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Ticket prices for A-Rod's final game spike 500%

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Despite the controversy A-Rod has generated over two decades – or maybe because of it – people who hold tickets to his final game are suddenly asking big bucks. The average resale ticket price for the New York Yankees game on Friday skyrocketed more…



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Bitcoin customers lose 36% of their money after...

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Bitcoin owners targeted by hackers last week may lose about 36% of their money.



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'Suicide Squad' laughs its way to record-breaking...

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A movie about bad guys that got worse reviews had a great opening weekend.



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What's next for Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos?

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It could come down to Elizabeth Holmes versus the Food and Drug Administration. Holmes is the 32-year-old founder of Theranos, a startup that wanted to disrupt blood testing by gathering just a pinprick of blood and running up to 70 lab tests in reco…



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/whats-next-for-elizabeth-holmes-and-theranos/41072720

Court: IRS needs to prove it isn't targeting...

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A federal appeals court says the Internal Revenue Service has not proven it has ended discriminatory practices against conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, reinstating a lawsuit against the troubled agency.



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Rio opening ceremony posts lowest ratings since...

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The Rio Olympics opened to big pageantry but relatively low ratings in the United States for NBC.



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Ford recalls 830,00 vehicles for door latches

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Ford announced Friday that it was recalling about 830,000 vehicles in North America to replace side door latches.



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American Airlines agrees to double-digit pay...

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American Airlines and a union said they have agreed on hefty pay raises for 30,000 workers. American Airlines and the TWU-IAM Association said in a joint statement on Friday that they reached an “interim agreement” on “significant pay increases” for 3…



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Maryland medical marijuana commission gives...

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Angeline Nanni was excited after Maryland’s medical marijuana commission voted unanimously Friday to award license pre-approvals to 15 growers and 15 processors. But Nanni, CEO of CannaMED Pharmaceuticals, which applied for a grower license, said she still has to keep her fingers crossed because the names of the applicants were not released by the the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission. “I am excited because the decision is finally made,” Nanni said. The Towson University Regional…

Enterprising Women panel: 'I just try to be who I...

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What does it take for a woman executive to make it to the top? Energy. Passion. Skill. Belief. Luck. Those are some of the ideals, said a panel of three top female executives during a discussion on life in the workplace at the Baltimore Business Journal’s annual “Enterprising Women” event Friday morning downtown. “I just try to be who I am,” said Kerry Chandler, chief human resources officer at Under Armour who was recruited by Kevin Plank to move to Baltimore from executive HR jobs at Christie's…