http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:38:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/bernanke-job-market-remains-weak-despite-gains/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/bernanke-job-market-remains-weak-despite-gains/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:38:06 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/bernanke-job-market-remains-weak-despite-gains/ WASHINGTON — Ben Bernanke says the job market isn’t as strong as the steadily declining unemployment rate might suggest. Responding to questions at a Senate hearing Tuesday, he noted that the unemployment rate doesn’t capture the plight of millions of people who have stopped looking for work or part-timers who can’t find full-time jobs. His cautious view [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/bernanke-job-market-remains-weak-despite-gains/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/jury-pool-narrows-in-ex-u-va-lacrosse-player-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/jury-pool-narrows-in-ex-u-va-lacrosse-player-case/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:28:50 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/jury-pool-narrows-in-ex-u-va-lacrosse-player-case/ CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Attorneys on Tuesday narrowed their pool of potential jurors in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors and defense lawyers settled on a group from which they will choose 12 jurors and three alternates for the trial of George Huguely V. He has pleaded [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/jury-pool-narrows-in-ex-u-va-lacrosse-player-case/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/mccormick-will-spice-up-harbor/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/mccormick-will-spice-up-harbor/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:49:20 +0000 Maria Zilberman http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/mccormick-will-spice-up-harbor/ 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 [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/mccormick-will-spice-up-harbor/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/history-professor-asks-court-for-watergate-era-docs/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/history-professor-asks-court-for-watergate-era-docs/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:42:16 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/history-professor-asks-court-for-watergate-era-docs/ WASHINGTON — A history professor from Texas is seeking access to long-sealed court records that he believes may help explain the motivation behind the Watergate break-in that ultimately drove President Richard Nixon from office. Luke Nichter of Texas A&M is seeking the release of potentially hundreds of pages of documents. On Tuesday, a judge in Washington [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/history-professor-asks-court-for-watergate-era-docs/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/tif-use-could-be-growing/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/tif-use-could-be-growing/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:22:53 +0000 Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/tif-use-could-be-growing/ Legislation to expand the use of tax increment financing in certain growth areas of the state is expected to be introduced in the General Assembly next week, according to Jon Laria, chair of the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission. During a hearing before the House Environmental Matters Committee on Tuesday, Laria said the bill would allow for [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/tif-use-could-be-growing/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/bid-rigging-lawyer-disbarred/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/bid-rigging-lawyer-disbarred/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:11:55 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/bid-rigging-lawyer-disbarred/ Nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to a federal bid-rigging charge for colluding at tax-lien auctions, Harvey M. Nusbaum was disbarred Tuesday by the Court of Appeals. The court’s one-page order said the disbarment would take effect immediately “for reasons to be stated in an opinion later to be filed.” The decision came just one [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/bid-rigging-lawyer-disbarred/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/senate-panel-renews-ground-rent-fight/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/senate-panel-renews-ground-rent-fight/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:46:50 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/senate-panel-renews-ground-rent-fight/ ANNAPOLIS — With key parts of its prior effort at ground-rent reform declared unconstitutional last fall, a Maryland Senate committee on Tuesday considered legislation that would penalize those who fail to register their property in ways that might pass muster with the state’s highest court. Under Senate Bill 135, holders of ground rents could not obtain [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/senate-panel-renews-ground-rent-fight/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/realities-of-real-estate-trying-to-find-the-future-in-the-numbers/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/realities-of-real-estate-trying-to-find-the-future-in-the-numbers/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:36:15 +0000 Bob and Donna McWilliams http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/realities-of-real-estate-trying-to-find-the-future-in-the-numbers/ Every so often we look at the overall performance of the real estate markets, and based on what the numbers tell us, try to glean a glimpse of what the future might hold. As with many things, the beginning of a new year is an appropriate time to get some fresh perspective. In evaluating the market, [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/realities-of-real-estate-trying-to-find-the-future-in-the-numbers/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/presidential-historian-pleads-guilty-to-document-theft-scheme/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/presidential-historian-pleads-guilty-to-document-theft-scheme/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:01:03 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/presidential-historian-pleads-guilty-to-document-theft-scheme/ A memorabilia collector and self-styled expert on presidential history pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to steal thousands of documents signed by leaders throughout U.S. history. Barry Landau, whose knowledge of the White House earned him appearances on network morning shows, admitted in the plea to taking documents from the Maryland Historical Society and conspiring with his [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/presidential-historian-pleads-guilty-to-document-theft-scheme/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/judge-dismisses-salvadoran-womans-race-bias-suit-in/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/judge-dismisses-salvadoran-womans-race-bias-suit-in/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:51:56 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/07/judge-dismisses-salvadoran-womans-race-bias-suit-in/ A federal judge has dismissed a Salvadoran woman’s suit alleging two Frederick County sheriff’s deputies discriminated against her during a 2008 encounter that led to her arrest on an immigration warrant. Judge Benson Everett Legg ruled Tuesday that the deputies did not violate the constitution and dismissed Roxana Santos’ suit against the Frederick County Board of [...]

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