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Cleveland fans break NBA's online store sales...

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The Cleveland Cavaliers’ historic NBA title victory helped spur the NBAStore.com to the largest sales day in its history.



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Costco's switch from Amex to Visa is off to a...

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Costco switched from Amex to Visa, and it’s not going well.



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This is the best city for female entrepreneurs

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Where in the world do women entrepreneurs have the most support?



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Federal Hill will be the spot of this longtime...

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Barry Fleischmann has done catering for more than 30 years around the Baltimore area. As a chef and proprietor of his own company, he is no stranger to the culinary scene downtown. This fall, Fleischmann will venture out into a new territory of the food world with his first restaurant. Rachel’s New American Cuisine will occupy all three floors of 554 E. Fort Ave. in Federal Hill. Fleischmann said he expects the restaurant to open in 90 days or less from the closing of the lease on July 15. The…

What Donald Trump told donors last night

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Donald Trump sought to reassure jittery donors at a private fundraiser in New York City Tuesday night, in part by vowing to spend whatever it takes of his own fortune to win the White House.



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Social Security trust fund projected to run dry by...

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If lawmakers don’t act, Social Security’s trust fund will be tapped out in about 18 years. At that point the program will only have enough revenue coming in to pay 79% of promised benefits. That’s one takeaway from the Social Security and Medicare tru…



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Maryland and Virginia are both offering large sums...

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Maryland and Virginia have offered to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help lure the FBI and its millions of dollars in economic impact to one of three sites in Greenbelt, Landover or Springfield, Va. Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has committed to spending $317 million in state and local funds, while Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe has offered about $120 million. The Washington Post first reported reported the amounts Tuesday, a day before the deadline for bids. Each site…

Marriott contest winner readies to open downtown...

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For Megan Lanasa and her BricknFire mobile pizza cart some kind of expansion has been needed to grow the operation for some time. A new food truck concept, more events or a brick and mortar space were all possibilities. Then the Marriott International’s Canvas program came to Baltimore. The program looked to give one local entrepreneur a chance to take over a nearly 1,000-square-foot space in the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards with investment money, six months free rent and the…

Stationary company expands with new Crossroads @95...

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Despite the age of email, Instagram and instant messaging, an old-fashioned stationary, journal and greeting card business is expanding its footprint into larger retail and warehouse space in Baltimore County. Notes & Queries will relocate from Rosedale to 12,500 square feet at 1405 Tangier Drive in the Baltimore Crossroads @95 business park near White Marsh. The deal brings the 77,000-square-foot property to fully leased. Other tenants include Cimino’s Office Systems and Matthai Material Handling.…

Free Apple camp for kids in July

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Children can take a creative summer adventure and learn how to code, create interactive books and make films at free Apple Camps offered at Apple Retail Stores.

Kids 8-12 can sign up for free three-day workshops being offered in July 18-22. Classes are offered in individual retail stores. Parents…