Numerous options and lower prices for consumers were supposed to be hallmarks of President Barack Obama's landmark health care law, thanks to predicted competition in the insurance marketplaces.

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Exxon Mobil says that global policies to combat climate change won't be strict enough to stop the company from selling all of the oil and gas it has found — and all that it will find in the foreseeable future — because the fuels are too important for global economic development.

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The Affordable Care Act was expected to hit the insurance broker industry hard. But the botched launch of Maryland Health Connection and the turbulent open enrollment period, which ends Monday, meant validation — their services are still valued and their jobs secure. At least for now.

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A prominent attorney has complained that delays by a city appeals board, which he attributed in part to attendance issues, are causing his client’s development plan to be “enormously prejudiced,” an allegation Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s administration denies.

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2U Inc., of Landover, a maker of software for institutions of higher education, became a public company on Friday with an initial public offering of 9.175 million shares of common stock priced at $13 per share, trading on Nasdaq under the symbol TWOU.

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GenVec Inc., of Gaithersburg, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel gene-based drugs and vaccines, reported a loss of $887,000, or 7 cents per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2013, versus a loss of $3.2 million, or 24 cents per share, for the prior-year period.

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Nine jurisdictions added to Sustainable Communities roster Gov. Martin O’Malley’s Smart Growth Subcabinet added nine localities to the roster of Sustainable Communities, bringing the total number to 64. Each of those communities has developed and committed to a revitalization and ...

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A legislative proposal to replace initial bail hearings with computerized pretrial risk assessment programs came under sharp attack Thursday by senators concerned that a law-and-order governor could ensure that all arrestees are jailed pending judicial review.

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Microsoft on Thursday unveiled Office for the iPad, a software suite that includes programs such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint and works on rival Apple Inc.'s hugely popular tablet computer.

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The cellphone parking lot at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will be moved on April 1 to a new, larger location, airport officials announced.

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