The more affordable suburbs
Part 2 of 3 It was born as a blue-collar answer to Baltimore's wealthy Roland Park, a place where steelworkers could afford a tidy home with a back yard for...
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Home costs go north
Part 1 of 3 The people migrating to the little town of Sykesville nowadays aren't like the sort who've lived there for years. They call town hall to report dead...
At Phillips seafood, tsunamis hit close to home
In devastated villages of southeast India yesterday, the head of Phillips Foods Inc.'s India division spent the day on a truck, delivering rice and water. The head of Phillips in...
Washington hungers for own team
The city that lost major-league baseball twice -- and has spent a good deal of the past 33 years trying to get it back -- is so close to success...
Schaefer enters into $88 million battle
Comptroller William Donald Schaefer is battling a legislative measure that he estimates would cost the state $88 million by providing an amnesty period for companies that have sent profits to...
Foes say tax rise would hurt Md.
Business groups are howling about the tax increases proposed by House Speaker Michael E. Busch, predicting that the package would send more consumers out of state to buy goods and...
Delegates pass bill to close Del. corporate tax loophole
The long arm of state government could soon reach into Delaware, where businesses have for years been avoiding sending profits to avoid Maryland taxes. The House of Delegates passed a...
Md. officials hear USDA assurances on bird flu
WASHINGTON - Maryland's congressional delegation, alarmed by the weekend appearance of avian influenza on the lower Eastern Shore, were reassured by a U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinarian yesterday that local...
Stewart’s tarnished image bad for business
Almost everyone who has studied the predicament confronting the managers of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. agrees that Martha Stewart should leave for her company to have its best chance...
School woes can hurt business
Baltimore's efforts to attract and retain companies could be seriously impaired if the public school system's multimillion-dollar deficit isn't quickly fixed, business leaders fear. Education has a powerful effect on...