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iPhone SE vs. iPhone 5S

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On Monday, Apple released the iPhone SE, a new iPhone that’s just like its current iPhone but smaller.



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Rawlings-Blake slated to call for 1-cent tax cut...

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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to call for a penny cut in residential property taxes when she submits her 2017 budget for review next week. Current plans for the budget to be submitted would drop the rate for owner-occupied homes from $2.13 per $100 of assessed value to $2.12, a spokesman said Wednesday. The details come after Rawlings-Blake said when giving her annual State of the City Address in February that her budget would include an unspecified tax cut. Rawlings-Blake…

Amazon sues exec who jumped to Target

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Amazon is suing an executive who recently left the company to go to work for Target, charging that his move violates his contract’s non-compete clause.



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Station North Arts & Entertainment District losing...

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The head of an organization spearheading one of the city’s most vibrant turnarounds resigned on Wednesday. Ben Stone, executive director of the Station North Arts & Entertainment District Inc. for four and a half years, is leaving that post to lead a national smart growth nonprofit in Washington. Stone will be replaced by an interim director to be appointed by the board of directors of the Station North Arts & Entertainment District group. His last day will be April 9. After that, Stone will be…

McCormick tried to do $2.1B deal for British food...

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Sparks-based McCormick & Co. Inc. has twice been refused in offers this year to buy the British food company that makes Mr. Kipling cakes, Cadbury cakes and Oxo, a company that produces animal stock and herbs. Premier Foods plc (LON: PFD), a $1.1 billion food company based north of London, said Wednesday that it has refused two specific takeover offers from McCormick (NYSE: MKC). The Baltimore-area spice and food giant then confirmed it made a cash offer to buy Premier Foods for 52 pence per share…

Emergency Plumber Arbutus MD | Call 410-983-6900

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'Batman v Superman' could rumble to a $300M global...

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Two of the comic book world’s biggest heavyweights, Batman and Superman, are ready to square off on the big screen, and possibly knocking out a few box office records.



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Lotame sees growth in turning its services to...

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Advertisers and brands collect a lot of information about their customers — like, a staggering amount of information. But they have no idea what to do with it. That’s where advertising technology firm Lotame steps in. Lotame specializes in aggregating and analyzing advertisers’ data to help them better target customers. The company this week debuted two new products that put Lotame’s data analysis technology into a programs for customers who don’t need Lotame’s full suite of services. “What…

Epic oil glut gets worse

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Don’t be fooled by the recent spike in oil prices. The world continues to drown in excess supply.



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Baltimore OKs $1.4M Harbor Point sewer main to...

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Baltimore City will spend as much as $500,000 toward a $1.4 million sewer conduit necessary for future development at Harbor Point. The city’s board of estimates approved a deal Wednesday that will have it paying for a portion of a sewer force main along Caroline Street that falls outside of Harbor Point’s tax increment financing district. Force mains are key conduits that move fluid using pumps instead of gravity. Construction on the Harbor Point main must start this spring to prevent traffic…