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$65M building to house incubator, Starbucks...

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A $65 million building was dedicated Monday afternoon at the East Baltimore Development Inc. project that will include a business incubator, research space and a Starbucks job training site. Known as 1812 Ashland Avenue, the building is expected to be occupied in early 2017 with a 30,000-square-foot expansion of Johns Hopkins University’s Fast Forward business incubator, 40,000-square-feet of medical research laboratory space including JH Genomics, the gene sequencing lab. On the ground floor, one…

Why Ciena's stock is down on Monday

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Ciena Corp.’s stock price is down more than 4 percent in trading Monday after an analyst expressed caution about the computer networking company’s upcoming quarterly earnings reports. Alex Henderson, a senior analyst at New York investment firm Needham & Co., said in a note he expects Hanover-based Ciena to meet its fourth-quarter earnings expectations, but at the lower end of estimates. He also expects Ciena to lower its guidance for its current first quarter because of increased merger and acquisition…

Maryland pre-approves licenses for 102 medical...

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Maryland’s medical marijuana commission approved 102 dispensaries for preliminary licenses Monday. The dispensaries were selected from a pool of 811 applications submitted to the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission. According to state regulations, the commission is able to approve two dispensaries for each of the state’s 47 senatorial districts. The recommendations — which included two dispensaries for all but two senatorial districts — were made by the dispensary evaluation…

Cyber Monday: Tips to protect yourself from data...

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While combing the interwebs for deals on Cyber Monday and holiday shopping in December, keep this in mind: There is nothing more important than protecting your personal information.

While you’re busy clicking for deals, cyber crooks will be busy, too.

These sophisticated online gangsters and hackers…

America's Realty adds six shopping centers to its...

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Pikesville-based America’s Realty LLC has added six shopping centers to its portfolio and is expected to close 2016 with 26 new acquisitions this year. The company that invests in downmarket Class B and Class C retail centers mainly located in the mid-Atlantic and South has purchased five shopping centers in Pennsylvania and one in Hampton, Va., over the past month, said CEO Carl Verstandig. “We now go up to Allentown,” Verstandig said of the northern geographic rim of his portfolio after the purchase…

Under Armour is changing its ticker symbol

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Under Armour Inc. will change the ticker symbols for its Class A and Class C common stocks, effective at the start of trading on Dec. 7. The Baltimore sportswear maker’s Class A shares will under the ticker symbol UAA. The Class A shares currently trade as UA.A Under Armour’s Class C shares will change from UA.C to UA. Both shares will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange. Under Armour (NYSE: UA) completed a 2-for-1 stock split in April creating the Class C stock while ensuring founder…

Endowment stumbles at Hopkins, more of the richest...

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It wasn’t the Great Recession, but the early investment returns coming in from America’s most prestigious and deep-pocketed colleges indicate that fiscal 2016 will go down as one of the worst performance periods for endowments in recent memory. An American City Business Journals analysis of endowment returns at 25 private, nonprofit schools with some of the largest investment portfolios in the country found that all but one — Boston University — saw a year-over-year decline in value. Cumulatively,…

8 things you need to know this morning (Video)

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Good morning, I hope you have an easy time shaking off the dust after a long weekend, and that you had a safe and happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the sun while you can today. Tuesday and Wednesday are going to be total wash-outs. But for now, it’ll be in the mid-50s with a few clouds. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. The Ravens beat the Cincinnati Bengals yesterday for the first time since November 2013, winning 19-14. The victory kept Baltimore tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers…

How do you make millennial employees happy? Let...

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2015 marked an important milestone for the American workplace. The millennial generation — those born roughly between 1982 and 2004 — now surpasses Generation X in comprising the largest share of the American workforce. According to the Pew Research Center, more than a third of American workers are millennials. Like every generation before them, Millennials have been shaped by a unique set of social forces. They bring a distinctive mindset to the office that business owners and managers need…

The 20 most expensive home sales across Greater...

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The number of homes selling in the Baltimore area reached an 11-year high in October. And that trend seems to be sticking with luxury homes. So far, two homes have sold for more than $4.5 million in November, according to data from Rockville-based MRIS Inc. The most expensive home to sell, at 17 Revell Road in Annapolis, has four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and two half-baths. The house sold for $4.9 million. Click through the slideshow above to see the most expensive homes that have closed since…