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Robin Burns may be redefining the term beauty queen.<@SM><@SM><TAB>The savvy businesswoman, a powerful player in the beauty business for more than 20 years, has been behind some of the best-known names in the industry including Calvin Klein Eternity and Obsession fragrances and Estee Lauder cosmetics.
Read More »Photo of N.J. Gov. Frisking Black Man in Drug Sweep Draws Criticism
A 1996 photograph of New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman frisking a black man during a drug sweep has sparked outrage from critics who say it is another example of racial profiling.<@SM><@SM><TAB>Whitman has maintained her pat-down of the unidentified man while accompanying State Police on a tour of Camden, the state
Read More »Some Hard Bodies for Glen Burnie
Two attorneys who last year opened the Metropolitan Health & Fitness club in the heart of Baltimore City
Read More »Friends and Family Loans Don’t Make IRS Smile
Before lending money to a son or daughter for a used car or town house, some parents better first think about who is keeping an eye on their generosity.<@SM><@SM><TAB>No, not one of the other the children, but an even more ominous group — the Internal Revenue Service.
Read More »Hub Serves as Gathering Site for Small Cargoes Heading West
The opening of a new rail hub by Norfolk Southern Corp. grants the Port of Baltimore more efficient access to one of its most important domestic markets
Read More »Vietnam’s Stock Market to Open July 20 — With Two Members
Vietnam will launch its long-awaited stock market in Ho Chi Minh City on July 20 but so far only two companies are listed, State Securities Commission Chairman Nguyen Duc Quang said Friday.<@SM><@SM><TAB>The government has been planning a stock exchange for several years, but had postponed the launch because of a lack of companies willing to list and concerns the market will expose Vietnam’s financial system to unnecessary risk.
Read More »Stocks End Mixed as Wary Investors Go On Alert for Quarterly Results
Stocks were mixed in a quiet session yesterday as investors moved cautiously in advance of second-quarter earnings reports that will begin in earnest later this week. High-tech issues fell amid profit taking.<@SM><@SM><TAB>The Dow Jones industrial average rose 10.60 to 10,646.58, while the Nasdaq composite index slipped 42.91 to 3,980.29.
Read More »Striking Actors Take on Roles of Pickets Outside Ad Agency
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Read More »Secret Government Database Keeps Tab on Doctors’ Problems
In a database kept secret from patients, the government has recorded the names of nearly 500 doctors and dentists across the country who have been slapped with at least 10 disciplinary actions and malpractice payments over the last decade.<@SM><@SM><br /><br />One of every seven U.S. doctors and one of every eight dentists has at least one malpractice payment or disciplinary report in the National Practitioners Data Bank, which the Department of Health and Human Services has been compiling since 1990.
Read More »Invitrogen Acquiring Stock of Life Technologies, Dexter in $1.9B Deal
<a href="http://www.lifetech.com">Life Technologies Inc.</a> is about to be swallowed by one of the biggest fishes in the gene pool.<@SM><@SM><TAB>The Rockville company announced Sunday that it is merging with Invitrogen, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based leader in the life sciences industry. <a href="http://www.invitrogen.com">Invitrogen</a> is also acquiring Connecticut-based Dexter Corp., which owns 75 percent of Life Tech
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