Posted on 6/9/16
Steady Economic Performance Slightly Lifts U.S. Payrolls
Declining unemployment claims and job openings near an all-time high point to an expanding labor market, not one that is losing momentum as suggested by weaker-than-anticipated . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
Maryland Ranks #2 in High Growth Startups Economic Impact
Spend enough time talking about entrepreneurship and you’re likely to hear people refer to “gazelles,” “cheetahs,” or other
Posted on 6/9/16
"First Washington Monument" 1950 - A. Aubrey Bodine
Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine • © Copyright Jennifer B. Bodine • Courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.com First Washington Monument (1950) - While the City of Baltimore was . . .
Posted on 6/10/16
CCBC and Maryland Humanities Celebrate 100th Anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes
Chautauqua 2016 at CCBC Catonsville celebrates 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes 7 p.m., July 8 (‘Duke’ Ellington), July 9 (Gwendolyn Brooks) and July 10 (Ernest Hemingway), . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
Under Armour Buying Lululemon? A Stretch Sure To Burst Some Seams
So you're telling me there's a chance?Dumb & Dumber is one of my favorite movies, and one of the best parts is near the end, where . . .
Posted on 6/10/16
Mercy High School Announces Largest Gift from an Individual Donor
Mercy High School, a private, Catholic, college preparatory school for girls in grades 9-12, announced today a $1 million donation from Baltimore philanthropist Mary Catherine Bunting . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
2 Bankers Recommend 2 Flavors of Sirius XM: 3 Things You Ought to Know
It's been a busy couple of days for investors in Sirius XM Radio(NASDAQ:SIRI), and its Liberty SiriusXM (NASDAQ:LSXMA)(NASDAQ:LSXMB) (NASDAQ:LSXMK) tracking stocks over at majority shareholder Liberty . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
Why the Clock Is Ticking on TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global
IMAGE SOURCE: SUNEDISON.A clock is ticking for TerraForm Power (NASDAQ:TERP) and TerraForm Global(NASDAQ:GLBL), and if the companies don't handle it well, there could be a time . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
Under Armour's Billionaire CEO, Kevin Plank, May Be the Biggest Winner of the NBA Finals
AFTER TRUMPETING THE SUCCESS OF ITS PREDECESSOR CURRY 2.0 BASKETBALL SHOES, UNDER ARMOUR RELEASED THE CURRY 2.5 LAST MONTH. IMAGE SOURCE: UNDER ARMOUR.As of this writing, . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
Howard Dems At Unity Dinner Find A Great Unifier: Trump
The Howard County Democratic Unity Dinner is the new name Howard Democrats chose for their annual dinner, jettisoning the longstanding Jefferson-Jackson
Posted on 6/9/16
Testing Commission Struggles To Reduce Testing In Schools
After months of hearings and meetings since November, members of the Maryland commission on school testing are getting frustrated as they struggle to achieve their task . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
State Roundup, June 8, 2016
STEPPING BACK FROM POLLUTION SOLUTIONS: Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's pledge to cut taxes and fees has spurred his administration to step back from two of Maryland's . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
Maryland Humanities Awards $50,800 in Major Grants to Area Educational and Nonprofit Organizations
Maryland Humanities has awarded major grants to six area nonprofit and educational organizations in its recent grant cycle for public humanities programming. Organizations that received support . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
Basement Sewage Backup Victims: Nothing in Consent Decree for us
Lauding Baltimore’s revised sewer system clean-up agreement with the federal government as “the product of hard work and intense negotiation” and “the best path forward for citizens,” . . .
Posted on 6/9/16
Cureate Wins $10K at Innovation Village Pitch Competition
When Cureate beta-launches its Connect offering at the Made in Baltimore food fair on June 20, the online platform can call itself
Posted on 6/9/16
ClassTracks Heading to Kansas City for the Summer
The cofounders of ClassTracks, the language learning tool, will be spending their summer in Kansas City. ClassTracks has been accepted
Posted on 6/8/16
JHU Robotics Team Wins KUKA Innovation Award
My team from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore had the honor of receiving KUKA’s annual Innovation Award for
Posted on 6/8/16
China Following in the Footsteps of the Kaiser’s Germany
China is now a rapidly rising power that’s become difficult to deal with. And it’s increasingly resembling the Germany of Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Fortunately, that signals . . .
Posted on 6/8/16
Go2Group Named a 2016 Cool Vendor in Application Development by Gartner
Gartner, Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, named Go2Group a 2016 Cool Vendor in Application Development. Go2Group specializes in integrating diverse teams . . .
Posted on 6/8/16
Enduring Hearts and The Erik Compton Foundation Team Up for Charity Golf Classic
Non-profit organizations Enduring Hearts and The Erik Compton Foundation (the Foundation of two-time heart transplant recipient and PGA tour player Erik Compton) are partnering to host . . .
Posted on 6/8/16
The Traffic Group’s Guckert To Speak At Intelligent Transportation Society Of America’s Annual Conference
Guckert to Discuss Driverless Cars and Their Impact on Smart CitiesWes Guckert, PTP, President & CEO of The Traffic Group, Inc. (TTG) – one of the . . .
Posted on 6/8/16
Summer Reading 2016: On Your Mark, Get Set, Read!
Free and fun programs for the whole familyReaders of all ages will explore all things sports and fitness this summer as the Enoch Pratt Free Library . . .
Posted on 6/8/16
Is Under Armour Going to Be Another Nike? (UA, NKE)
Under Armour Inc. (NYSE: UA) and Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) are two leading sportswear companies in the world but with distinctively different product design approaches that . . .
Posted on 6/8/16
Maryland Commerce Convenes Partners To Form Centers Of Excellence In Biomanufacturing, Transformative Medicine
Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park to collaborate with state on commercialization of transformative medicines, devicesThe Maryland Department of . . .
Posted on 6/8/16
Audacious Inquiry Announces Contract Award by the California EMS Authority to Develop the PULSE Health IT Solution and HIE Technology Platform
Audacious Inquiry LLC (Ai), a health information technology company, today announced a contract award by the California Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) to develop a standards-based . . .
Baltimore
