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<TAB>With an estimated 100,000 Marylanders still not counted by the 2000 census, federal officials have extended the deadline to try to complete the job.<@SM><@SM><TAB>
Read More »Weary of Tight Market in Baltimore Area? A Look at D.C. Region Will Revitalize You
<TAB>Grown weary of searching in vain for office space in Baltimore City? Anne Arundel County? Howard County? So fed up that you
Read More »As TV, Radio, Papers Become Crowded With Ads, Agencies Turn to Alternatives
At a popular outdoor festival in Baltimore City
Read More »Britain in a Froth Over Silly Pub Names Like the Goose and Granite
The Goat and Compasses is fine, but the Goose and Granite is definitely not.<@SM><@SM><TAB>The debate over British pub names is foaming up again: The Goat and Compasses is a centuries-old moniker, while the latter is a newly minted corporate label.<@SM><@SM><TAB>Traditional English pub names often are patriotic or royal
Read More »State Official, U.S. Congressman Clash Over Dredging
A Maryland congressman
Read More »Former Alex. Brown Execs Answer the Call, Build Customer-Care Firm Into Powerhouse
<TAB>Hughes Network Systems, traditionally a business-to-business entity, entered the consumer market by providing equipment for Direct TV. <@SM><@SM><TAB>The company tried offering customer support in-house, but with 150,000 calls a month coming in at an average of 20 minutes a call, Hughes was gasping as it tried to keep up with the volume.
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Provident Bankshares Corporation Will Take Second Quarter ChargeBaltimore-based Provident Bankshares Corp., the parent company of Provident Bank, made a $13 million addition to its provision for loan losses in the second quarter. This addition was made to address the anticipated ...
Read More »GRID Media Reaches to West Coast, Buys Market Research Newsletters
Potomac-based GRID Media LLC has acquired the publishing assets of a California media research firm. <@SM><@SM><TAB>The firm announced yesterday that it bought the newsletters Hollywood Aftermarket and The AIM Report from Carmel-based Adams Media Research, a financial and market research firm near Silicon Valley that focuses on the video and interactive marketplaces. GRID Media did not disclose the purchase price.
Read More »New Female Bishop: ‘The Stained Glass Ceiling Has Been Pierced’
Preacher. Journalist. Author. Now add to Vashti McKenzie’s resume a position never before filled by a woman in the long history of the nation’s oldest black church: Bishop.<@SM><@SM><TAB>The fiery church leader whose family has been active in African Methodist Episcopal Church affairs in Baltimore for more than a century has become the first female bishop in the denomination’s 213-year history.
Read More »A Golfer’s Dream
Imagine being able to say you hit par at the three-hole “Amen Corner” at Augusta National. Tiger Woods can’t even do that.<@SM><@SM> Or how you completed one of the most feared shots in championship golf as your ball eased onto the green at the 17th hole at Sawgrass.
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