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Young adults use 'Codeworks' to get paid

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Cyber is the way of the future, and there’s a group of young adults in west Baltimore using it as a safe way to spend the summer, and they’re getting paid.



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The Ravens are the 27th most valuable sports...

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The Baltimore Ravens are the 27th most valuable sports franchise in the world, down three spots from a year ago. The team is worth $1.93 billion, according to new rankings released by Forbes, up 29 percent from last year. The franchise was 24th on last year’s list of the most valuable franchises, but were surpassed this year by the Green Bay Packers (worth $1.95 billion), Arsenal F.C. of the English Premier League ($2.02 billion) and the Denver Broncos ($1.94 billion). Forbes estimates the Ravens…

Second round of Harbor Point TIF bonds approved...

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The five-member Board of Estimates on Wednesday gave its approval of $36.8 million in tax-increment financing for the Harbor Point development. City Comptroller Joan Pratt was the only member of the spending board to vote against the TIF, citing a high threshold for the city to get a return on its investment. The city’s Board of Finance declined in early May to approve the TIF bonds for the same reason — but eventually passed the plan five weeks later. This is the second round of TIF bonds for…

Here's what people bought on Amazon's Prime Day

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Amazon said its Prime Day sale was its biggest day ever. The company reported Tuesday’s 24-hour sale saw orders increase by more than 60% worldwide compared to its inaugural Prime Day sale last summer. TVs were a hot item with customers buying more th…



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RK&K takes chunk of Exelon's space in Candler...

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Baltimore engineering firm RK&K will consolidate three of its Baltimore offices next year and move into the Candler Building near the Inner Harbor. The move will start in motion a game of musical office space in the central business district and beyond as energy giant Exelon kicks off the shuffle by shifting 1,500 employees to a 20-story tower at Harbor Point later this year. RK&K recently inked a deal for 116,000 square feet of space across two floors of Exelon’s space at the Candler Building,…

Stock market enthusiasm enters 'danger' zone

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The U.S. stock market has gone from near free-fall over Brexit to breaking out to all-time highs. All in the span of less than three weeks. The swing has been stunning. The Dow is up an incredible 1,275 points from the post-Brexit lows and is trading…



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Tesla reveals 'cheaper' Model X SUV

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Tesla just put a cheaper version of its Model X SUV on the market. Don’t get too excited, though. The Model X is a luxury SUV and it still costs like one. Prices for the new Model X 60D start at $74,000.



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Developer plots apartment, retail project along...

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A local developer plans to transform a long-vacant property on downtown’s west side into a mixed-use apartment building and retail space. Mohammed Agbodjogbe, owner of real estate firm Nine Jewels, plans to invest $3.4 million into the 15,000-square-foot project at 400 N. Howard St. Agbodjogbe acquired the property for $139,000 in 2015, according to state tax records. Plans call for three floors of apartments above a street-level cafe and organic farmers market, said Agbodjogbe, who moved to Baltimore…

Free $10 for kids from TD Bank summer reading...

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Kids can get $10 for free when they read books with the TD Bank summer reading program.

Kids in kindergarten to 5th grade read the books, add titles to the form and then bring the list to any TD Bank to get $10 added into a TD Simple Savings account. The account requires no minimum deposit and…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, and happy Wednesday. Here’s your Pokemon Go roundup for the day: Ads are coming to the game, it has officially launched in Europe, players are being told to not play the game at Arlington National Cemetery and the Holocaust Museum in D.C. (thought that would go without saying), and a man in Oregon was stabbed while playing the game, but continued his hunt despite suffering a minor injury. In non-Pokemon news, today is going to be gloomy, humid and wet. There’s at least a chance of…