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Your next flight could be in this new Airbus cabin

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Travelers are sick of being crammed into airplanes with little space for carry-on luggage. That’s the passenger feedback Airbus said it considered when designing its newest cabin, which will debut next year.



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Five Guys becomes UK's favorite fast food chain

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Hungry Brits have spoken. The U.K.’s top choice for fast food is the all-American Five Guys burger chain, according to a new consumer survey by Market Force Information.



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Cue the fake outrage about Netflix speeds

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Netflix has been capping its mobile speeds for years.



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Brazil's oil giant loses billions amid corruption...

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Brazil just got more bad news.



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Could human organs be Maryland's next big...

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For the last several years, Martine Rothblatt has been positioning United Therapeutics to manufacture transplantable human organs. This week, the founder and CEO of the Maryland biotech cornerstone told the state’s tech community to get ready for a new industry to sprout from the idea. “In the next 10 to 20 years, Maryland will be known as the state that pioneered the concept of organ manufacturing,” Rothblatt said as she accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award Monday from the Tech Council of Maryland.…

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Fixt ups seed funding round to $1.4 million

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Baltimore’s Fixt has added $600,000 to its seed funding round, for a total of $1.4 million. Angel investors in the seed round include Google Wallet founder Jonathan Weiner, Wal-Mart board director Jim Cash and Paul Silber of Blu Venture Investors. Fixt, previously known as Peach, in January reported it had raised $800,000 in an oversubscribed seed round. The company had sought to raise $400,000. Fixt specializes in mobile phone repair and replacement. The company’s mobile application can detect…

February jobs picture a 'mixed report' for...

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Maryland’s unemployment situation got better or worse in February, depending on who you ask. The state lost 1,800 jobs between January and February, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor. But the month-to-month drop, fueled by a large decline in professional and business services jobs, belied longer-term trends. Compared with February of last year, the state has gained 37,600 jobs. The data gets even noisier when you look at the unemployment rate. Maryland’s unemployment…

Extra charge on premium gas doubles in 5 years

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Getting premium gasoline is becoming more costly for consumers as the additional cost difference from regular gas has nearly doubled in five years, Automotive News reports.



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Which candidate would be better for stocks?

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No one knows exactly how the next president would impact their portfolio, but investors seem to think Hillary Clinton has a slight edge on Donald Trump.



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