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Hysteria Brewing Co. plots early 2017 opening in...

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Sometimes hanging out and drinking a few beers with friends can lead to great things. For Rich Gue, Geoff Lopes and Jordan Baney, brainstorming over a few beers in 2006 led to starting Vaper’s Knoll, a Columbia-based e-cigarette flavor company. Now, looking to diversify even more, the partnership is opening up Hysteria Brewing Co. in Columbia with a target opening timeframe by next February. The idea really began back in college where Gue started getting into craft beers and home brewing his own…

Now what? Companies shut out of Md. marijuana...

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Sometimes, you just bet on the wrong horse. And such was the case for dozens of medical cannabis companies and their backers in Maryland this week as they learned they would not receive preliminary approval in the first round of lucrative licenses to be granted by the state. There were 146 potential growers and 124 potential processors competing for only 15 grower and 15 processor licenses, respectively. “It’s been a tough 48 hours,” said Kevin Gibbs, chief operating officer of Palace Investment…

Airline passengers are complaining less

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Airlines are keeping customers happier this year.



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Baltimore Checkbook — Your smartphone knows if you're a good driver

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Want to prove you’re a better driver than your friends? There’s a growing list of apps to do just that.



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IBM wants to stop E. coli outbreaks before people...

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Five years ago in Germany, a bland vegetable caused one of the more devastating outbreaks of food-born illness in recent years.



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Soothe, the Uber of massages, launches in...

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There are few goods or services that can’t be purchased on a whim and delivered to your door - car rides, warm cookies and even Chipotle burritos are all available on-demand with the click of an app. And soon, Baltimoreans will be able to summon another creature comfort at the press of a button:…



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Cisco slashes up to 5,500 jobs

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The hammer has fallen at Cisco.



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AT&T says goodbye to frustrating overage fees

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The carrier wars continue: AT&T said on Wednesday that it, too, is shaking up its wireless plans.



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Say goodbye to monthly overage charges with new...

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AT&T is doing away with monthly wireless data overage charges with new Mobile Share Advantage plans, the company announced Wednesday.

Beginning Sunday, Aug. 21, AT&T will introduce the new shareable data plans that will slow data speeds once the data cap is reached instead of charging for extra…

Fed officials talk up rate hike in 2016

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Don’t count out a rate hike from the Federal Reserve this year yet.



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