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The Pitch: That Wiggly Jiggly Jello-O, Once Silly, Is Now Serious Stuff
Watch it wiggle. Watch it jiggle. Now go to your room without dessert.<@SM><@SM><TAB>Once hawked as a colorful, shimmering treat for kids, Jell-O is becoming into something slightly more utilitarian.<@SM><@SM>A series of austere, black-and-white magazine ads tout the famous gelatin snack as a weight-loss method, a quick-fix baking good, a fat-free sweet substitute [...]
Marriott’s Cash Register Ringing
Better-than-expected earnings in the second quarter briefly pushed the stock price of Maryland-based Marriott International Inc. yesterday to a 52-week high of $38.88.<br /><br />It settled back to close at $37.75, still a 2.7 percent gain.<br /><br />Earnings per diluted share at the world’s largest lodging company reached 50 cents in the quarter ended June 16, a 19 [...]
Big Tobacco’s Net Worth Not a Cap To Damages, Florida Judge Tells Jury
The judge in the landmark Florida smokers trial yesterday told the jury it could award punitive damages well beyond the $15.3 billion the nation’s five biggest tobacco companies claim is their combined net worth.<br /><br />The tobacco companies had asked Circuit Judge Robert Kaye to cap punitive damages at that figure, culled from their 1999 annual reports. They disputed the ass[...]
Low Unemployment Rate Means Driver Shortages for Cab Companies
Maryland taxicab companies are experiencing their worst driver shortages in years, and despite offers of bonuses and freebies for qualified drivers, many cabs remain idle.<br /><br />The problem stems, company officials say, from the strong economy, which gives would-be cab drivers a multitude of other entry-level jobs to choose from.
Hopkins Pledges $4.5M to Address Heath Needs in East Baltimore
Members of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution family are uniting to better serve the East Baltimore community.<@SM><@SM><TAB>Hopkins is pledging $4.5 million over five years to the formation of an Urban Health Institute to identify and better address the health needs of its surrounding neighborhoods, the organization said yesterday.
Transfer of BGE Generating Assets to Unregulated Subsidiaries Challenged
Two out-of-state energy companies yesterday sought a judicial review of the Maryland Public Service Commission
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Family Tech CenterBaltimore County officials and the county’s chapter of the NAACP will announce plans this morning for the first “family technology center” in the nation to be sponsored by the civil rights group. The center, which will include a bank of computers and offer training to young people and adults on using the Internet […]
Visual Networks Plummets
The value of network software firm Visual Networks tumbled more than 50 percent yesterday, as investors punished the company for its late-Wednesday-night warning of disappointing earnings for the second quarter and beyond.<@SM><@SM><TAB>Blaming integration problems associated with a large acquisition earlier this year, the Rockville-based Visual Networks said it would see only a [...]
Garrett County Refuses to Sign on the Stream Restoration Dotted Line
From the tire-strewn Anacacostia to the dirty Patapsco, some of the state
CoStar Rises to Web
Real estate data giant CoStar Group Inc. has put its reservoir of listings in an online marketplace for buying and selling commercial property, and while some brokers see Internet-based real estate as a crucial supplement to the business, others are skeptical.
Amtrak Unveils Satisfaction Guarantee for Passengers, New Look
Weary from a 23-hour train trip from Mississippi, Veronica Lewis yesterday arrived in Washington less than thrilled with Amtrak.<@SM><@SM><TAB>
Fifth Judge May Reject Clinton Case
After four colleagues excused themselves from the case, a recently appointed Arkansas judge says he has not decided whether to preside over President Clinton
