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The Community Foundation of Howard County, which raises, manages and distributes funds to support Howard County nonprofits, awarded 56 Howard County students with 61 scholarships totaling $68,110. The awards come after a thorough review of applications and scholarship committee recommendations. ...

Rockville-based Federal Realty Investment Trust saw its net income drop for second quarter as the Rockville-based firm was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. President and CEO Donald C. Wood remained confident in the company’s ability to weather the pandemic and ...

Shore Bancshares Inc. Thursday announced its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on common stock in the amount of $0.12 per share, payable Aug. 31 to stockholders of record on Aug. 15. Lloyd L. “Scott” Beatty, Jr., president and CEO, said the company ...

With new coronavirus clusters sprouting aboard ships overseas, the U.S. cruise industry is extending its suspension of operations through October. The Cruise Lines International Association, which represents more than 50 companies and 95% of ocean-going cruise capacity, said Wednesday that ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit fell in June for the first time since February as exports posted a record increase, rising twice as fast as imports. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the gap between the value of what ...

The U.S. government will push its fundraising to new extremes this quarter to cope with a budget deficit unseen since the country mobilized to fight World War II. The Treasury expanded its plans for borrowing at longer maturities in the ...

BALTIMORE — Officials with the Maryland State Fair say this year’s event is cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. General manager Andy Cashman told The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday that only junior and open livestock shows bill be held. Cashman ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. businesses sharply reduced hiring last month, suggesting that resurgent COVID-19 infections slowed the economic recovery as many states closed parts of their economies again and consumers remained cautious about spending. U.S. firms added just 167,000 jobs in ...

NEW YORK — The check has arrived and beleaguered restaurant owners across America are looking down on their empty wallets. Government coronavirus loans in the spring helped eating establishments rehire laid-off employees and ride out the pandemic’s initial surge and ...

Bethesda-based commercial real estate financing company Walker & Dunlop Inc. saw total revenues increase a record 26% in the second quarter according to figures released in an earnings statement Wednesday. Total revenues were $252.8 million and net income for the second quarter ...