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In this Jan. 25, 2019, file photo a Southwest Airlines jet moves on the runway as a person eats at a terminal restaurant at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Apr 29, 2024

Southwest Airlines considering changes to quirky boarding and seating practices

Southwest Airlines is studying changes to its quirky boarding and seating policies as it searches for ways to raise more revenue.

Affluent older Americans, if they own government bonds, may even be benefiting from the Fed's rate hikes. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Apr 29, 2024

Affluent older Americans are driving economy and likely delaying need for Fed rate cuts

Benefiting from outsize gains in the stock and housing markets, older Americans are accounting for a larger share of consumer spending than ever before.

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Apr 29, 2024

Republic First Bank seized by FDIC and sold to Fulton Bank in first bank failure of 2024

In yet another twist in the Republic First Bank saga, the financial institution was seized by regulators and acquired by Fulton Bank.

St. John Properties Inc.'s expansion with its new Dallas regional office follows the opening of the company’s Austin regional office in 2022. St. John Properties operates 15 offices in 11 states. (St. John Properties Inc. photo)
Apr 26, 2024

St. John Properties expands presence in Texas with new Dallas regional office

Baltimore-based St. John Properties Inc. has expanded within Texas with a new regional office in Dallas.

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Apr 26, 2024

Annapolis-based Crosby joins top 25 PR firms in O’Dwyer’s national ranking

Annapolis-based Crosby Marketing Communications rose to No. 22 on O’Dwyer’s Magazine’s 2024 list of National Public Relations Firms.

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Apr 26, 2024

COPT Defense acquires building in Columbia for $15M

COPT Defense Properties announced the acquisition of a 202,000-square-foot Class A building in Columbia for $15 million.

A rendering of the proposed Live Casino & Hotel Petersburg. In its first 10 years, the project will generate $2.8 billion in economic stimulus to the region, $504 million in tax revenues including $240 million to the city of Petersburg, $802 million in economic benefits during construction, $201 million in annual economic benefits each year after opening and more than 7,500 new construction and permanent jobs. (The Cordish Cos. photo)
Apr 26, 2024

Baltimore’s Cordish Cos. selected to codevelop $1.4B Virginia mixed-use development

Baltimore-based The Cordish Companies was selected to codevelop a $1.4 billion Live Gaming & Entertainment District in Petersburg, Virginia.

Located in the Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology on the Montgomery College campus, the new 140,000-square-foot manufacturing center is the first manufacturing facility on a community college campus in the U.S. (Hughes Network Systems photo)
Apr 26, 2024

Hughes opens manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in MD

Hughes Network Systems announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility and private 5G incubation center in Germantown.

A customer browses televisions at a Best Buy store on Black Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco, File)
Apr 26, 2024

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated in March

A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March.

A Southwest airlines customer service representative, left, assists a traveler at the ticketing counter at Love Field airport in Dallas on May 19, 2023. The unofficial start of the summer travel season is here, with airlines hoping to avoid the chaos of last year and travelers scrounging for ways to save a few bucks on pricey airfares and hotel rooms.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Apr 25, 2024

Southwest will limit hiring and drop 4 airports after loss; American Airlines posts 1Q loss

Southwest Airlines will limit hiring and stop flying to four airports as it copes with weak financial results and delays in getting new planes from Boeing.

Apr 25, 2024

Roggenart brings fifth MD restaurant to Baltimore’s Mt. Vernon neighborhood

Roggenart Bakery Bistro and Café opened the doors on its fifth Maryland location in Baltimore’s Mt. Vernon neighborhood.

Apr 25, 2024

Park Heights Renaissance awards $50K grant to Excellence & Ambition INC CEO

Park Heights Renaissance awarded a $50,000 George E. Mitchell Fellowship Grant to Excellence & Ambition INC CEO Danelle Pinder.  

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