stock market

• Finance

Five questions for financial adviser Jonathan Murray

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.

• Startups

The short history and big impact of the Emerging Technology Center

The Baltimore tech startup incubator continues to grow and shape the city's business landscape

• Maryland

How the Dow Jones industrial average did Friday

Summertime settled into Wall Street on Friday as major stock indexes drifted slightly higher going into the weekend.

• Maryland

Stocks head lower on Wall Street, led by banks

Banks and other financial firms tugged the stock market slightly lower Thursday as a mixed batch of economic reports and earnings results gave investors little reason to push the market up.

• Maryland

Stocks end lower as traders sell blue chips

• Baltimore City Paper

Derivatives and Computers

• Baltimore City Paper

End of the New Century: SEC investigation causes problems for Maryland-based subprime lender New Century Financial Corp.

• Baltimore City Paper

More on the Mortgage Default Rate

• Baltimore City Paper

Citi = The Prob

• Baltimore City Paper

Muni Maybe

• Stock Market

Legg Mason to sell investment advisory unit to Stifel Financial

Stifel Financial Corp said it would buy asset manager Legg Mason Inc's investment advisory unit to expand its wealth management business.

• Business

First Mariner says stock to be delisted in June

First Mariner Bancorp's days of publicly traded stock are coming to an end.

• Business

Orbital Sciences, ATK to merge in $5B stock deal

Orbital Sciences Corp. and Alliant Techsystems Inc. plan to merge in a $5 billion deal, creating a new aerospace and defense company called Orbital ATK Inc. that will employ 4,000 people in Maryland and Northern Virginia.

• Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements

Strong apparel, footwear sales send Under Armour profits soaring

Under Armour saw its profit soar 73 percent in the first quarter, driven by strong sales in apparel and footwear products.

• Howard County

Howard's ARL unveils NYSE ticker

The Applications and Research Laboratory's Academy of Finance unveiled a new data center, which includes a New York Stock Exchange ticker, on Friday, March 21.

• Business

Daily Record parent Dolan to file for bankruptcy-law protection

The Daily Record's parent company plans to file for bankruptcy protection next week, the newspaper reported.

• World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.

Q&A with Colt Cabana, who wrestles Saturday in Joppa

Maryland Championship Wrestling is holding its "Tag Wars" Event this coming Saturday, featuring Colt Cabana, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and others.

• High School sports

Atholton's Michael Bernetti sees basketball as lifestyle

Michael Bernetti has been in the middle of all the success, as the Raiders now prepare for the upcoming region playoffs. In his second full season on varsity, Bernetti is averaging 15.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game while bringing leadership and savvy to the Raiders' frontcourt.

• NFL

Catching up with retired Ravens center Matt Birk

Former Ravens center Matt Birk, the NFL¿s Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2012 and a Super Bowl champion, will be back in the Baltimore area this Thursday for a signing for his new book, ¿All-Pro Wisdom: The 7 Choices that Lead to Greatness.¿

• Business

Five questions with Bob Leffler, president of the Leffler Agency

Former Baltimore Colts sales executive Bob Leffler founded The Leffler Agency 30 years ago after the NFL team left town and its since grown into a leading sports marketing agency.

• Business

Earnings surge 24 percent at T. Rowe Price in fourth quarter

T. Rowe Price Group's stock soared Tuesday after the firm reported fourth quarter earnings up 24 percent compared to the year before, beating analyst expectations.

• Stock Market

Pinched Daily Record owner faces restructuring

The Dolan Co., owner of The Daily Record, has signaled financial distress by hiring a restructuring officer, deciding against paying a dividend for the last quarter and disclosing that it received a warning from the New York Stock Exchange over its low stock price.

• Business

Rising stock market buoys Baltimore firms

The banner year for the stock market brought good news to Baltimore money management firms, with leaders pointing to a rising tide that buoyed their funds and their companies' prospects.

• Opinion

The year of the bull [Editorial]

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

• Business

Men's Wearhouse shareholder hires adviser to help push for talks with Jos. A. Bank

The largest shareholder of The Men's Wearhouse Inc. is once again calling for the retailer to resume merger talks with Hampstead-based Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. and hired a strategic adviser to help the effort.

• Business

Jos. A. Bank drops $2.3 billion bid for Men's Wearhouse

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. withdrew its $2.3 billion offer for Men's Wearhouse on Friday, but left the door open for future merger talks. Meanwhile, Men's Wearhouse's largest single shareholder called a special shareholders meeting to consider removing directors from the retailer's board.

• Media Industry

T. Rowe Price rides Twitter IPO to huge gain

Baltimore-based money manager T. Rowe Price sees its stake in Twitter soar in value to $536 million as the the social media site goes public.

