Maryland Business

University of Maryland men’s soccer coach Sasho Cirovski has signed a deal with Mondo, a sports flooring manufacturer, in a five-year sponsorship agreement.
Cirovski, who led Maryland to NCAA championships in 2005 and 2008, will endorse Mondoturf Ecofill Star, Mondo’s artificial turf, through speaking engagements, trade shows and meetings.
It’s not exactly Gatorade…but it’s nice to see [...]

The National Foundation for Credit Counseling released a survey this week that found that nearly seven in 10 consumers plan to pay cash for their holiday purchases this year.
“Plan,” being the key word there. The federation’s Financial Literacy Survey conducted earlier this year revealed that one-third of all Americans have zero dollars in savings.
“Further, the [...]

Constellation Energy Group won approval from regulators on its $4.5 billion deal with Electricite de France Friday, with a pretty concise list of conditions.
The uncertainty of how the Public Service Commission would rule made reading through the ruling kind of exciting — if you like that sort of thing — but on my second or [...]

In the last few months we’ve all been inundated with tips on how to avoid catching the swine flu, or the H1N1 influenza.
Wash your hands.
Sneeze into the crook of your arm instead of into your hands.
Avoid touching your face.
Now the folks at the nonprofit Maryland Children’s Oral Health Institute have collaborated with Valley Dental Pediatrics [...]

I got a chat message on Facebook this morning from one of my FB friends, with whom I hadn’t spoken in, oh, three years.
I guess that’s not unbelievably unusual, but I had friended the guy a while back, and those types of conversations usually happen within minutes of friending someone. You know … what have [...]

Is anyone following this Baltimore Celebrity Smackdown tournament The Baltimore Sun is running? I have to say, as a sports fan, I’m a little disturbed at some of the results so far.
Most of the celebrities are media personalities, sports heroes or politicians. In round one, Oriole Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson pounded Gov. Martin O’Malley, [...]

For the first time in a while, I’ve been hearing ads for Laurel Park on the radio as I drive in to work this week. This particular round of spots is promoting the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash this Saturday and it really does makes me glad for horse racing that the track owners [...]

Delmarva Power & Light Co. mucked up efforts to hold a public hearing last week on its plans to increase rates for distributing electricity, and now it has to pay to fix it.
The Public Service Commission requires companies to hold hearings to publicly air their intentions and allow customers to say what they will about [...]

The National Retail Federation’s most recent survey has found that more than two-thirds of consumers say the economy will affect their spending this holiday season.
The survey, conducted by BIGresearch, also estimates individual spending this season will drop 3.2 percent to about $683. The trends this year will see more consumers searching out sales and using [...]

Seems Nationals fans in Washington can’t even bear to watch their team on television. According to the Washington Business Journal, D.C. is the only television market where the home team played second fiddle to an out-of-town team this year…and guess which team that was, O’s fans?
That’s right — Orioles games on MASN drew a 0.67 [...]