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Kanye West heated about Tidal vs. Apple

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Leave it to Kanye West to give it to you straight, no chaser.



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UMMS, Dimensions get state OK for new hospital in...

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A state-of-the-art teaching hospital led by the University of Maryland Medical System will be built at Largo Town Center after state regulators approved the long-awaited project on Thursday. That hospital will replace the floundering Prince George’s Hospital Center in Cheverly and is part of a larger redevelopment plan that supporters say will transform health care for residents and revitalize nearby business. The hospital, which was proposed in partnership between UMMS and Dimensions Healthcare…

A look at the 240-unit apartment project planned...

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WorkShop Development is planning a 240-unit market-rate apartment building across from the Canton Crossing shopping center. The eight-story apartment building, located at 3400 Boston St., will include a 240-space, three-floor parking garage with access on Baylis Street. The U-shaped building will include fourth-floor pool, rooftop deck and and several community rooms for residents. Architects presented the plans to the city’s Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel on Thursday. Neil Tucker,…

Cosi expects Greater Baltimore locations to remain...

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Cosi Inc. says its two locations in Greater Baltimore will remain open amid the fast-casual chain’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection proceedings. Alexandra Dunk, director of marketing with Boston-based Cosi, said in an email the restaurant’s locations at 100 S. Charles St. in downtown Baltimore and in Columbia are “expected to continue operating.” Both locations are corporate operated. With declining sales and share prices, Cosi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring in September. The move…

UMd. campuses team up for new sports medicine...

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Cole Field House will always hold a special place for University of Maryland basketball fans. Its next iteration on the College Park campus looks to be a special place for the future of sports medicine. On Thursday, University of Maryland and the University of Maryland, Baltimore unveiled plans for a new Center for Sports Medicine, Health and Human Performance at the former arena. The new center will be a hub for the research and treatment of sports-related injuries, with a focus on traumatic brain…

Owners of Trump's childhood home postpone auction

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Chomping at the bit to bid on the first house Donald Trump lived in? You’ll have to wait.



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Private equity firm invests more than $146M in Utz...

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A private equity firm has invested more than $146 million in Pennsylvania snack food company Utz.



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McHenry Row's third phase to include hotel, office...

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Plans for McHenry Row are continuing to grow. Developer Mark Sapperstein is plotting a 70-room hotel and a new five-story, 110,000-square-foot office building as part of the third phase of a redevelopment and expansion of the former Phillips Seafood complex off Fort Avenue in Locust Point. The planned hotel is eight stories tall and would be located just off Interstate 95 near CSX rail lines that run behind McHenry Row. Designers showed off early schematic plans for the two buildings at the Urban…

Is this the end of investing as we know it?

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An investing earthquake is underway and it’s threatening to end traditional money management as we know it. Investors are pouring their money into so-called passive index funds that blindly track market indexes using computers. It’s a shift that is co…



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Latest Wells Fargo fallout: Better Business Bureau...

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The hits just keep coming for Wells Fargo & Co. amid a scandal over stories of the bank’s high-pressure sales culture and its creation of unauthorized customer accounts. In one of the most recent developments, the Better Business Bureau has revoked its accreditation of Greater Baltimore’s fourth-largest bank in light of the debacle. The bureau’s Wells Fargo listing cites “government actions against the business” as the primary reason for its current rating of C-. Companies apply for accreditation…