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Hedwin Corporation to shut down in north Baltimore

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Operations at the long-standing Hedwin Corporation in north Baltimore are shutting down.



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8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, and happy Thursday. It’s going to be another steamy one today — temperatures are going to hit 92. A stray shower is possible tonight, but for the most part, just be ready to stay indoors. Here are eight things you need to know to get your day started. Frostburg State University is in danger of losing its accreditation after the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the organization that accredits colleges in Maryland, gave Frostburg a “warn” notice. Frostburg is being told…

Netflix coming for Comcast subscribers

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Comcast customers will soon be able to use Netflix like a regular cable channel.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/technology/netflix-inks-deal-with-comcast/40388832

Maryland casino revenue grows yet again in June

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The Maryland casinos didn’t set another all-time monthly revenue record in June, but the five casinos continued to see year-over-year improvement in bringing in $93.4 million last month. The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Agency announced Wednesday the combined statewide revenue for June was a 2.1 percent increase from June 2015, or more than $1.9 million. The state’s five casinos set monthly records in April and May, reaching $104.4 million in the latter, but Gaming Director Gordon Medenica said…

Feds reject grant applications for Port Covington,...

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Two federal grant applications for transportation projects in Maryland were rejected on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation. One involved a $76 million request for new highway ramps off of Interstate 95 and roadwork surrounding the massive Port Covington redevelopment by Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank’s Sagamore Development. The other application was for $155 million to help fund construction to help the flow of freight trains through the Howard Street Tunnel. Plans call for the tunnel…

A really boring stock is one of Dow's top 5

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Will some Tylenol cure that pounding Brexit headache investors have been suffering from for the past two weeks? Probably not.



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Trump supporter tweet appears to call for lynching...

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A top Donald Trump supporter drew fire Wednesday for a tweet that he says was a “well-intended mistake,” which seemed to call for the lynching of Attorney General Loretta Lynch.



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Trump campaign says it raised $51M since late May

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Donald Trump’s campaign on Wednesday announced it raised $51 million since late May, a sign that his first major fundraising foray has proved moderately successful. The haul is likely to calm some fears that Trump will be unable to compete financially…



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MedStar official on cyberattack: 'We chose by...

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When MedStar Health officials discovered on a Sunday night in March that hackers had infiltrated computer systems at one of three offsite locations — the problem worsening despite efforts to stop it — the responsibility fell to a midlevel director to make a quick call. “He made the brave but per-the-protocol decision to shut every aspect of MedStar Health’s electronic medical record systems off,” said Dr. Craig DeAtley, the system’s director of emergency preparedness. “So we found ourselves…

Maryland insurers' request for rate increase draws...

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Dan Meszler, 58, is a self-employed engineer. He said he didn’t care about the health insurance rate review process until the Affordable Care Act came around. “I’m an ACA casualty, my wife is an ACA casualty, my four-year old grandson, an ACA casualty,” he said. In 2014, before his health insurance was canceled, Meszler said he paid $4,889 in premiums for a $5,000 deductible plan. But, according to his own analysis, premiums for the cheapest health insurance plan available in the marketplace…