French firm Areva getting ready for Calvert Cliffs 3
BY: Danielle Ulman
POSTED: November 19, 2009
When — and if — UniStar Nuclear Energy gives the go ahead to build Calvert Cliffs 3, French design and construction firm Areva wants to be ready.
Areva, which has partnered with UniStar’s Electricite de France on other nuclear projects, held a “supplier day” in Baltimore Thursday to identify potential vendors for the Lusby reactor. Interest [...]
Dixon judge lays down the law: no more cell-phone use in court 
BY: Caryn Tamber
POSTED: November 19, 2009
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After a week and a half of reporters sending Twitter updates from Mayor Sheila A. Dixon’s trial using their cell phones, the judge in the case issued a stern reminder Thursday that the practice is forbidden.
“You should not be using any electronic device or cell phone in the courtroom,” Visiting Judge Dennis M. Sweeney said. [...]
Farmer asks Campbell Soup to help restore barn
BY: Capital News Service
POSTED: November 19, 2009
For most of his life, Jay Mackenzie wanted to own a farm.
“I have wanted a farm since I was about 10. When I was 20, I was going to have a 500-acre farm,” said Mackenzie, 50, of Union Bridge. “As you get older, it gets smaller and smaller.”
When he finally managed to purchase his 125-acre [...]
Deal would allow General Growth to keep Harborplace
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 19, 2009
In a deal that would allow it to retain ownership of Harborplace & The Gallery, bankrupt mall operator General Growth Properties Inc. said Thursday its lenders have agreed to restructure some $8.9 billion in shopping mall mortgage loans.
The agreements, which cover loans on more than 70 malls, could enable some of the shopping centers to [...]
Cormony-led bid is preferred Parkway plan
BY: Robbie Whelan
POSTED: November 19, 2009
A team of developers including Cormony Development LLC and Seawall Development Co. has emerged as a frontrunner in the bid to redevelop the historic Parkway Theater in Baltimore.
The chair of the Baltimore Development Corp.’s projects committee, Deborah Hunt Devan, said Thursday that an advisory panel consisting of BDC staff and community members had selected the [...]
U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct three surveys in Md.
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 19, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct three major surveys in Maryland, to collect data used to establish final 2009 crop acreage, yield and production estimates, and other important farm information.
According to the Maryland Department of Agriculture, the three surveys are the 2009 County Agricultural Production Survey (CAPS), the December Agricultural Survey and the December [...]
3 high-tech firms make their headquarters in Baltimore
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 19, 2009
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Maryland’s ties to the growing cyber security industry is expanding as two companies and a nonprofit make Baltimore their headquarters, it was announced on Thursday.
The Security Technology Institute, a newly formed, nonprofit, public-private partnership that will promote Maryland as an attractive location for cyber security technology firms, will locate to the city’s Emerging Technology Center [...]
Pikesville and Chevy Chase auction firms partner
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 19, 2009
Fox Residential Auctions LLC, of Pikesville, a real estate marketing firm that uses the auction method exclusively to sell non-distressed residential properties, said it has agreed to a strategic partnership with Chevy Chase-based Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers, an antique and fine art auction company.
Under the arrangement, FRA will send clients with antique and [...]
4 groups threaten to sue over Mirant’s P.G. landfill
BY: Liz Farmer
POSTED: November 19, 2009
Four environmental groups are threatening to sue the owners of a Prince George’s County landfill they say is dumping toxic chemicals into a creek feeding the Patuxent River watershed.
The groups claim mid-Atlantic subsidiaries of Mirant Corp. are violating the federal Clean Water Act by illegally discharging toxic pollutants at the company’s Brandywine Coal Combustion Waste [...]
Week in Review
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 19, 2009
Carey School finds new digs
The Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business is moving to the new Legg Mason headquarters building in Harbor East, school officials said Tuesday. The business school will occupy the first two floors of the building, with academic and administrative offices on the 12th and 13th floors. It is relocating from the [...]
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