Foreclosure starts in Maryland jumped 24 percent over July’s figures, an August report by a national foreclosure tracking firm said Thursday.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. service companies expanded at a faster pace in August than July, helped by stronger hiring. The growth at firms that employ roughly 90 percent of the work force suggests the economy is slowly improving. The Institute for ...

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Everyone seems to be on vacation. Between attorneys in my office, opposing counsel, clients and potential witnesses, litigation departments and courthouses should simply shut down ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia’s revenues continued a steady, modest climb in August, topping the same month in 2010 by nearly 8 percent, the 13th consecutive monthly increase in general tax collections. Finance Secretary Ric Brown’s monthly memo to Gov. Bob ...

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For many investors, August probably brought on a couple of bouts of ticker terror — that horrible feeling that comes when every stock symbol on the screen is red. One indicator, the Dow Jones industrial average, plunged from 12,143.24 to ...

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Fears that car buyers would stay away from dealerships in August never materialized. Instead, Americans were lured by new models, cheaper financing and the need to replace aging cars. As a result, August sales rose 7.5 percent compared with the ...

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NEW YORK — A private research group says that consumers’ confidence in the economy in August dropped almost 15 points to its lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the ...

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WASHINGTON — The US service sector, which employs nearly 90 percent of the nation’s work force, grew for the 17th straight month in April, though at the slowest pace since August. The Institute for Supply Management, a private trade group ...

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WASHINGTON — Consumer spending rose by a moderate amount in August while incomes increased by the largest amount in eight months, a gain that was propelled by the resumption of extended unemployment benefits. Spending increased 0.4 percent in August, matching ...

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