The pandemic has prompted a sea change in the way the world conducts business, including the way employers interview job candidates.
Read More »Digital payments making inroads in some legal communities
The payments landscape is fast evolving to accommodate new digital forms of currency. From Venmo, PayPal and Square to digitally native cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Zcash, the new-fangled payment options provide more ways for people to pay one another ...
Read More »Maryland attorneys, clients grapple with noneconomic damages cap
In Maryland, plaintiffs who have suffered injuries and are successful in court are entitled to economic damages that can be attached to a fixed monetary value and verified objectively.
Read More »Amid pandemic, community colleges helping workers upgrade skills
When the pandemic first hit, community colleges throughout the state had to make a hard and fast pivot from a predominantly in-class learning environment to mostly online. Teachers and students had trepidations going into the “new normal,” but to Minah ...
Read More »Maryland aims to speed up electrified transportation future
The world is in the midst of a massive shift to more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transportation across the board. From public buses and trucks to cars and even e-bikes, the largest auto manufacturers around the world are scrambling to ...
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Read More »PSC ponders BGE’s rate freeze through end of 2022
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE) has stepped up to offer a new multi-year plan that would freeze rates through the end of 2022 while investing billions in the electric grid and natural gas system.
Read More »Lower trading commissions and fees bring new opportunities for investors
If you haven’t noticed lately, free or low-cost trading fees have rapidly become the norm in the industry. The shift toward low-to-no-fee trading commissions has been going on for decades but began in earnest in 2013 as robo-adviser Robinhood launched ...
Read More »Bank leaders point to solid business conditions ahead for 2020
The national unemployment rate is at a 50-year low, and at 3.6%, the unemployment rate in Maryland is at an 11-year low. The stock market has been booming — Nasdaq recently hit a new all-time high, as did the Dow ...
Read More »For Maryland nursing students, job prospects are bright
After students are accepted into one of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing programs, faculty invite them back to the school to prepare for their upcoming training. In the midst of these preparations, Marie Nolan, a professor and vice dean at the ...
Read More »Maryland Business Express: Maryland’s one-stop business resource site
If you knew where to look across 14 Maryland agencies’ websites, or who to call or email at those agencies, the information you were looking for about how to start or operate your business was all there. Information like, when ...
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