Maryland Business

I don’t think I’m easily dupable, but when I saw a tweet promoting Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Google’s Eric Schmidt as headliners for a Chesapeake Regional Tech Council seminar, I had to follow the link to find out more.
Turns out, the tweet was created with curious people like me in mind. The honchos from [...]

A court filing by Joseph De Francis Tuesday painted an interesting analogy for his argument as to why he objects to Magna Entertainment’s attempt to negate a 2002 deal he made with the company when they bought Maryland’s thoroughbred race tracks from his family.
The deal is a profit-sharing agreement Magna agreed to when it bought [...]

Last week, President Obama signed into law an extension of the $8,000 first-time homebuyers’ tax credit, and expanded it to include a $6,500 credit for relatively-new homeowners and widened the income parameters for elligible participants in the program. This morning, Maryland home sales numbers came out, and the Real Estate Wonk, over at our friendly competipaper, [...]

I can’t remember all the times I’ve heard the phrase “do more with less” this year…it has officially been filed under my list of Overused Phrases of 2009. But every once and a while the notion actually works.
This spring, four Baltimore tourism entities announced they were pooling their resources (namely, money) to market the Inner [...]

I never thought I’d see the day a high-end steak house would have menu items (other than soda) for less than $5. But a recession can make restaurants pull out all the stops.
In a promotion it’s calling $5 Prime Time, Baltimore-area Ruth’s Chris Steak Houses are launching a new menu this week and having a [...]

We often hear in Baltimore about the desire for more local or family ownership (see Tribune/Baltimore Sun, Pimlico Race Course). But family ownership has its problems too.
Last month, Jamie McCourt, a Baltimore native who was CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the highest-ranking woman in baseball, and her husband Frank, announced their seperation. On [...]

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 [...]