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Uber hits 2 billion rides

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Uber has completed two billion rides on its platform. At 12:16 a.m. ET on June 18, 147 new Uber rides started – pushing the company into the land of multi-billion rides, said CEO Travis Kalanick in a Facebook post.



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Orioes' TV ratings soar 27%, rank among highest in...

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The Baltimore Orioles have the third highest television rating among all 30 MLB teams, according to a SportsBusiness Journal analysis of Nielsen data. The Orioles are averaging a 7.16 local rating on MASN/MASN2 as of last week’s All-Star Game, up 27 percent compared to the first half of 2015. Around 1.1 million households in the Baltimore market have a TV, according to Nielsen, meaning an average of 79,000 households are tuned into the O’s on any given night. The Orioles are currently first in…

EPA lowers fuel economy expectations

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Low gas prices mean more SUVs – and that’s led the EPA to lower its forecast for overall fuel economy. When it unveiled its new rules in 2011, the EPA expected an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. That’s the average for all vehicles. On Monday…



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Gov. Hogan unveils plan to reduce traffic...

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In a bid to ease traffic backups, Gov. Larry Hogan announced $229.6 million in new investments along the Interstate 270 corridor and local roads in Montgomery County. Of the total, $100 million will fund the I-270 Innovative Congestion Management Project to improve travel times on the highway. Additionally, the Maryland Department of Transportation’s State Highway Administration will use the remainder of the proposed fund to build an interchange at I-270 and Watkins Mill Road. “We are calling…

Netflix stock crashes on big subscriber miss

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Netflix reported disappointing subscriber growth on Monday, sending its stock spiraling downward in after-hours trading.



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Taco Bell fires employee who refused to serve cops

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A cashier at a Taco Bell in Alabama wouldn’t serve cops. Now she won’t serve anybody else after the fast food chain fired her.



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Under Armour pays $70.3M for future HQ land at...

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Under Armour Inc. has paid $70.3 million for a swath of land in Port Covington where it plans to build its future 50-acre campus, state records show. The land, acquired by Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank’s private development firm in 2014, is the former home of a Walmart and Sam’s Club. Plank’s Sagamore Development paid $35 million for the waterfront property. Neil Jurgens, vice president of corporate real estate for Under Armour, said in a statement that “an independent appraisal was completed to…

Small business praises Trump’s Pence pick

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National small business groups look at Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s pick to be his running mate, and they see a friend and ally. During his first term in Congress from 2001 to 2003, Pence served a single term on the House Small Business Committee, an unglamorous post for political climbers. After that term, Pence went on to serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee and became the No. 3 Republican in Congress in 2009. But he did not forget what…

Deeper Panama Canal could boost industrial...

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Last month’s opening of wider and deeper shipping lanes in the Panama Canal is expected to result in more demand for industrial leasing later this year and in years to come in the Baltimore area, a new report says. Baltimore is one of three U.S. ports on the East Coast that has been fitted with larger equipment to receive goods from the larger ships that will utilize the expanded canal lanes that opened in June 26. The first super-sized tanker ship is expected to arrive at the Port of Baltimore…

Waterless toilet turns waste into clean water and...

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With every flush, this toilet creates water and electric power for those who need it most.



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