The announcement that Amazon.com Inc. would bring a huge new fulfillment center to Southeast Baltimore was about a year in the making, city and state officials said Wednesday — and Baltimore wasn’t the only location under consideration.

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NEW YORK — Wall Street finally got the deal it’s been waiting for. A last-minute agreement to keep the U.S. from defaulting on its debt and reopen the government sent the stock market soaring Wednesday, lifting the Standard & Poor’s ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — Shareholders of Smithfield Foods Inc. on Tuesday approved a plan to sell the world’s largest pork producer and processor to a Chinese company. The Smithfield, Va.-based company said more than 96 percent of the votes cast during ...

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Corrigan Sports Enterprises Inc., of Baltimore, the producer of the annual Baltimore Marathon and Running Festival, said it has signed a multi-year deal with Under Armour Inc. for the Baltimore-based company to serve as the event’s official performance apparel and footwear supplier.

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WASHINGTON — Borrowing for tuition, housing and books would be less expensive for college students and their parents this fall but the costs would start climbing almost immediately under a deal the Senate was poised to pass Wednesday. The bipartisan ...

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NEW YORK — American Realty Capital Properties Inc. is buying American Realty Capital Trust IV Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $3.1 billion. Shares of ARCP nearly doubled in premarket trading on Tuesday. ARCP, a real estate investment ...

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Columbia-based Arbitron Inc.’s shareholders have voted to approve the acquisition of the company by Nielsen Holdings N.V. for approximately $1.2 billion.

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NEW YORK — Dish Network’s combative chairman, Charlie Ergen, on Tuesday defended his $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel, saying the debt load the deal would create for the combined company will be manageable. “We will take on more leverage ...

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LOS ANGELES — Disney is paying $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind “Star Wars,” from its chairman and founder, George Lucas. It’s also making a seventh movie in the “Star Wars” series called “Episode 7,” set ...

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TheraPearl LLC, of Jessup, a developer of hot and cold therapy products for pain management, announced an endorsement deal with three-time Pro Bowl running back Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jacksonville Jaguars. The reigning NFL rushing champion signed on to help ...

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