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The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a Women’s Business Center (WBC) grant opportunity in Maryland Friday, part of an agency priority to open more doors for women entrepreneurs and increase access to SBA resources in underserved communities. The total award amount is $75,000 each ...

Middletown-based Community Heritage Financial Inc., announced Friday its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend to shareholders of $0.04 per share, which represents a 33% increase from its last quarterly cash dividend paid in November 2019. The dividend is payable Feb. 7 to ...

Nearly 200 people gathered on Dec. 9 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel to celebrate Maryland Legal Services Corporation’s 2019 annual awards reception. MLSC presented awards to five individuals and one organization, recognizing significant contributions to civil legal services and access ...

Startups with Johns Hopkins University’s FastForward program for entrepreneurs have received funding, software licenses, support and more from Microsoft as part of a unique pilot program with the technology giant. The pilot program includes five Johns Hopkins startups receiving funding ...

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Eagle Bancorp, Inc. the Bethesda-based parent company of EagleBank, announced earnings of $35.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2019, down 12% from $40.3 million in the same quarter of 2018. Earnings were was $1.06 per basic and diluted common share ...

A Gaithersburg biotechnology company has received a designation from the Food and Drug Administration aimed at quickening the development of one of its drugs.

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Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh Thursday joined a group of 15 attorneys general and New York City in a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans. Joining Maryland in the lawsuit are the attorneys ...

Abingdon-based Kiddie Academy, a nationally recognized provider of comprehensive educational child care programs, reported Thursday total systemwide revenue of more than $350 million, its most expansive year in company history. The family-owned business grew to 246 locations across 29 states and the District ...

Bethesda-based commercial real estate financing company Walker & Dunlop Inc. announced Thursday that it has provided $11,028,500 in bridge financing for The Vistas Fox Valley, a 136-bed supportive living facility in Aurora, Illinois. The debt was structured and provided by Walker & Dunlop’s bridge lending ...

San Francisco-based real estate firm Hamilton Zanze (HZ) has acquired two apartment communities in Columbia, including the Timbers at Long Reach apartments and the Chimneys of Cradlerock, company officials announced Thursday. Terms of the deal, which closed Dec. 31 with seller Aimco, were not disclosed. HZ now ...