• Weather

McCormick shares slip on lower forecast

Shares in McCromick & Co. Inc. slipped more than 2 percent Thursday after the Sparks-based spice maker lowered its forecast for its 2013 fiscal year, citing weak demand from consumers and restaurants.

• Business

Memories of the financial crisis, five years later

Maryland financial professionals look back on financial crisis and the repercussions still being felt

• Advertising

Millennial Media shares fall sharply on news of deal, losses

Millennial Media has struck a deal to acquire Boston-based competitor Jumptap in a mostly stock deal worth at least $209 million, the company said Tuesday.

• Business

Annapolis-based aviation firm Arinc sold for $1.39 billion

The Annapolis-based aerospace technology firm Arinc, Inc., which employs hundreds of people in Anne Arundel County, will be sold for $1.39 billion under an acquisition agreement announced Sunday.

• Opinion

Americans need to stop subsidizing CEO pay

A loophole allows companies to deduct the cost of sky-high salaries, and the rest of us pay for it through higher taxes.

• Business

Grace says sales fell in 2Q after a price increase

Columbia chemical maker W.R. Grace & Co. said Thursday that it took a hit to sales in the second quarter as a price increase prompted customers to jump ship.

• Technology Industry

Cisco to buy Columbia's Sourcefire for $2.7B

Columbia-based cybersecurity firm Sourcefire is being acquired by Cisco for $2.7 billion, the companies announced Tuesday.

• Business

Corporate boards look to high-profile directors

Corporate governance experts say celebrity directors can be highly beneficial, raising a company's profile and even its stock price. But that doesn't mean all boards should have a celebrity.

• College Sports

Loyola officially joins Patriot League, ACC hits New York City

In honor of Loyola joining the Patriot League, City Council president Bernard C. "Jack" Young declared today Patriot League Day in Baltimore City.

• National Security Agency

NSA chief says programs disrupted 50 terrorist plots

Under growing pressure over recently disclosed surveillance programs, the head of the National Security Agency told lawmakers on Tuesday that gathering telephone data and monitoring Internet use has helped to disrupt more than 50 "potential terrorist events" since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

• Obituaries

Mildred Kern, U.N. worker

Mildred Kern, an original resident of the North Oaks Retirement Community who had worked overseas for the United Nations, died of heart disease Sunday at her home. She was six days short of turning 105.

• Sports

Ed Reed and Ray Lewis scheduled to attend White House ceremony

The 2012-13 Ravens will be well represented Wednesday when the team travels to the White House to be honored by President Barack Obama for its 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3.

• Opinion

The real economy: The weather is still stormy

Robert Reich writes that as long as jobs and wages are stagnant, we shouldn't believe the hype about an economic recovery.

• Business

T. Rowe Price sees unusual turnover in portfolio managers

T. Rowe Price has a reputation as a place where portfolio managers can spend their entire careers. But during 12 weeks this year, three fund managers left the Baltimore-based investment company or announced plans to do so.

• Science

Academy of Finance students cash in on money matters

Wilde Lake High School senior Taylor Bruner has long had a penchant for money matters, and that insight has developed into a interest that may not only reap dividends after high school, but also helped her and three other like-minded students at Howard County's Applications and Research Lab capture a state finance competition.

• Earnings

W.R. Grace says income dropped 13% in first quarter

Chemical maker W.R. Grace said Wednesday that its net income in the first quarter fell 13 percent from the year-earlier period, in line with its warning to investors and analysts earlier in the month.

• Business

Hannon Armstrong aims to raise $250 million in IPO

An Annapolis-based financier of clean energy infrastructure has filed plans to go public, hoping to raise up to $250 million from investors

• Maryland

Millennial Media looking past market swings to chart growth

Millennial Media isn't letting stock market swings distract it from a mission to compete with Google, Apple and Facebook in the mobile advertising market.

• Business

Jos. A. Bank stock downgraded by Zacks

As Jos. A. Bank Clothiers prepares to announce year-end and quarterly results this week, Zacks Investment Research has downgraded the retailer's stock to a strong sell rating, citing the company's January warning that fiscal year profit will be off 20 percent.

• Opinion

Retirement insecurity

In a quarter-century, Americans have never felt less secure about retirement savings, and it appears their concerns are more than justified

• Opinion

In a word: job

• Business

As stock market breaks records, Legg Mason Inc.'s shares hit yearly high

Legg Mason Inc.'s stock, which struggles to recover from the financial crisis of 2008, hit a new 52-week high last week.

• Opinion

Why there's a bull market for investors and a bear market for workers

Robert Reich writes that U.S. government policy favors the wealthy and punishes the rest of us.