Attention entrepreneurs! At least $75,000 in cash will be up for grabs at a pitch competition at this year’s Beta City event, to be held at City Garage Sept. 29. This is the second year for Beta City, a co-production ...
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AAMC to help IBM’s Watson develop health expertise
Anne Arundel Medical Center has signed up to help IBM’s supercomputer and game-show champ Watson sharpen its understanding of health data. The artificial intelligence, which so memorably trounced its human competitors on Jeopardy! in 2011 and recently rubbed proverbial elbows ...
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Read More »Citi upgrades McCormick ahead of earnings call
After a year and half of telling people to sell McCormick & Co. stock, Citigroup is telling shareholders to hold steady. A week before the company’s second-quarter earnings call, Citi has upgraded McCormick shares from sell to neutral, citing improvements ...
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Read More »FutureCare debuts high-tech, $600K rehab gym
FutureCare’s 20-year-old Homewood rehabilitation facility has gotten an upgrade: a new gym that offers a variety of state-of-the-art equipment in one place. The $600,000 gym celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday afternoon. It includes a device originally ...
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Read More »UMD official tapped to lead college in Ireland
The head of research at the University of Maryland, College Park will soon take a new post on the Emerald Isle. Patrick O’Shea, the specialist in electromagnetics who oversees the $550 million per year research operation at UMD, has been ...
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Read More »Upcoming awards will honor Md. startups
Makers of a recipe-management app that helps you figure out what — and how — to cook. A special gel that helps football gloves stay sticky. An ugly produce supplier. Those are among the slew of tech startups that are ...
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Read More »Under Armour renews partnership with Buster Posey
Under Armour has extended its partnership with 2012 NL MVP Buster Posey in a multi-year deal, the Baltimore athletic company announced Wednesday. The San Fransisco Giants catcher has been with Under Armour since he became a professional baseball player in ...
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Read More »Top designer returns to Under Armour after defection to Nike
After leaving Under Armour for its rival Nike earlier this year, Dave Dombrow is coming back to Baltimore. News broke in March that the top designer of some of Under Armour’s most popular shoes was leaving. On Thursday, Under Armour ...
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Read More »Under Armour launches shopping app
Seeking to make its mark in the digital space, Under Armour has launched its first shopping app, adding a new layer to the brand’s Connected Fitness platform. UA Shop seeks to offer users a “personalized experience” through people’s user history, ...
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Read More »Baltimore social entrepreneur boosts Bernie — and vice versa
Baltimore social entrepreneur Chris Wilson devotes his life to helping ex-offenders get work -- and the Sanders campaign took notice.
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