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How Usain Bolt built business empire

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Usain Bolt is more than a veteran Olympic star. He’s a brand – a track and field icon with an international following.



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Why Google, Microsoft are gobbling up tech...

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Big businesses have finally learned to stop worrying and love buying tech companies again.



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Baltimore Checkbook Only 12% of tickets to Rio Paralympics have been sold

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The upcoming Paralympic Games are suffering from abysmal ticket sales and a lack of sponsors, which is leading to major budget shortfalls and probable spending cuts.



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Global central banks dump U.S. debt at record pace

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Global central banks are unloading America’s debt.



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Point Breeze Credit Union to open teller-less...

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Point Breeze Credit Union is expanding to Owings Mills. The suburban bank, with 51,000 members and branches in Hunt Valley, Bel Air and Rosedale, will open a new office at Foundry Row in early 2017 near the Wegmans market. The new bank will be 2,300-square feet. It will hold a teller-less “dialogue-banking” model that includes a bank of ATM machines and a greeter at the door to assist customers in need of technological banking services. Point Breeze officials described the design as a “conversational…

​Meet Harris Teeter’s new exclusive brokers in...

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North Carolina-based grocery chain Harris Teeter has hired Next Realty LLC as its exclusive broker for the Baltimore and Washington markets. Harris Teeter launched a search for new representation after the death of its longtime broker, Cary Judd of KLNB Retail, said Next Realty Managing Principal George Galloway. Judd died in May after a battle with cancer. Galloway will be the main point of contact for Harris Teeter, working with Andrew Rose, Andrew Tkach, Mellisa Peterson and Kelsey Beerman. Formed…

Kevin Plank buying the Baltimore Water Taxi, plans...

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Kevin Plank’s grip on the Baltimore waterfront is getting tighter. Sagamore Ventures, the Under Armour CEO’s private investment arm, is acquiring Harbor Boating Inc., the company that operates Baltimore’s Water Taxi, with plans to expand the service in the coming years and build new boats. Harbor Boating has been operating the city’s Water Taxi fleet since 2005, and is expected to be awarded a new long-term contract by the Board of Estimates on Wednesday, though details of that contract are sparse. A…

Free entree at Olive Garden

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Mangia!

Buy an entree at Olive Garden and get a second to take home for free when dining in restaurants.

No coupon is necessary.

Choose from seven entrees starting at $12.99: Fettuccine Alfredo, Cheese Ravioli, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Five Cheese Ziti al Forno. Or, for a few dollars more, upgrade…

Freebies, deals for just for teachers at Staples...

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Teachers can get freebies and special savings on back-to-school supplies at Staples during it’s National Teacher Appreciation Day on Wednesday, Aug. 17.

The first 100 teachers at each store receive a free sample kit with coupons. Plus, all teacher with ID get 10 percent of purchases.

Staples Teacher…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, happy Tuesday. Hope you were able to shake off the Mondays yesterday. But today won’t be the best day to try and get outside. It’s going to be in the 90s again today — all day — with a chance of some thunderstorms later tonight. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. Speaking of heat, the city has extended its Code Red heat advisory through the end of the day today. The heat index could hit almost 105 degrees. Extending the advisory means cooling centers across…