Maryland’s overseas economic development efforts stretch beyond occasional gubernatorial visits with dozens of business leaders in tow. The Department of Business and Economic Development runs 11 foreign trade offices in 10 countries, including one each in China and South Korea, ...

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Maryland's Secretary of Business and Economic Development Christian Johansson speaks with Daily Record reporters and editors about Maryland's economy, unemployment, tourism and other issues affecting the state.

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While poised to lead the economic rebound, Maryland has holes in its game it must shore up if the state is to retain its front-running role in a global economy driven by high-tech innovation, the state’s top economic development official ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley will announce Friday plans to allow businesses to apply for and monitor review of the litany of permits and licenses required in Maryland, and streamline some application processes that have grown increasingly byzantine. “Small businesses, ...

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Economic Development Secretary Christian Johansson was working the State House lobby between the House and Senate chambers Thursday morning, cornering lawmakers after they wrapped up their quick floor sessions. “I’m making sure the General Assembly understands the opportunities Invest Maryland ...

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Northrop Grumman Corp., the one that got away, has finally settled on a new place to call home. The defense giant that had drawn multimillion-dollar dowry offers from Maryland, Virginia and the District, chose in April to focus its search ...

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If you haven’t read Steven Pearlstein’s column on the capital region’s Northrop Grumman arms race, stop daydreaming about your NCAA brackets and check it out now. It’s a really interesting look at a side of the process that hasn’t seen ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley will give his State of the State address at noon today before both houses of the Maryland General Assembly and other assorted state government poobahs. If this speech follows O’Malley’s recent public remarks — and those made ...

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Tucked into the raft of economic development and job creation initiatives on the table this year in Annapolis is a relatively innocuous looking bill that would shake up a small business loan program run by the Department of Business and ...

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Good morning, folks. Now that the governor’s budget has been read across the desks of the General Assembly, and the stacks of budget books distributed, focus shifts, at least a little bit, to some other issues in state government. Today ...

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