A trade mission to Asia led by Gov. Larry Hogan should be considered a long-term investment in Maryland’s economy and necessary to keep pace with other nearby states looking to increase outside investment, according to business and economic development experts. ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan will lead a delegation of state economic development officials and business leaders on a 12-day trade mission to three countries in Asia. Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development Secretary Michael Gill and Deputy Secretary Ben Wu ...

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BERLIN — The outlook for the airline industry is improving, with profits expected to reach $4.1 billion this year and $7.5 billion in 2013, the International Air Transport Association said Monday. The industry group raised its forecast for 2012 from ...

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In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops across the globe to pick up the tech juggernaut’s latest iPhone. Eager buyers formed long lines Friday at Apple Inc. stores in Asia, Europe and North America to be the ...

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Not even McDonald’s Corp. has an iron stomach when it comes to the global economic downturn. The world’s largest hamburger chain has thrived in boom and bust times by selling cheap eats and constantly updating its menu with popular items ...

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NEW YORK — Proposals for Internet addresses ending in “.pizza,” ”.space” and “.auto” are among the nearly 2,000 submitted as part of the largest expansion in the online address system. Apple Inc., Sony Corp. and American Express Co. are among ...

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Imagine that you’ve just arrived to a foreign country to conduct some business. Your feet are swollen from the flight, your brain is foggy from the jet lag and your stomach is unsettled from the unusual food. It’s nearly the ...

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W.R. Grace & Co., a Columbia-based chemical manufacturer, said it signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Qingdao, China, Bureau of Commerce for an investment in China to manufacture fluid catalytic cracking catalysts and related products for the petroleum refining ...

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LAS VEGAS — Never mind “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Perhaps the new slogan for America’s gambling capital should be “Stop over for a quickie in Sin City.” A quick visit, that is. Las Vegas tourism officials are ...

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WASHINGTON — The world’s major economic powers are pledging to launch a bold effort to deal with a chronic slowdown in growth and a European debt crisis threatening to push the global economy into another recession. But so far, markets ...

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