Craig T. Bouchard, who heads Esmark Inc., said by e-mail Thursday that he is weighing another run at the Sparrows Point. E2 Acquisition Corp., an international group of investors led by the Illinois-based Esmark, nearly bought the sprawling Baltimore County ...

When I visited Chicago last month, my colleague and I noticed reports of theft of stainless-steel appliances from residential construction sites. My colleague shared that in his hometown of New Orleans, residents often complain of copper pipe thefts from home ...

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We’ve all driven past them before: Christmas tree lots in shopping center parking lots. They have big, beckoning signs, barrels of roaring fires and hundreds of forest green Christmas trees. But who runs these lots, and in what conditions? Watch ...

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The Maryland General Assembly’s special session last month cost taxpayers $360,873 (not including, of course, the tax hikes that resulted from it). That’s an average of slightly more than $17,000 per day for the three-week session. JACKIE SAUTER, Multimedia Editor

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Did you read Marc Fisher’s column in Sunday’s Washington Post, “Helping Those You Can, Because You Can“? I did, and I have to say, I found it moving. For those of you who didn’t, Fisher writes about two successful businessmen ...

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Thursday is National Re-gifting Day (at least, according to Money Management International). After polling more than 1,000, MMI has drawn some conclusions about who you’re likely to re-gift and why. 1. Today, the majority of people (62 percent) say they ...

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WaPo has an interesting front-page profile today of Annapolis’s St. John’s College and its struggle to attract and enroll minority students. Its goal is shared by many academic institutions, including the University System of Maryland. Only 35 of St. John’s ...

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Tomorrow night should be hopping. At least, according to Evite.com, which reports that 100,000 e-mailed invitations have been sent through the site for 100,000 parties on Dec. 15. Me? I’ll be home, avoiding the impending wintry mix. JACKIE SAUTER, Multimedia ...

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Soaring gold prices have lifted Duckburg’s Scrooge McDuck to the top of the Forbes’ “fictional 15” this year. Even Forbes notes that the duck’s hoard of coins and bullion – estimated at almost $30B – is “more than you can ...

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Our Maryland Business Friday feature story today highlights The Leffler Agency‘s 400-person holiday soiree – one of Baltimore’s annual traditions. I was struck by a quote from one attendee: “I literally changed my vacation plans because I’ve missed the party ...

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