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CAA tournament attendance drops in final year in...

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Attendance at the Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament fell this year — the final year that the tournament will be held in Baltimore. Reported attendance at Royal Farms Arena was just under 16,200 between Friday and Monday, the worst figure during the three years the tournament was held in the city, according to numbers provided by the CAA. Total attendance in 2014 and 2015 was around 19,000. Monday night’s championship game between the University of North Carolina, Wilmington…

Plumbers in Arbutus MD | Call 410-983-6900

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Wall Street made $25 billion on bonus day

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The average bonus for Wall Street employees in New York City was $146,200 last year, down 9% from the payday in 2014, according to the city’s comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli.



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Hopkins and MedImmune partner to train researchers...

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Johns Hopkins University is expanding its partnership with MedImmune to train a cadre of scientists who can bring new drugs to market. The Hopkins-MedImmune Scholars program will train Ph.D. candidates in Hopkins’ School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering for work in the commercial pharmaceutical industry beginning in the spring of 2017. The program opens up new career options for young researchers as their traditional career path — faculty researcher with a grant-funded project —…

Be aware of online puppy schemes, BBB warns

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Buyers beware: A case of puppy love could turn into heartbreak thanks to a new pet scheme making the rounds online.



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Feds: Alabama man stole $196,000 in quarters

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An Alabama man reportedly has agreed to plead guilty to a count of bank theft after using his position with the Brink’s armored transport service to abscond with $196,000 – all in quarters.



from http://www.wbaltv.com/national/feds-alabama-man-steals-196000-in-quarters/38401286

$600M Baltimore Convention Center expansion, new...

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The state is exploring a $600 million expansion of the Baltimore Convention Center that would double the size of existing floor space and include a new hotel. State officials plan to seek $3 million this spring from Gov. Larry Hogan and the General Assembly to launch a study of the expansion of the 37-year-old convention center, Maryland Commerce Secretary Mike Gill said Tuesday. “The [expanded] convention center is going to happen at some point,” Gill told a group of Realtors in Timonium at…

Medifast President Meg Sheetz is leaving the...

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Margaret “Meg” Sheetz is leaving the Owings Mills-based weight-loss company long led by her family less than a year after being removed from its board of directors at the behest of an activist investor. Sheetz, the president and chief operating officer at Owings Mills-based Medifast Inc. (NYSE: MED), will leave the company April 8, according to a federal filing Tuesday. The move represents a major shakeup to the family operating structure at Medifast. Sheetz, 38, is the daughter of the company's…

Caves Valley Partners sells Key Highway medical...

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Caves Valley Partners has sold a 45,000-square-foot medical office building along Key Highway in South Baltimore for $23 million. Known as Riverside Wharf, Caves Valley Partners opened the building at 1420 Key Highway in 2014. The buyer was Hammes Partner, the private equity arm of Brookfield, Wis.-based Hammes Co. Hammes Partners invests in health care buildings across the country. MedStar Health is the lead tenant in the three-story property, occupying nearly 27,000 square feet. Caves Valley…

Study: Few consumers shop around for health care...

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A new study throws cold water on the popular idea that consumers can save themselves and the nation loads of money if they become savvier health care shoppers.



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