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Uber doesn't decrease drunk driving, study says

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It seems like an easy point for Uber to score. The ride-hailing service picks up the usual Friday and Saturday night crowds of inebriated bar-hoppers, preventing them from drinking and driving. Ergo, Uber saves lives.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/uber-doesnt-decrease-drunk-driving-study-says/40950998

What not to do when you win the lottery

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$478 million! That’s the amount of the current Powerball Jackpot for Saturday’s drawing. Go ahead, dream about what you would do with it. Private island, maybe? Your own Dairy Queen franchise?



from http://www.wbaltv.com/entertainment/what-not-to-do-when-you-win-the-lottery/40949926

Oil giant Exxon profits crash 59% to 17-year lows

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Even the mighty ExxonMobil has been hobbled by cheap oil.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/oil-giant-exxon-profits-crash-59-to-17year-lows/40946448

Bud-Miller $105 billion deal is back on track

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Cheers! It looks like the Bud-Miller mega merger is finally going to happen. It’s been nearly a year in the making but the biggest ever beer deal cleared its last major hurdles Friday as SABMiller’s board accepted an improved £79 billion ($105 billio…



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/budmiller-105-billion-deal-is-back-on-track/40947422

United Way CEO Mark Furst stepping down for new...

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Mark Furst is stepping down as president and CEO of United Way of Central Maryland after 12 years in the post to take on a senior position at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore this fall. “I could have happily played out the rest of my career at United Way, but I just got to a stage where I started thinking ‘What’s next? Is there something more, something else calling me?’” Furst said in an interview Friday. “As I was looking for what’s next, this great opportunity appeared…

Hillary Clinton's new problem

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Hillary Clinton woke up Friday to bad news: the U.S. economy is slowing.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/hillary-clintons-new-problem/40946226

BWI will see its first 787 Dreamliner on Monday

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Travelers are going to catch their first glimpse of the state-of-the-art 787 Dreamliner on Monday at BWI. A British Airways flight will land at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport at approximately 7:20 p.m. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner’s frame is made completely out of composite materials, and is Boeing’s most fuel-efficient aircraft. Dreamliners come equipped with a number of features to make flying easier for passengers, including higher ceilings, larger windows and overhead…

Microsoft to cut about 2,850 more jobs

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Microsoft’s costly bet on Nokia will mean more job losses than previously expected.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/microsoft-to-cut-about-2850-more-jobs/40946532

DNC Notebook: In her speech, Clinton shoots for a...

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PHILADELPHIA – Five years ago, well before the pre-email scandal days, Hillary Clinton had a 71 percent personal approval rating as secretary of state and was one of the nation’s most-admired women. No Democrat would admit it now, but the third year of the Obama presidency left more than a few wondering whether they had picked the right horse in the bitter 2008 primary. The last two days of the Democratic National Convention have gone along as if that were still the case. Clinton and the Democrats…

The shuttered, once beloved Yellow Bowl soul food...

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The dilapidated shell of what was once the city’s most treasured soul food restaurant is about to be put on the sales block. The Yellow Bowl Restaurant at 1234 Greenmount Ave. will be sold to the highest bidder during a September “surplus sale” by the city’s Department of Housing and Community Development. The building, in blight and disrepair today, was once a beacon of good times for residents of Johnston Square and all over the city — whites and African Americans — who flocked to its cheery…