NEW YORK — Wendy’s pigtails are getting a tweak. For the first time since 1983, the Dublin, Ohio-based fast food company is updating its logo in a move intended to signal its ongoing transformation into a higher-end hamburger chain. Instead ...

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Jennifer B. Litchman, MA, has been named chief communications officer and vice president, and special assistant to the president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore. ...

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Under Armour Inc. executives said Tuesday they have lowered projections for online sales for the year as the Baltimore-based sports apparel company continues to have difficulty converting site visits to dollars.

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NEW YORK — Apple is on the verge of doing what few others have: change the English language. When you have a boo-boo, you reach for a Band-Aid not a bandage. When you need to blow your nose, you ask ...

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Amanda Garman has joined Bonnie Heneson Communications as a graphic designer. Garman specializes in web design, logo design, branding, typography and layout. Prior to joining BHC, Garman interned for Baltimore Magazine where she helped the art director create advertisements for ...

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SECU has named Carmen David Mirabile to serve as senior manager of marketing. Mirabile will assume oversight of all marketing at Maryland’s largest financial cooperative, including marketing planning and strategy, research and analysis, brand strategy, corporate communications, product marketing and ...

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NEW YORK — Ronald McDonald is having a midlife crisis. His floppy shoes, painted-on smile and flaming-red hair may be a harder sell to today’s kids who are trading in their dolls and trucks for manicures and mobile game apps ...

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My grandfather didn’t graduate from grammar school. But he was perhaps the smartest person I’ve ever met. His intellect wasn’t ornamented. Tom Maloney was a brass-tacks, bottom-line type of guy who built his bookcases with his own two hands between ...

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UPDATE:  Nike is now denying that it has entered into a new endorsement deal with Michael Vick. See Liz Farmer’s updated blog here. His is the fourth-highest selling jersey in the NFL this year — I’d guess you’d have to ...

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Calling all ACC fans — have you ever heard of Buster Sports? Maybe you will after Baltimore firm Warschawski PR gets a crack at it. Raleigh, N. C.-based Buster Sports, an online tailgating and networking community for college football and ...

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