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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz endorses Hillary...

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Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Wednesday.



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Volkswagen to build electric cars in China

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Volkswagen is teaming up with a Chinese automaker to produce electric and hybrid vehicles in the country.



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Book a fall getaway with $59 flights

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JetBlue is offering thrifty fall airfares starting at $59 each way.

Book travel by Thursday, Sept. 8 for Tuesday-Wednesday departures on Sept. 14-Dec. 15. Taxes and fees are included. Blackout dates are Oct. 8-10 and Nov. 18-29 for all cities and select dates for some cities.

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Kevin Plank writes open letter addressing Port...

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Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank has broken his silence on Sagamore Development’s proposed 266-acre Port Covington project, and the company’s proposed $660 million TIF connected to the project. Plank penned a letter that appeared in Wednesday’s edition of The Baltimore Sun, advocating for the passage of a tax-increment financing plan that his real estate firm, Sagamore Development, has asked for. The letter appears as a full-page ad in the paper. Sagamore is planning to spend $5.5 billion to redevelop…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, hope you have a productive Wednesday. A September heat wave really takes hold today, with temperatures expected to reach 92 degrees — with even higher heat indexes. Expect to see this weather through early next week. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. A new poll by Annapolis-based OpinionWorks released yesterday shows that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is 29 points ahead of Republican Donald Trump in Maryland, a much wider margin than Clinton…

Brown Advisory acquires Austin investment...

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Brown Advisory Inc. has acquired Blackhaw Wealth Management LLC, an Austin, Texas, investment consulting firm Baltimore-based Brown Advisory, founded in 1993, merged with Blackhaw and former members of Oxbow Advisors to form a seven-person office in Austin, according to a company statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Blackhaw was founded in 2009 by Ian McAbeer, who is now a Brown Advisory partner, portfolio manager and head of the firm’s downtown Austin office. Brown Advisory was…

Planned Prince George's hospital will still have...

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It certainly didn’t make Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker happy to shrink plans for the Prince George’s Regional Medical Center, a proposed new hospital at Largo Town Center, down by $100 million and 11 beds. But when a state regulator called for that earlier this summer, he said he knew what he had to do for a project he says will be an economic development catalyst for surrounding areas. “Did I want to do this? No. Was I happy about it? No,” Baker said in an interview with the Washington…

Free rotisserie chicken at Publix starting...

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Dinner’s on Publix starting Thursday with a free $7 rotisserie chicken from the deli.

Bag the free bird with purchase of three eligible P&G products. The promotion is listed on the back page of this week’s store circular, inserted in Wednesday’s Sun Sentinel.

No coupon is necessary.

Mix and match…

How Australia has gone 25 years without a...

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The last time Australia experienced a recession, Miley Cyrus hadn’t been born and the Soviet Union was still intact. Since the second half of 1991, the country’s economy has barely faltered, riding out the global financial crisis and other nasty shock…



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Will women follow Gretchen Carlson's example?

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Gretchen Carlson’s $20 million sexual harassment settlement against 21st Century Fox and the company’s unusual public apology to the former Fox News Channel anchor bring an end to her very public battle with Roger Ailes, once one of the most powerful…



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