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Despite recalls, toys still hot
- What kids want, kids get. And kids want toys. Despite the toy recalls that have made news this year, analysts expect the toy industry will still rake it in this holiday season.
Groups to move box turtles from ICC site
- Box turtles in the path of the looming Intercounty Connector are getting a second chance.
O’Malley’s insurance chief puzzles many
- By Gov. Martin O’Malley has tapped an adviser with no experience in insurance to be the next commissioner regulating the state’s $26 billion insurance industry, a move that puzzled some in the industry.
T. Rowe Price keeps growth steady
- For Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price Group, standing pat has never sounded so good.
Carrollton Bancorp reports decrease in net income
- Baltimore-based Carrollton Bancorp earned $601,000 in net income for the first quarter of 2007, a 31 percent decrease from the same period last year. Higher expenses relating to other real estate owned and higher legal fees impacted earning performance. “As we continue to experience a stationary Fed Funds rate and hear uncertain news about the housing market, the yield on earning assets is expected to remain fairly flat or decrease slightly,” Robert A. Altieri, president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. As of Friday, Carrollton traded at $16.85, unchanged.
Orioles to celebrate Ripken’s Hall of Fame induction
- The Baltimore Orioles will mark the induction of Cal Ripken Jr. into the Baseball Hall of Fame by giving away limited-edition comic books, baseball card sets, bobblehead dolls and T-shirts in the months leading to his July 29 induction.
Calvert Cliffs may see second nuke plant
- More nuclear power may be coming to Maryland.
- More nuclear power may be coming to Maryland.
Old Line Bancshares has decreased first quarter net
- Old Line Bancshares Inc., Bowie-based parent company of Old Line Bank, showed a net income of $327,542, or 8 cents per share for its first quarter of 2007. The total is a decrease of $55,911, or 14.58 percent, compared with net income for the same period in 2006.
Laureate revenue up in first quarter ’07
- Laureate Education Inc., a Baltimore-based provider of higher education, saw increases both in student enrollment and in first-quarter 2007 revenues, the company announced last week.
MICROS reports record third-quarter results
- Columbia-based MICROS Systems Inc., a supplier of information systems to hospitality and retail industries, took in $200.6 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2007, an increase of $29.4 million, or 17.2 percent, over the same period last year.
Lane temporarily closed on Nice Memorial Bridge
- The Maryland Transportation Authority will close one lane of traffic along the Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge.
Students learn financial basics
- Bankers explained financial basics to students Tuesday at Belle Grove Elementary School in Brooklyn Park for National Teach Children to Save Day, sponsored by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation.
- Bankers explained financial basics to students Tuesday at Belle Grove Elementary School in Brooklyn Park for National Teach Children to Save Day, sponsored by the American Bankers Association Education Foundation.
Constellation Energy Partners buys properties
- Constellation Energy Partners LLC, formed and partly owned by Baltimore’s Constellation Energy, announced that it acquired coal bed methane properties in Kansas and Oklahoma from EnergyQuest Resources LP for about $115 million.
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