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Trump is richer - and deeper in debt - than he was...

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Donald Trump is richer – and far deeper in debt – than he was a year ago, according to a new report.



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Investors hate Softbank's record $32 billion deal

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Softbank shares tumbled Tuesday as investors reacted to the company’s $32 billion purchase of ARM Holdings, one of the U.K.’s most successful tech companies.



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RNC Notebook: Trump feud with Ohio’s governor...

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CLEVELAND – The party of the elephant might want to consider changing its mascot to the honey badger. When it comes to the standard political operating procedure at national political conventions – unify, stay on a pre-determined message – Republicans on Monday clearly just didn’t care. And the convention’s host state, Ohio, and its governor, John Kasich, were at the center of the disharmony. Donald Trump’s campaign chief Paul Manafort started the day by lighting into Kasich, the fourth-place…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, and happy Tuesday. For whatever it’s worth, temperatures are at least going to stay out of the 90s. So the heat won’t be too bad. But it’ll still be very uncomfortable outside today. This weekend is what you’ll really have to look out for. For now, here are eight things you should know to get your day started. Lt. Brian Rice became the third officer on trial in the death of Freddie Gray to be acquitted of all charges. With each verdict, it seems less and less likely that any officers…

Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grill moves...

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Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille has moved its headquarters to Columbia, nearly doubling the square footage to make room for growing operations. CEO Bob Barry said everything was moved over the weekend to the new space at 6990 Columbia Gateway Drive and the first day working out of the new office is Tuesday. The move gives the popular sports bar chain 7,000 square feet to work with, up from the roughly 3,900 square feet in the former location in Hanover. The company had moved into Hanover three…

Stokes pledges to delay Port Covington TIF at City...

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A week before a public hearing on a record $660 million tax increment financing request, City Councilman Carl Stokes said he would stall the tax increment financing approval process until Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank’s development firm agrees to written housing, hiring and profit sharing investments in exchange for the TIF. The pledge was made Monday before a cheering crowd of close to 200 inside Zion Lutheran Church at a hearing by Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development, or BUILD, on the…

Nintendo shares jump 120% (!!!) on Pokemon Go

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Can anything stop the great Nintendo rally of 2016? Nintendo shares had another banner day on Tuesday, surging more than 14 percent in Tokyo amid widespread mania over the company’s sensational Pokemon Go game. The stock’s performance following the release o…



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Gun maker's move is a boom to Boonville, Missouri

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An assault rifle factory is something new for Boonville, Missouri, a small town that’s more used to tourists and Civil War buffs.



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Yahoo 'screws it up,' writes down $482 million of...

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Marissa Mayer may be ending her tenure at Yahoo on a sour note. Yahoo is writing down the value of its Tumblr acquisition by $482 million, citing lower projections for the social network’s future performance, the company announced Monday.



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Fiat Chrysler sales numbers probed by Feds

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Fiat Chrysler is under investigation for allegedly inflating its sales figures. The automaker confirmed Monday that both the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are conducting probes.



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