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Brexit won't start this year, court told

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The UK Government does not plan to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty initiating the UK’s departure from the European Union before the end of this year, the country’s High Court was told Tuesday.



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Can Donald Trump save Twitter?

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Elephants. Donkeys. Blue birds. Can politics (especially Donald Trump) get Twitter’s stock back on track?



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Spirit Airlines adds two new nonstop routes from...

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Just as the cold weather starts heading into Baltimore this November, Spirit Airlines will expand its offerings to the slightly warmer weather of Florida. The discount airline announced Tuesday it is adding nonstop flights from Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport to Fort Myers Southwest Florida International Airport and Tampa International Airport starting Nov. 10. Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ: SAVE) will fly one daily roundtrip between each airport with tickets as low as around…

Charles Village apartment building up for auction

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The Peabody Apartments, a 15-unit building with ground floor retail space in Charles Village, is up for auction. The three-story, 22,000-square-foot apartment building, at 201-205 E. 30th St., was built in 1920. It will be auctioned Thursday at 11 a.m. on-site. A $50,000 deposit is due at time-of-sale and the settlement must be completed within 60 days of the sale date. The Alex Cooper Real Estate Division lists the property as having a gross annual rent potential of around $259,392. And according…

Donald Trump plan will break up big banks

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Donald Trump wants to crack down on Wall Street. At Trump’s urging, the GOP formally endorsed breaking up America’s big banks Monday. It’s almost like the Republicans were taking a page from liberal senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren who hav…



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Towson developer plants flag with new office in...

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Heritage Properties Inc. plans to open a new corporate office in Raleigh, N.C., the developer’s first outside of Towson. The new Raleigh office for Heritage Properties will be helmed by Ryan Blair, the company’s vice president of development and acquisitions. Blair is an alumnus of both N.C. State University and Duke University, and has been spending a lot of time in the Triangle the past few months spearheading plans for the company’s first two office and mixed-use development projects in Raleigh. Heritage…

Got beef with a business? This app handles the...

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Service is fighting a very good fight. It wants to handle all your customer service woes.



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Brexit could mean weakest global growth since 2009

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Britain’s vote to leave the European Union is already weighing on the world economy and could push growth below 3% for the first time since the global financial crisis.



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Goldman Sachs continues to slash bonuses

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Things are looking a little better for Goldman Sachs these days. But it’s still belt-tightening time at the Vampire Squid.



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T-Mobile Tuesday: Win free unlimited data, Lyft...

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T-Mobile is giving away a year of free unlimited data to hunt Pokemon for a T-Mobile Tuesday giveaway on July 19.

Customers can download the free T-Mobile app, log in with their mobile number to enter for a change to win these freebies, according to a news release.

Prizes including: Free, unlimited…