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Verizon is tacking on another $20 fee

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Verizon will start charging customers $20 to upgrade their phones starting April 4.



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Oil's dramatic fall and shocking rise

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Phew. Oil’s roller-coaster quarter is over.



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Hogan announces $139M widening project in AA Co.

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday announced a $139 million widening of Maryland Route 175 at Fort Meade.



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Brazil: economic collapse worse than feared

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Amid political chaos, Brazil’s economic collapse is worse than its government once believed.



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Baltimore CEO joins long list of executives...

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A marketing executive from Baltimore has joined a list of corporate leaders from around the U.S. to protest a new law in North Carolina that limits civil rights for LGBT people. The proposal was rushed into law by the state legislature last week and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory and is considered anti-gay and anti-transgender. In a formal letter of protest sent to McCrory this week that was co-signed by about 60 executives including Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, Logan Green, CEO of Lyft and Mark Zuckerberg,…

Lawsuit targets Men's Wearhouse parent over Jos....

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Investors unhappy with Tailored Brands Inc.’s handling of its Jos. A. Bank acquisition are hitting the courts. A class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges Tailored Brands harmed investors by not sharing accurate information about problems it was having after acquiring Jos. A. Bank in 2014. The suit, filed Tuesday in federal court for the Southern District of Texas, says that Houston-based Tailored Brands Inc. (NYSE: TLRD) disseminated “materially false and misleading statements” about its financial…

What McCormick's play for Premier Foods says about...

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While British regulations prevent McCormick & Co. Inc. from saying much about its ongoing bid to buy the United Kingdom’s Premier Foods plc, the attempted acquisition says a lot about a change in strategy at the Sparks-based spice maker. McCormick (NYSE: MKC) has spread around the world through acquisitions and new ventures. Now it thinks it’s time to bulk up in the countries where it’s established itself. “A great deal of the effort in the last seven or eight years has gone into adding new markets,"…

Emergency Plumber Lutherville | Call 410-983-6900

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Starbucks, others ask N.C. to repeal 'anti-LGBT'...

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Starbucks is one of the latest companies to sign a letter asking North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory to repeal the state’s anti-LGBT law.



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Light City panel: Venture capitalists are still...

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From the venture capitalist’s seat, there used to be two kinds of entrepreneurs: those who wanted to make money and those who wanted to contribute to the social good. “We are capitalists at heart — our objective is to make money for the people that provide us with the capital,“ Ashton Newhall, managing general partner at Owings Mills-based Greenspring Associates, said Thursday during an investment panel at the Light City U Health and Sustainability conferences. "But in some ways there’s…