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Key hire at Groove will advance international and...

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Baltimore creative marketing agency Groove is making a bigger push into international markets and has hired a pioneer in digital marketing to help lead the charge. Jim Banks, who founded one of the earliest paid search agencies, has joined Groove as director of paid media, an area of high focus and expected high growth for Groove. Beyond his expertise in paid media, Groove will look to Banks to shepherd its growth in international markets. Banks will be based in the United Kingdom, where Groove…

Apple delays earnings for Bill Campbell memorial

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Apple has delayed its quarterly earnings announcement by one day to allow employees to attend Bill Campbell’s memorial service on Monday, April 25.



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America's neglected coin: Debate rages over...

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Pity the poor penny. People will walk right by them lying in the street. Billions sit idly in jars and bowls on kitchen counters. Economists have said for years that the U.S. should stop making them.



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Harriet Tubman's move to the $20 has fans...

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Harriet Tubman will be the new face of the $20 bill. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced on Wednesday that the abolitionist will replace former President Andrew Jackson as the face of the bill. Lew also announced that Alexander Hamilton would keep h…



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Viacom blackout threat looms in Dish Network homes

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If Viacom and Dish Network don’t strike a new deal by Wednesday night, channels like MTV and Nickelodeon will go dark in Dish Network homes early Thursday morning.



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Visit Baltimore CEO Tom Noonan resigns takes job...

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Visit Baltimore’s President and CEO Tom Noonan said Wednesday he is resigning to accept the same position with the Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau, effective May 6. Noonan joined Visit Baltimore in January 2007 after spending 18 years with the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau as a sales, services and convention marketing executive. He also spent some time leading the Washington, D.C., bureau for Dallas. “It is a bittersweet moment for me and my family as we leave Baltimore to return…

Port Covington local hiring diversity agreements...

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Baltimore’s Board of Estimates acted over the objections of City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young and Comptroller Joan Pratt Wednesday to approve a group of agreements for the 266-acre Port Covington development project backed by Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s office cast the agreements, which outline local hiring, diversity and affordable housing requirements for the Port Covington project, as an important starting point for public discussions as a proposed…

Maryland to invest $500000 in workforce training...

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The state’s labor department will invest $500,000 in job training with the revival of the Maryland Business Works program. The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation will invest $500,000 in job training with the revival of the Maryland Business Works program. The initiative will match an employer’s contribution, dollar-for-dollar, toward the development of its existing workforce through classroom-based training, in-house staff training and other opportunities, the Maryland Department…

Coke's earnings don't pop stock tanks

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Perhaps Coca-Cola should rename itself Dasani or Powerade.



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Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on $20...

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Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20, sources tell CNN.



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