Making amends for past practices, the nation's fourth-largest bank set to announce CityLIFT program

Many people are renting when they could be buying a place to live, and that's a front deserving more effort from lenders, developers and nonprofits.

Baltimore has filed a class-action, antitrust lawsuit accusing 10 major banks of illegally inflating the interest rates of a type of bond used to fund public works and services, overcharging billions of dollars to the city and other local governments, which Baltimore seeks to represent.

Southern regional banks BB&T and SunTrust combine in an all-stock deal valued at about $66 billion, creating nation's 6th largest bank and 3rd largest in Baltimore.

Hedge funds, private equity firms, takeovers, mergers — any one of them could share a page in history with the ravages of the Vikings, Huns or Mongol raiders of yore. The ugly truth is that you see it more in the coverage of government these days than you do on the police log or the business pages.

Maryland consumers are more vulnerable to losses via email scams during the home-buying process than ever before.

Who are the people discussing University of Maryland's future behind closed doors?

2018 Carroll's Best: Readers' picks for the best services in Carroll County

Robert Reich outlines three big lessons Americans should have learned from the Great Recession.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai issued a statement Monday expressing serious concerns about the proposed Sinclair-Tribune merger, putting the $3.9 billion deal in jeopardy

Banking giant JPMorgan Chase plans to open new branches in Baltimore as part of a regional and national effort to expand its network, including in less-served areas.

The Wells Fargo Tower in Baltimore was sold to Hertz Investment Group for almost $37 million.

New apartment building, Flats at Eutaw Place, slated for Bolton Hill.

Sinclair Broadcast Group has renewed a multi-year agreement with Nielsen TV ratings to measure its audience across the Hunt Valley broadcaster’s local stations, digital broadcast networks and national unwired network, the companies announced Thursday.

President Trump and Congressional Republicans got a pretty big win earlier this week when Apple announced it would be investing $350 billion into the economy in the coming years, creating a new campus to house technical support for customers and adding 20,000 new jobs. But what about wages?

Thanks to its programs, three families were welcomed home for the holidays – two through the Homeownership Program, and one through the Repair Program.

Tom Breihan and Ray Cummings, two former Baltimore City Paper interns and big deal music writers who liked my amateur music blog, got me a meeting about

Sinclair Broadcast reports a drop in sales and profit during the third quarter due to impact of hurricane season

Corporate Office Properties Trust plans to raise about $250 million over the next 18 months through a complex stock offering known as a forward sale.

Western District Police Station gets an updated look for its 'customers'

Recent upgrades to the Western District police station in Baltimore are all part of a $4.5 million renovation of the building unveiled Wednesday by city officials, top police brass, community leaders and the various nonprofit and business executives who made the work possible through a generous public-private partnership.

Baltimore officials packed the Western District Police Station today to hear Scott Plank extol the renovation his company did.

E. Allen Robinson, 77, an investment consultant and businessman, died Saturday.

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Hundreds of former patients of Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy have called the funds administrator in a $190 million settlement over the past week

Deutsche Bank has reached a $95 million settlement with Maryland stemming from the housing crisis that will funnel $80 million to provide new mortgages or mortgage relief to eligible consumers as well as help finance affordable housing.

The deal appealed to Continental Realty because of the property's location at the center of a fast-growing metropolitan area that Continental executives think will see an influx of workers in the coming years.

The Allendale, a 164-unit West Baltimore public apartment complex, reopened Tuesday following a $27 million renovation funded by federal, state and private investment.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. reported higher sales and profit in the first three months of the year and said 2017 will be pivotal as federal regulators are

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has agreed to buy the stock of New York-based Bonten Media Group Holdings for $240 million.

A man who says he gave—then rescinded—a $6,000 check to Mayor Catherine Pugh's election campai

A Catonsville man who had been dubbed the "winter hat robber" was arrested Monday by Baltimore County Police after the FBI said he robbed the PNC Bank on Sweet Air Road in Phoenix.

The morning of Donald Trump's inauguration began with members of DC Black Lives Matter, Movement For Black Lives, and Baltimore Bloc gathering in front of the Metropolitan Police Department

Baltimore teacher Rachel Nash designed a Wells Fargo debit card that read “Black Lives Matter"; the bank denied the design for its political nature

The Harford County Sheriff's Office said it arrested a Joppa man Thursday night and charged him with robbing a bank in Constant Friendship in September.

How much is the presidency that Donald Trump has just won worth to him? That's the tantalizing question he faces as pressures mount to divest himself of his immense real-estate and other stock holdings as the price of moving into the Oval Office next month.

Miss Maryland reminisces about life in the world of pageants

in business and politics, the mantra is "do whatever it takes to win, even if undermines the whole system," says Robert Reich.

Former Mayor Sheila Dixon, who narrowly lost the Democratic primary to reclaim her old job, is expected to launch a write-in campaign for mayor Tuesday — a move expected to shake up what's been a relatively quiet general election race to date.

Howard County's finance department is reviewing its ties with Wells Fargo after the bank was fined $185 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for opening fake accounts.

Baltimore County police on Tuesday identified the officer who fatally shot a man last week as a 20-year veteran of the department.

Robert Reich: Why should we expect Wells Fargo or any other big bank to stop commiting fraud when it's so lucrative?

A man was shot by a Baltimore County police officer on Friday afternoon, according to police.

The shooting was related to an earlier robbery Friday of

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Bernie Sanders threatens the Democratic establishment and Wall Street because he will break up the biggest banks.

Legg Mason woke up Tuesday morning to find itself with a new largest shareholder as activist investor Nelson Peltz sold off much of his firm's stake to a Singapore-based investment holding company.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has upended the Democratic Party nomination process in many ways, not the least of which is his populist rhetoric regarding Wall Street and the nation's banking system. Unfortunately adoption of his ideas and recommendations would have disastrous consequences for the U.S. economy and the global financial system.