Posted on 9/17/20
UB's Second Annual 'Pitch for a Million' Real Estate Development Competition Challenges Students, Alumni to Invest in City Neighborhoods
The University of Baltimore's second annual "Pitch for a Million" real estate development competition, exclusively for UB students and alumni, will take place on Thursday, Sept. . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
2U Promotes Margaret Ruvoldt to Chief People Officer
2U, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWOU), a global leader in education technology, today announced the promotion of Margaret Ruvoldt to Chief People Officer and the appointment of Millette . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
Sinclair Wins Prestigious "Achievement In Local Broadcasting" Award
Interactive TV Today has presented Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI) with its prestigious Award for Achievement in Local Broadcasting, part of the TV of Tomorrow annual . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
Sinclair Broadcast Group Partnership with The Salvation Army
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBGI) today announced its "Sinclair Cares: Western Wildfires Relief" campaign in partnership with the Salvation Army that aims to raise funds . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
Metropolis Capital Advisors Appoints Andy Hotchkiss as Managing Director
Metropolis Capital Advisors LLC is excited to announce the addition of Andy Hotchkiss as Managing Director to lead the firm’s new retail initiative under the Metropolis . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
Merkle Appoints Pete Stein as Global Lead
COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merkle (www.merkleinc.com), a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company, has announced the appointment of Pete Stein as the new global lead for . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
Marcus & Millichap Completes The Sale Of $4,600,000 Multifamily Portfolio In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) announced today, the sale of a four-property multifamily portfolio approved through the Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Process in the Deanwood submarket of . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
COPT Tender Offer for 3.700% Senior Notes
COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corporate Office Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC) announced today the expiration of the previously announced cash tender offer by its operating partnership, Corporate Office Properties, L.P., . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
Veralox Therapeutics Appoints Alex Martin as Chairman
Veralox Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing first-in-class small molecule therapeutics that treat the underlying pathologies of diseases with significant unmet medical needs
Posted on 9/17/20
States Where Weekly Unemployment Claims Are Recovering the Quickest – Updated WalletHub Study
Despite the fact that the U.S. is still struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, new unemployment claims remained decreased week-over-week on September 7, and were 87% below . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
"Soapmaking" 1958 - A. Aubrey Bodine
Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine • © Copyright Jennifer B. Bodine • Courtesy of www.aaubreybodine.comSoapmaking (1958) - Mrs. Harriet Showman is soapmaking. The first step in . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
WPM Real Estate Management Promotes Josh Kagan to Service Operations Manager for its Maintenance & Construction Services Division
WPM Real Estate Management has promoted Josh Kagan to Service Operations Manager of its Maintenance and Construction Services Division. In this new role, Josh will be . . .
Posted on 9/20/20
Melina Sánchez Montañés, Impact First Investments, Interview with Irad Eichler, CEO at 7Chairs
Irad Eichler is a social entrepreneur who co-founded 7Chairs in 2019. 7Chairs is a teletherapy startup focused on providing emotional support to everyone who is dealing with . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
W.R. Grace Sees Improvements In Some End Markets, Well-Positioned To Capture Recovery
W.R. Grace (NYSE:GRA) management sees improvements in some end markets.GRA expect 3Q20 sales to be down 10%-13% y/y, about $409.3-$423.5M (consensus: $417.64M), sees gross margin in . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
Owens Corning Elects Alfred Festa Former Chairman of W. R. Grace To Board
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) announced today that Alfred (Fred) E. Festa, former Chairman of W.R. Grace & Co., has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors.
Posted on 9/17/20
Altimmune: The Late Bloomer Of The COVID-19 Biotech World, The Best Is Yet To Come
SummaryI am bullish on Altimmune because of their two COVID-19 programs, T-COVID and AdCOVID. Specifically, T-COVID is reminiscent of a Tamiflu, but for COVID-19.AdCOVID has all . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
State Roundup: Sports Betting, Fantasy Sites Pony Up Bucks For Legalization
SPORTS BETTING FIRMS PONY UP BUCKS FOR LEGALIZATION: An organization funded with $500,000 from FanDuel and $250,000 from DraftKings — the fantasy sports and betting sites . . .
Posted on 9/17/20
Maryland’s State Lawmakers Urge Passage Of Legislation Aimed At Reducing Health Care Disparities
Maryland’s state lawmakers teamed up with health care advocates and community leaders on Wednesday to urge the passage of legislation that is aimed at reducing disparities . . .
Posted on 9/16/20
After Public Blowback, Young Withdraws Request for Baltimore Police Sniper Rifles
Faced with an onslaught of criticism, Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young withdrew a $115,000 contract to buy new Remington sniper rifles for the Baltimore Police Department’s . . .
Posted on 9/16/20
Trash Piles Up as Baltimore DPW Faces Coronavirus Challenges
Baltimore City Department of Public Works officials told city council members Tuesday that more than a third of their trash and recycling crews didn’t work in . . .
Posted on 9/16/20
Maryland’s Coronavirus Hospitalizations Drop After Yesterday’s Large Rise
The number of Marylanders currently hospitalized due to coronavirus dropped by 24 patients on Wednesday, the same amount that the metric increased by on Tuesday, state . . .
Posted on 9/16/20
The Baltimore Museum of Art Announces Plans to ReOpen in September 2020
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) will begin a phased reopening today, with the intention of having all of its galleries and gathering spaces accessible to . . .
Posted on 9/16/20
Technologists and Nonprofits United to Provide Laptops for a Baltimore Elementary School
As virtual learning continues into a new school year, tech community partnerships are continuing to come
Posted on 9/16/20
Apple Will Distribute Baltimore Startup’s ClearMask to Employees
Apple’s latest big rollout comes in the way of PPE for employees, and a Baltimore company is playing a role
Posted on 9/16/20
This Week in Jobs DMV: Washington Sentinels Edition
Just about anything was preferable to the wildly offensive (and now, finally, excised) name of the Washington
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