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Amazon faces $350,000 fine for improperly shipping...

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Federal regulators are going after Amazon for allegedly botching the packaging of Liquid Fire drain cleaner, which leaked on UPS employees during shipping.



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Evergreen Health files complaint against U.S....

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Evergreen Health Cooperative has filed a complaint against the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in an effort to block a potential $22 million payment that the company would have to make to fellow insurer CareFirst. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, is designed to stop CMS from levying the fees, known as risk adjustment payments, until the formula for calculating payments charged in 2015 is changed. Representatives from CMS declined to comment. The estimated…

U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer says Baltimore Foundery will...

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The Foundery, Baltimore’s newest makerspace, could be the key to encouraging companies to make their products in the U.S. instead of overseas, U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer said Monday in Baltimore. Hoyer, Democratic House Whip, visited the Foundery’s new space at Sagamore Venture’s City Garage in Port Covington, praising it as an example of the future for American manufacturing. Hoyer said he sees the Foundery as a place where inventors can turn their ideas into entrepreneurship. He was there to announce…

Baltimore Summer Restaurant Week will allow chefs...

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Baltimore Summer Restaurant Week will return July 22-31 with a new pricing concept. Chefs participating in the annual promotion will now price the menu themselves, within a range. Diners will pay between $20-$35 for a three-course dinner, and two-course lunches and brunches will cost between $12-20. The set prices do not include gratuity or tip. Prix-fixe dinners during last summer’s restaurant week cost $20 and $30. Organizers say the new pricing system allows chefs more flexibility with their…

Oil's biggest wild card: Chaos in Nigeria

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A surprising force has helped lift oil prices back to the $50 threshold: militants blowing up oil facilities in Nigeria.



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Baltimore Summer Restaurant Week will allow chefs...

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Baltimore Summer Restaurant Week will return July 22-31 with a new pricing concept. Chefs participating in the annual promotion will now price the menu themselves, within a range. Diners will pay between $20-$35 for a three-course dinner, and two-course lunches and brunches will cost between $12-20. The set prices do not include gratuity or tip. Prix-fixe dinners during last summer’s restaurant week cost $20 and $30. Organizers say the new pricing system allows chefs more flexibility with their…

Where parents pay the most for college (Hint: it's...

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American parents pay a lot to send their kids to college, but parents in the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and Singapore pay even more.



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Ed Hale selling waterfront Sparrows Point house,...

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Like many in Baltimore these days, Edwin F. Hale Sr. is eyeing an upscale new city residence. As the waterfront continues to expand with luxury apartments and condominiums, the former CEO of First Mariner Bancorp said he is going to go with that flow. Hale, owner of the Baltimore Blast soccer team, said he is planning to move into a new apartment once a planned 350-unit development is built on his last remaining parcel of land in Canton Crossing. He is in the process of selling that 2.8-acre lot…

Havre de Grace set to open new $8.9M library

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An $8.9 million branch of the Harford County Public Library system is set to officially open this Wednesday in Havre de Grace. The 20,000-square foot building is double the size of the previous 8,400-square foot branch in the suburban community and will include an expanded business center where patrons can make 3-D copies on printers, use a bank of computers, a conference room and a new children’s reading and learning space, Schooner Cove, for ages 6 and under. The branch was funded with state,…

Photos from the BBJ's Tech 10 awards

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The Baltimore-area technology scene accelerating quickly. To recognize this growth, the Baltimore Business Journal wanted to highlight the efforts of the people who are leading Greater Baltimore into the future and developing the tech industry. Thus the Tech 10 was born. After receiving dozens of nominations, the BBJ’s editorial staff selected 11 people (we counted two co-founders of one company as one entry) and rolled out the inaugural Tech 10 awards, honoring the leaders of the tech industry…