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Baltimore hall chambers packed for TIF hearing

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People packed Baltimore’s City Hall chambers for an informational hearing on Tax Increment Financing or TIF.



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Two free movie tickets to see 'Finding Dory' from...

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Get in the swim with two free movie tickets to see “Finding Dory,” with an offer from P&G.

Get one adult and one child movie tickets to see the Disney movie opening June 17 with purchase of $30 in P&G products from participating stores, including Albertson’s, Western Beef and Navarro Discount Drugs.

Stay at a Trump hotel? Survey says no

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According to a recent Skift survey, Donald Trump could be in trouble; not with his candidacy, but with his hotel brand.



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British CEOs should take a 50% pay cut

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Small shareholders have had enough of the bumper pay packages awarded to top British executives.



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Crabs and craps: Maryland heads to Vegas next week...

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What happens in Vegas, won’t stay in Vegas. At least from an economic development point of view. This weekend, hundreds of developers, politicians, attorneys, lobbyists and the usual suspects in the real estate world from Maryland will converge at the Wynn Las Vegas for the annual RECon gathering of the International Council of Shopping Centers. It’s where glitz meets shoe leather and schmooze mixes with ink. Where deals for building a Target in Canton, a new upscale restaurant on the waterfront…

8 things you need to know this morning (about the...

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Happy Friday before the Preakness Stakes! We will be treated to some sun and temps in the 70s today, but Saturday is looking to make the 141th Preakness at Pimlico Race Course yet another wet one. With the way the weather has been lately, the Preakness wouldn’t feel like a Baltimore event without some rain, right? Even though the Preakness may bring out some great (and unique) fashion choices, you don’t want to be fashionable late and miss the party. The gates open at 8:30 a.m. and the first race…

Hackers stole millions in third attack on global...

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If three makes a trend, then it’s official: The global banking system is under attack. The methods used by hackers to attack banks in Vietnam and Bangladesh appear to have been deployed over a year ago in a heist in Ecuador.



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Baltimore City Council committee hears passionate...

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Dozens packed the Baltimore City Council chamber to capacity Thursday afternoon as an informational hearing on tax increment financing was held in anticipation of public hearings on a $535 million TIF request for a redevelopment of Port Covington. The council’s Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee heard testimony for more than three hours from dozens of speakers. The hearing was limited to testimony on TIFs in general, and not specifically on the Port Covington request that was…

Prince George's signs agreement to increase...

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Prince George’s County economic development officials secured an agreement Thursday with their counterparts from South Korea in an attempt to increase business cooperation with a major U.S. trading partner. Jim Coleman, president and CEO of Prince George’s County Economic Development Corp., signed the memorandum of understanding with Jonggun Lee, general director of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, to allow small and mid-sized business owners in Prince George’s County to trade…

World's most Instagrammed coffee?

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Is this the world’s most Instagrammed coffee?



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