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A year later businesses remember Baltimore's...

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Mickey Fried rushed back from a trip to North Carolina after last year’s unrest — he remembers arriving in time to use snow shovels to pick up glass and debris from his looted family store, Belle Hardware in Bolton Hill. The store, which Fried owns with his mother Janice McCulley, had been broken into when someone punched a hole in the wall from the laundromat next door. Now, Belle Hardware is repaired and restocked, but its sales haven’t fully recovered. Fried is hoping for a strong spring season…

Centrexion takes off with drug candidate...

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After flying under the radar for two years, Baltimore’s Centrexion Therapeutics ready to make its mark as an emerging pharmaceutical company in the field of pain management. Centrexion was founded in late 2013 by a group of pharmaceutical veterans and has since been quietly working through clinical trials for two non opioid pain medications. But Centrexion has much loftier goals than developing a couple drugs and selling them off to larger pharmaceutical companies — a typical path for research…

Apple iTunes movies iBooks shut down in China

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Apple is facing a new headache in China. Less than seven months after Apple launched iBooks and iTunes Movies, the services have been shut down in the world’s most populous nation.



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Daimler opens exhaust emissions investigation in...

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Daimler says it’s investigating “possible indications of irregularities” in its process for certifying exhaust emissions in the U.S.



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MTV reboots 'MTV Unplugged' introduces weekly live...

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Who says MTV doesn’t play music anymore? Viacom’s MTV network is returning to its roots by bringing back an old favorite, “MTV Unplugged.”



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/mtv-reboots-mtv-unplugged-introduces-weekly-live-music-series/39145372

Steph Curry driving huge sales for Under Armour

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Under Armour is simply on fire these days. Call it the Steph Curry effect. Under Armour continues to ride the hot hand of Curry, the sports apparel brand’s superstar endorser who just led his team to the best season in NBA history.



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Ford to sell made-in-USA Raptor in China

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Ford Motor Co. is bringing its high-performance off-roader, the F-150 Raptor, to China. Starting next year, Ford will sell a redesigned version of the Raptor pickup in China, the company announced Friday. It will become the first version of Ford’s full…



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Prince's vision for lifting up black youths: Get...

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Prince wasn’t just a renowned artist. He was also an advocate for a more inclusive tech community.



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Microsoft profits fall by 25%

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Microsoft had sort of a lousy quarter that looks worse because of factors beyond its control.



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Tourism officials have high hopes for summer

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Visit Baltimore has high hopes for the summer tourist season; last year, hotel occupancy rates and restaurant business dropped after last April’s riots.



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