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Top 25 hedge fund managers earned $13 billion in...

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The top 25 hedge fund managers earned a combined $13 billion in 2015, according to an annual ranking by Institutional Investor’s Alpha.



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Giant Food recalls trail mix, walnuts

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Giant Food announced it has removed Nature’s Promise trail mix and walnuts from its shelves.



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Kevin Plank's Sagamore Spirit will have a large...

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It won’t be hard to find some of Kevin Plank’s new whiskey over Preakness weekend. Sagamore Spirit was named the exclusive whiskey at Pimlico Race Course for Black-Eyed Susan Day on May 20 and the marquee Preakness on May 21. The rye whiskey will be available at all bars in the grandstand on both days, and the distillery will have a special bar at the Turfside Terrace on the west side of the track, as well as a whiskey lounge in the Corporate Village. The Turfside Terrace bar will serve exclusive…

ESPN, Verizon reach settlement in subscription...

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ESPN and Verizon have reached a settlement, a little more than a year after the sports media giant filed a lawsuit over a plan that lets customers pick the channels they receive.



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Clinton to propose plan to cap child care costs at...

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Working parents of young kids are typically low on sleep and, thanks to the high cost of child care, money.



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Here are the massive tax breaks Trump is proposing...

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Donald Trump may say he’s concerned about the little guy, but his tax plan would give the wealthy far bigger breaks than the middle class or working Americans.



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Anheuser-Busch renames Budweiser as 'America'

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Anheuser-Busch is renaming Budweiser, its most famous brand, as America.



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Broadway sensation 'Hamilton' coming to D.C.'s...

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“Hamilton,” the wildly successful Broadway musical about one of America’s founding fathers, will come to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as part of its 2017-2018 season, the venue announced Tuesday. Exact dates have not been announced. The musical, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama and has been nominated for 16 Tony awards, tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, the close confidant of George Washington who became the first treasury secretary of the U.S. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda,…

Baltimore-area home sales, prices mark best April...

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Baltimore-area home sales rose 14.5 percent in April, continuing a string of 21 straight months of increases and marking the best April in at least a decade. At the same time, the median sales price grew 5.7 percent year-over-year to $243,000, the highest April sales price since 2008, according to data released Tuesday by ShowingTime RealEstate Business Intelligence based on MRIS data. During the month, 3,201 homes were sold across the Baltimore area. The 4,853 new pending sales broke the previous…

Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant set to open in...

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A Napa-style wine tasting room combined with dining space for 300 is set to open in the Annapolis Towne Centre next week. Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant will begin serving on May 16 with a casual menu that reflects its wine list and includes soy ginger salmon, chicken Giardiniera, Asian pork belly and Mexican drunk shrimp. The restaurant started construction in November in the space former occupied by Cadillac Ranch. The restaurant will have two stories and the wine tasting component will…