McCormick will spice up Harbor
BY: Maria Zilberman
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: anthony patino, billy bee honey, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., chefs, harborplace, jim lynn, kamis, kathleen haley, light street pavilion, mccormick & co., McCormick World of Flavors, Retail, ripley's believe it or not museum, spices, top chef, Tourism, univeristy of baltimore merrick school of business, vahine

When McCormick and Co. Inc. ventures into retail this summer, launching its first store at the Light Street Pavilion at Harborplace, the longtime local icon will bring with it a glimpse of Poland, Canada and France.
Though McCormick is still finalizing what will be sold in the store, Kathleen Haley, the company’s director of global branding [...]
Omega Healthcare FFO, earnings rise
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: earnings, estimates, FFO, funds from operations, long-term care facilities, omega healthcare investors, Real Estate, thomson reuters
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc., of Hunt Valley, a real estate investment trust that invests in long-term care facilities, reported its fourth-quarter funds from operations, or FFO, available to common stockholders rose to $46.3 million or 45 cents per diluted share, on revenue of $76.3 million, compared to FFO of $28.4 million or 29 cents per [...]
Colfax shows 4Q loss due to recent acquisitions
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: colfax corp, fulton, income, net income
Colfax Corp., of Fulton, a manufacturer of industrial pumps and valves, reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $16.1 million, or 37 cents a share, compared with net income of $8.7 million, or 20 cents a share, in the prior-year period.
Excluding one-time charges, earnings would have totaled 40 cents per share, below analysts’ forecasts of 45 [...]
Downtown Baltimore’s Holiday Inn changes hands
BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: baltimore convention center, downtown baltimore, holiday inn baltimore inner harbor, Inner Harbor, m&t bank center, national aquarium, procaccianti, providence, Real Estate
The Procaccianti Group, a Providence, R.I.-based, privately held, real estate investment and management company, announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Holiday Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor.
The 365-room hotel at 301 W. Lombard St. is close to the Inner Harbor, the National Aquarium, downtown business district, the Baltimore Convention Center, professional baseball and football [...]
D.C. wax museum adds Harriet Tubman to collection
BY: Jon Sham
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: cambridge, charles e.t. ross, harriet tubman, madame tussauds, maryland eastern shore, underground railroad, valery ross manokey, washington, wax museum

WASHINGTON — Descendants of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman have unveiled a wax statue of the woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom at The President’s Gallery by Madame Tussauds in Washington.
Tubman’s great-great-great-grand-nephew Charles E.T. Ross and Tubman’s great-great-grand-niece Valery Ross Manokey visited the wax museum Tuesday with eight others as the statue joins a [...]
McCormick to launch first retail store at Inner Harbor
BY: Maria Zilberman
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: alan wilson, harborplace, Inner Harbor, light street pavilion, McCormick & Co. Inc., McCormick World of Flavors
Sparks-based McCormick and Co. Inc. is venturing into retail, launching its first store this summer in the Light Street Pavilion at Harborplace.
The “McCormick World of Flavors” 3,800-plus square foot-center will showcase the company’s products as well as hold cooking demonstrations by McCormick’s chefs and celebrity chefs using the firm’s products. There will be a gift [...]
Delaware company focused on rebates goes global
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: company, delaware, internet, jason foodman, ohana companies, online, rebate delivery llc, rebates
BRANDYWINE HUNDRED, Del. — A Delaware business group, grown on high-tech innovations to ease customer frustrations with mail-in rebates, is taking its nationwide service area to the global level.
The Ohana Companies of Brandywine Hundred, focused on Internet-based rebates and marketing, has acquired Rebate Delivery LLC of Atlanta, an electronic rebate provider serving software companies worldwide. [...]
Ocean City tourism director resigns after 6 years
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 7, 2012
Tags: deborah turk, director, donna abbott, maryland, Ocean City, resigns, Tourism
OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s tourism director has announced she is resigning after six years on the job.
The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that Deborah Turk offered her resignation to town officials on Monday night. Turk is leaving to take da position as a sales manager for Comcast Corporation.
Turk will continue to work for the [...]
Movers & Shakers, 2/7: Jones to lead KatzAbosch Consulting
BY: Wayne Countryman
POSTED: February 7, 2012

Andrew Jones has been hired to lead KatzAbosch Consulting LLC, a new wholly-owned subsidiary of KatzAbosch, a certified public accounting and consulting firm based in Timonium. Jones is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Information Systems Auditor and a Certified Government Financial Manager. He previously started Manpower Public Sector Inc., where he was vice president and managing [...]
Official says bankruptcy a possibility for Harrisburg
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: February 6, 2012
Tags: Bankruptcy, capital city, david unkovic, employment, financial shortfall, forensic audit, gov. tom corbett, harrisburg, pennsylvania, stakeholders
HARRISBURG, Pa.— The state official in charge of figuring out how to fix an enormous financial shortfall in Pennsylvania’s capital city said in a proposed recovery plan released Monday that “significant and difficult” steps lie ahead, and Harrisburg may end up seeking bankruptcy protection.
Receiver David Unkovic, appointed by Gov. Tom Corbett in November, said he [...]






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