Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc. of Olney will acquire CommerceFirst Bancorp of Annapolis, and its subsidiary, CommerceFirst Bank, under a definitive agreement signed by the two companies that was announced Tuesday. Sandy Spring will pay approximately $25.4 million in stock and ...

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FULTON — Pump and valve maker Colfax Corp. is buying Cot-Puritech, an oil flushing and remediation services supplier, for at least $34 million. Colfax said Wednesday that the acquisition will expand its total lubrication management services offering, particularly for the oil ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Justice Department approved Google’s acquisition of online advertising service Admeld after concluding the deal wouldn’t diminish competition in one of the Internet’s most lucrative marketing niches. The decision announced Friday clears the way for Google ...

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RLJ Lodging Trust of Bethesda, a hotel real estate investment trust, said it acquired the 176-room Courtyard by Marriott Charleston Historic District hotel from Noble Investment Group for $42 million, or approximately $239,000 per key. RLJ used available cash to ...

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SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Gifford’s Ice Cream of Maine is buying a Maryland company with a nearly identical name. Skowhegan-based Gifford’s Ice Cream on Monday announced a deal to buy Silver Spring-based Gifford’s Ice Cream and Candy. Terms of the deal ...

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cigna Corp. will buy fellow health insurer HealthSpring Inc. in a $3.8 billion deal as it becomes the latest managed-care company to snap up a bigger share of the fast-growing Medicare Advantage market. Cigna, based in Bloomfield, ...

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Daniels details K-8 school plan Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels launched a public campaign Tuesday outlining Hopkins’ plans for the new East Baltimore Community School, which officials hope will attract families to the city’s Middle East neighborhood being redeveloped ...

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FULTON — Fulton-based pump and valve maker Colfax Corp. said Monday it will buy Charter International PLC, which owns two engineering businesses, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $2.4 billion. Colfax said it has agreed to pay about $14.45 per share, ...

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NEW YORK — Exelon Corp. on Friday announced a series of personnel moves that will follow its acquisition of Constellation Energy Group Inc. The Chicago-based utility holding company announced in April that it planned to buy Constellation Energy, based in ...

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WASHINGTON — AT&T Inc. is pledging to bring 5,000 wireless call center jobs, currently based abroad, back to the U.S. if it is allowed to proceed with its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The company is also promising ...

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