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BBJ takes home 3 'Best of Show' awards at MDDC...

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Baltimore Business Journal staff members took home a combined three Best of Show awards at the 2015 Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Association awards on May 13. The paper also won 17 other awards and honors in its division, which is made up of non-daily papers in the region with a circulation of 10,000 or less. Best of Show entries go up against all news organizations in the region that entered the contest. This year, Wendy Goldfarb won two Best of Show and first-place awards for her informational…

Two Boots pizza parlor coming to East Baltimore...

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East Baltimore Development Inc. was awarded a $250,000 loan from the state last week to build a pizza parlor on the ground floor of an apartment building. Two Boots, a funky New York-based pizza parlor that has a restaurant at 1203 W. Mount Royal Ave. in Midtown, will open a branch in the EBDI area in the near future. Its menu features a fusion of Italian and Cajun flavors. The nonprofit EBDI will install a cooking exhaust system and extend natural gas service to the kitchen and the restaurant…

M&T Bank agrees to pay $64M to settle claims...

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M&T Bank Corp. has agreed to pay $64 million to the U.S. government to settle claims that the bank did not follow certain guidelines related to federally-insured home loans. Announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice, the settlement puts an end to a federal investigation into allegations that Buffalo, N.Y.-based M&T (NYSE: MTB) did not comply with certain origination, underwriting and quality control policies required for Federal Housing Administration mortgages. According to DOJ, M&T admitted…

Google could face yet another EU investigation

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No one could blame Google for feeling like the enemy in Europe.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/google-could-face-yet-another-eu-investigation/39567424

Hillary Clinton says she'll name Bill as economy...

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If she’s elected president, Hillary Clinton says she’ll appoint her husband, Bill Clinton, to oversee the economy.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/hillary-clinton-says-shell-name-bill-as-economy-czar/39566004

Gannett hikes offer for Tribune Publishing

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Newspaper publishing giant Gannett Co. upped its bid for Tribune Publishing Monday to about $864 million. Gannett (NYSE: GCI) upped its offer to $15 per share after an earlier bid was rejected by Tribune’s board of directors. The revised offer almost doubles Tribune’s closing price of $7.52 per share on April 22, the last trading day before Gannett revealed its initial offer of $12.25. Shares of Chicago-based Tribune Publishing (NYSE: TPUB) were up 27 percent in pre-market trading Monday to…

Goldman Sachs calls end to cheap oil

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So that’s it for cheap oil.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/goldman-sachs-calls-end-to-cheap-oil/39565218

Warren Buffett buys stake in Apple

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Is Warren Buffett calling a bottom in Apple’s stock price?



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/warren-buffett-buys-stake-in-apple/39565820

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8 things you need to know this morning

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It doesn’t feel like May out there right now. Still, May’s events are in full swing. Monday kicks off Preakness week and more NCAA lacrosse. It was a great weekend for Maryland lacrosse. The Towson Tigers men’s lacrosse team defeated second-seeded Denver — the defending national champions — 10-9 in the NCAA tournament on Sunday. The team advances to the quarterfinals where it will take on seventh-seeded Loyola University Maryland. [ Towsontigers.com] The score wasn’t so close for the University…