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BuzzFeed buzzkill: Its stunning revenue miss goes...

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BuzzFeed fell a stunning $80 million short of projected revenues last year and has reportedly slashed its projections for 2016 in half.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/buzzfeed-buzzkill-its-stunning-revenue-miss-goes-viral/38991904

Fracking fallout: 7.9 million at risk of man-made...

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People in parts of Texas and Oklahoma now face the same earthquake risk as those in California.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/fracking-fallout-79-million-at-risk-of-manmade-earthquakes/38746394

Baltimore Plumber | Call 410-983-6900

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World's highest income taxes in Belgium

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Everybody moans about paying their taxes, but Belgians have more reason than most to complain.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/the-country-with-the-highest-income-tax-in-the-developed-world/38981336

China investment in U.S. to hit $30 billion this...

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The great Chinese investment wave is gaining power.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/china-investment-in-us-to-hit-30-billion-this-year/38981614

No income tax breaks, but businesses get...

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Some changes are set to affect Greater Baltimore businesses after Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday signed a group of more than 100 bills into law — changes ranging from quirky to potentially significant. The measures Hogan signed Tuesday, the day after Maryland legislators passed bills in marathon sessions before adjourning for the year, don’t address the largest business issues debated in the newly closed General Assembly session. But we’ve already heard a lot about how most of those big-ticket items…

Beretta opening new gun factory in Tennessee

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Tax incentives and guns law have gun maker Beretta USA opening a new factory in Tennessee while moving all manufacturing out of Maryland.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/beretta-is-opening-new-gun-factory-in-tennessee/38986054

Ex-budget chair Ryan likely to miss budget...

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House Speaker Paul Ryan – who developed a national profile as one of the Republican Party’s biggest thinkers – is on the verge of failing to pass a budget, an embarrassing setback that underscores deep divisions inside the GOP.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/politics/exbudget-chair-ryan-likely-to-miss-budget-deadline/38986442

Boeing working to drum up business in Iran

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Boeing is moving closer to selling passenger planes to Iranian airlines.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/boeing-working-to-drum-up-business-in-iran/38987832

Baltimore's ClassTracks wants to help students...

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The Baltimore City Public School students in Lida Zlatic’s Spanish class were like most students — learning at different paces. Some struggled to keep up with her foreign language lessons, while others could have taken a mid-day siesta and still been ahead of the group. Zlatic noticed how other teachers were using technology to personalize students’ classroom experience, and set to work to create a tool that would help language students learn and study at their own pace. Zlatic and co-founders…