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Temptations are everywhere at Mount Vernon Marketplace, Baltimore's newest ode to gastronomy. It's essentially a big food court without the mall — and with better options.

EpiPens needed by those with severe food allergies are getting expensive

By Meredith Cohn

Aug 19, 2016

With volatility in the stock market shaking up investors, Jonathan Murray, a financial adviser at Hunt Valley-based UBS Financial Services, says people should keep a long-term outlook and accept such corrections as normal.

The imminent decline in oil production is another reason for a plan like cap and dividend.

Maryland congressman's innovative plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but shield average Americans from higher energy prices deserves serious consideration

The $190 million settlement for former patients of Dr. Nikita Levy may be eye-popping, but it won't overwhelm the wealthy Johns Hopkins Health System.

The city of Annapolis has ordered Uber to stop its ride-sharing service in the capital city until it registers as a taxi company.

Gap Inc. brands ¿ Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime, Athleta and Intermix ¿ are among a growing group of major U.S. retailers now paying more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour for entry-level employees.

More than 30 Maryland cab companies filed a lawsuit against the popular ride-sharing company Uber on Thursday

Analysts are projecting the most expensive July 4th holiday weekend for motorists since 2008, attributing much of the rise to a surge of violence in Iraq. Gas in Maryland Monday averaged $3.69 per gallon, three cents more than the national average of $3.66, according to AAA, which tracks transactions throughout the state.

A three-fold increase in Maryland's tax on smokeless tobacco is needed to protect the next generation from the threat of oral cancer

If the Fed does not want inflation to get out of control, it best start tightening monetary policy soon.

Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co. has some long-standing policy holders — 96 years, in one case. That happens when you date back to the infancy of your industry.

The developers of Harbor East dipped their toes back into the condominium market this week, presenting the city with new plans for long-stalled premium residences on top of the Four Seasons hotel.

If there is one message that came through this week in Netflix executive Ted Sarados telling Wall Street analysts that the problems between ¿House of Cards¿ and Maryland are ¿over-comeable,¿ it is that enough¿s enough.

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski joined a bipartisan chorus of lawmakers Monday calling on the Obama administration to speed up the implementation of a law intended to mitigate increases in flood insurance premiums.

John C. Rusnak, the former Allfirst Financial Inc. currency trader convicted of one of the biggest bank frauds in history, knows about second chances. He hired the applicant, Noah Shefrin, who stayed clean and has since moved up to become the general manager of the Glen Burnie ZIPS. So began Rusnak's mission of hiring others who've made mistakes.

Influential alt-rockers Jane's Addiction and punk-rock vets Rise Against will headline this year's Shindig Music Festival in Baltimore on Sept. 27.

The Baltimore area saw fewer homes newly listed for sale in January and February than average for the beginning of the year, when sellers are usually positioning themselves for the important spring season.

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) currently has an opportunity to ensure that Maryland consumers are not on the hook to pay for hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidized electricity that will be generated at Competitive Power Ventures' (CPV) St. Charles facility. The PSC should act in the best interest of Maryland consumers and repeal the subsidies.

Higher energy use — and rate spikes for some — increase costs, one ripple among many from the unusual winter

The Maryland Senate passed legislation to increase the salary of the Harford County State's Attorney.

They both sell suits, but in consumers' minds Jos. A. Bank Clothiers and The Men's Wearhouse are distinct brands. That's an advantage that the two biggest menswear chains should strive to keep as they join forces in a $1.8 billion deal, retail experts said.

The U.S. Department of Justice has identified and begun targeting a broad conspiracy to fix prices on automobile shipments out of Baltimore and other U.S. ports, with a Chilean company recently pleading guilty to violating federal antitrust laws in the scheme.

The Baltimore region's real estate market showed positive signs across almost all indicators last month, despite snowfall almost double the area average. And analysts said they expect the growth to accelerate as spring gets under way.

Maryland officials Friday ordered Starion Energy PA Inc., a Connecticut-based company licensed to sell electricity in parts of Maryland, to pay $350,000 for multiple violations of state law, including more than 100 instances in which it enrolled, or re-enrolled customers without consent.

The Ravens announced last year that they wouldn't raise ticket prices for 2014, and the recently mailed out invoices only reaffirmed that plan.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. plans to buy back up to $100 million of its common shares.

LNG export is bad for the economy, environment.

Group purchasing organizations don't cause drug shortages.

1st Mariner Bank will be sold to a group of investors who will recapitalize it with about $100 million to meet regulatory standards, its parent company said Monday.

Sticker shock over price hikes is causing review of a law passed two years ago to shore up the finances of the National Flood Insurance Program.

Columbia chemical maker W.R. Grace is about to go where it hasn't been for nearly 13 years: out of bankruptcy court.

Uber -- the company that allows users to hail a car via a smartphone app -- is drastically cutting prices in several markets including Baltimore.

Analysts expect a solid housing market in 2014, in the Baltimore area and nationally, after a year in which the battered housing market got on firmer footing.

As Congress considers legislation aimed at limiting lawsuits filed by so-called patent "trolls" -- those who collect patents solely so they can sue others for infringing upon them -- there is another kind of intellectual property abuse that members should look into: patent pools.

On January 1st of this year, over 2.5 million low-paid workers throughout the country got a raise. Unfortunately, none of these workers lives in Maryland. Thanks to minimum wage increases that took effect on New Year's Day in 13 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington — a diverse group of red, blue and purple states — those who do the hard work of cleaning office buildings,

After a year of record gains on Wall Street, it's time U.S. economic policies focused more on job growth and less on investor profits