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Italian coffee shop coming to 1 E. Pratt St.

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Downtown office workers and tourists will have another spot to get their caffeine fix. Filicori Zecchini, a nearly 100-year-old Italian coffee company, will be moving into 1 E. Pratt St. in downtown Baltimore. The newest shop will occupy the space that previously housed Nature’s Table, a soup, salad, wrap and smoothie eatery that closed last June after less than three years in the location. The space has been empty since the closure of Nature’s Table. Filicori Zecchini opened its first U.S. coffee…

Baltimore Checkbook — Do more heads need to roll at Wells Fargo?

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More than 5,000 Wells Fargo employees have been fired as a result of a scandal involving phony bank accounts. But do the CEO or other senior executives need to be let go too?



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/do-more-heads-need-to-roll-at-wells-fargo/41593522

A U.S. tipoff led to Apple's EU tax bill

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Europe’s demand that Apple pay billions in back taxes may never have happened without help from Washington.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/how-a-us-tipoff-led-to-apples-14-billion-eu-tax-bill/41592296

AT&T charges poorest customers more for super-slow...

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AT&T is benefiting from providing slow broadband internet service to some poor neighborhoods.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/att-charges-its-poorest-customers-more-for-superslow-internet/41591488

The Pokemon Go 'watch' has arrived

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You can now play Pokemon Go without having to stare at your phone screen. Yay, right?



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/the-pokemon-go-watch-has-arrived/41590528

Shipping delays plague iPhone 7 preorders

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Be patient, Apple fans: You might not get your new iPhone for a while.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/shipping-delays-plague-iphone-7-preorders/41591172

CareFirst, other insurers to raise individual...

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The Maryland Insurance Administration approved double-digit percent rate increases for all individual health care insurance plans for 2017, including a 31.4 percent rate hike for the state’s largest provider, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. CareFirst was one of six health insurers operating in Maryland to request rate increases for individual and small group health plans for the coming year. Four of those companies — CareFirst, Cigna, Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States and Evergreen…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning and happy (Purple) Friday! You made it through the tough week after Labor Day. Here’s what you need to know to know as you get ready for the weekend and the Ravens home opener on Sunday. Summer definitely continues with temperatures predicted to hit the mid-90s today, forcing some schools to change their schedules because of lack of air conditioning. Baltimore City will close three hours early and Baltimore County is closing 38 unairconditioned schools. [WBAL] A Bel Air man is one…

City Councilman Stokes calls abrupt recess before...

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A curt ending to a three-hour City Council committee work session left several participants standing at the War Memorial building Thursday night with stunned looks on their faces. Two out of three bills paving the way for a historic $660 million tax increment financing package for the proposed Port Covington development were passed by the council’s Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee. But when it came time to vote on the third bill — legislation that would allow sale of TIF bonds…

Here are the top 5 homebuilders in Greater...

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NVR Inc., parent of NVHomes, Fox Ridge Homes, Heartland Homes and Ryan Homes, ranked No. 1 again on this List of the largest homebuilders in the Baltimore area. The List is ranked by market share last year. In 2015, Ryland Homes and Standard Pacific Homes merged and changed the name of the combined company to CalAtlantic Homes. CalAtlantic Homes placed No. 4 on the List this year with 3.5 percent market share. Below, you can see the the top five homebuilders in the area, counting down from No.…