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AT&T offering $5 internet to low-income families

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AT&T will start offering discounted internet access to low-income families for as low at $5 a month.



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Fnancial details behind Port Covington TIF...

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A total of $1.4 billion is expected to be paid out in debt service over a 41-year-period for the $535 million tax increment financing package being requested by Sagamore Development Co. for its massive Port Covington project, documents released by the city’s Finance Department Friday afternoon show. Over the same period — between 2017 and 2058, the city is expected to receive $1.7 billion in fiscal growth through the project, according to the TIF application filed by Sagamore Development officials…

Costco could hike its membership fee

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It could soon get more expensive to be a Costco member.



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Cord-cutting news from Amazon Netflix and...

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It’s been about four months since I dumped Comcast, a decision I’ll never regret.

As I wrote in January, breaking up with that loser of a cable company required a little technical know-how and a small investment in equipment, but it gave me quite a thrill to eliminate $1,100 in yearly expenses.

'Toxic' toys containing lead for sale in New York...

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Toys containing high levels of lead have been found on store shelves in New York, according to the state’s attorney general.



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Gear shift confusion causes Chrysler recall

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Fiat Chrysler is recalling 1.1 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the gear selector makes it too easy for drivers to forget to put the vehicle in “Park” before getting out. Doing this could allow the vehicle to roll away.



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Under Armour signs $86 million deal with UC...

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That’s a whole lot of cleats.



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W.R. Grace buys catalysts business from German...

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It didn’t take W.R. Grace & Co. very long to pivot from spinning off assets to acquiring them. Columbia-based Grace (NYSE: GRA) said Friday it has signed an agreement to buy the assets of a polyolefin catalysts business from German chemical giant BASF. The deal includes the Lynx technology line used in polyethylene pipe and bimodal film production as well as polypropylene slurry, bulk loop, stirred gas, fluid gas and stirred bulk processes. The companies did not share the terms of the deal, which…

State officials: PayPal is 'aware of the...

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Everybody wants a piece of PayPal. The online payment giant pulled plans this month to build a global operations center in Charlotte after North Carolina passed a law widely criticized as being anti-gay. The center would have brought 400 jobs along with it. Now, economic development officials up and down the East Coast — most recently from Philadelphia— are seeking to woo PayPal. I asked the Maryland Department of Commerce, which has been touting a series of economic development coups under…

Stocks haven't been this expensive in 7 years

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Bargain-shopping for stocks is pretty tough these days.



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