore, laying off the 300 people there.

Winner Distributing Co., the Anheuser-Busch distributor for Baltimore and parts of Baltimore County, will lay off 125 workers at the end of the month, the company said in a notice to Maryland's labor department

An electric malfunction shut down a Lusby, Calvert County nuclear power plant.

Even as some Fells Point residents worry that building over toxic soil at Harbor Point could endanger their health, records show elevated levels of cancer-causing chromium in groundwater just beyond the site targeted for an upscale development.

Sparrows Point closing points to need to protect America's manufacturing jobs

Hearings begin Monday in a case that will decide whether Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers can expect higher distribution rates next year.

Alcoholic-beverage company Diageo pumped just over $50 million into upgrading its Baltimore County bottling facility, replacing 40-year-old equipment to make the plant more efficient — and give it a shot at growth.

Ryan is less than honest about Medicare and GM decisions

Cosmetics firm Revlon Inc. says it is ending manufacturing operations in Maryland as part of a global reorganization that will eliminate 250 jobs.

The owner of the financially ailing Sparrows Point steel plant warned workers Thursday that it will close the mill and lay them off because of a cash crunch as its explores a sale.

Government, industry work to bolster supplies of two cancer drugs

Environmentalists welcome closure, industry warns of more shutdowns

Solyndra: One company's bankruptcy aside, solar will be a huge part of our green energy future

The bankruptcy of solar panel manufacturer Solyndra shouldn't be allowed to discredit the larger solar power industry

Former governor, comptroller and Baltimore mayor William Donald Schaefer lay in state in the Maryland State House rotunda this morning under the guard of two state troopers standing at the foot and head end of the closed casket draped with an American flag.