The federal government has awarded the state $1.18 million to make security improvements at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s public marine terminals. Federal Emergency Management Agency grants, via U.S. Department of Homeland Security funding, will be used to ...

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Three Maryland businesses received pre-seed funding this quarter from a program designed to help minority entrepreneurs get their tech startups off the ground.

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The Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees voted Friday to divest from separately managed investments in thermal coal, the school announced Tuesday. The vote bars Hopkins from purchasing stocks or bonds of companies that earn more than 35 percent of their ...

Fourteen businesses were honored Wednesday as winners of the 2017 Mayor’s Business Recognition Awards. The annual awards event, which is presented by the Greater Baltimore Committee, the Baltimore Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office, honors businesses for their outstanding corporate ...

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An astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University won the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Sunday for his work on a description of the contents, dynamics and shape of the universe.

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Baltimore-based athletic apparel manufacturer Under Armour and world champion skier Lindsey Vonn debuted her signature collection Thursday. For Under Armour, as for most sports apparel and footwear companies, it’s an effort to leverage a celebrity endorser into increased product sales. Olympian Vonn, ...

The head of Under Armour’s struggling footwear division is leaving the company, the latest in a series of departures by top executives at the Baltimore-based sports apparel company, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Peter Ruppe, the senior vice president ...

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Are you a man between the ages of 50-59? You could be more likely than most to be a victim of cybercrime in Maryland, according to data compiled by OpenVPN, an open source virtual private network protocol. Last year, according ...

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University of Maryland, College Park, startup MF Fire received the first investment form the University System of Maryland’s Maryland Momentum Fund, the system announced Thursday. MF Fire will receive $192,500 from the momentum fund as part of an initial funding ...

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Vent Coffee Roasters, a Baltimore business owned by longtime barista and coffee professional Sarah Walker, will open its first brick-and-mortar café and espresso bar inside Union Collective by early spring 2018.  Leasing 1,900 square feet for a small-batch roaster and a full coffee and espresso bar with seats for 40 to 45 people, Vent will offer traditional espresso drinks, Nitro Cold Brew on ...