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Getting to 'yes': How Landover ed tech firm 2U won...

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It’s a question any business selling any product wages an eternal battle with — how do you get a potential customer to say “yes”? — but it gets even thornier when that potential customer is slow to change, even after 200 years, and your industry is starting off in largely untested waters. That was a challenge for Landover-based education technology company 2U Inc. (NASDAQ: TWOU) when it started knocking on the ivy-covered doors of its early clients, such as the University of Southern California…

Here's a look inside the Foundery maker space in...

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It won’t be much longer before some of the most creative people in Baltimore will have a new place to experiment, build and even forge. The Foundery, located in Sagamore Development’s City Garage, will officially open in about 20,000 square feet on May 16. Although the space isn’t completely finished, attendees of Light City Baltimore’s Creative Innovation Conference were given a chance to look inside the Foundery on Friday. The Foundery will be open seven days a week — though exact hours haven't…

Panama Papers: Rich and powerful allegedly hid...

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Elected leaders and top officials from around the world are responding with denials and outrage to allegations that they used secret offshore companies and accounts to hide billions of dollars. The media reports, based on a massive leak of documents,…



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Good economy leads to more bowel cancer, study...

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Economic development is a good thing – but not when it comes to the risk of developing colorectal cancer. According to a recent study, as a country develops, rates of this type of cancer rise alongside it. The study revealed a 10-fold difference in ca…



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Faster than Concorde with cheaper fares?

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A Colorado startup wants to build supersonic passenger planes faster than Concorde but with fares a quarter of the price – and Virgin Galactic has just got on board.



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FTC: Scam charities kept millions of dollars

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During a four year period starting in 2008, executives of two sham cancer charities paid themselves and their fundraisers more than $65 million, according to figures released by the Federal Trade Commission.



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Tickets to the 2016 Olympics aren't selling

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There could be quite a few empty seats at the Olympic Games in Rio this summer.



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Emergency Plumbing Perry Hall | Call 410-983-6900

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Alaska Air reportedly near deal to buy Virgin...

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Alaska Air Group appears to be in line to pay more than $2 billion to acquire Virgin America.



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Brazilian billionaire charged in bribery scheme

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Brazil’s corruption crisis is sparing no one, not even billionaires.



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