Exelon Corp. wanted to offer to build more renewable energy as part of its $7.9 billion bid for Constellation Energy Group Inc., the company’s president testified Tuesday as top executives for both appeared for a second day before Maryland regulators. ...

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DETROIT — The last of Detroit’s carmakers has reached a deal with the United Auto Workers union. Chrysler Group LLC and union negotiators agreed on a new four-year contract Wednesday that creates 2,100 new jobs. The company will also invest ...

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WARREN, Mich. — Union leaders from Chrysler facilities around the country assembled in a Detroit suburb Monday expecting to hear details of a new four-year contract with the company. Instead, they were told to wait for a couple of days. ...

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DETROIT — The United Auto Workers union has called local leaders to Detroit on Tuesday, a strong sign that a contract deal with Ford Motor Co. is near. Such a meeting normally means an agreement has been reached, and union ...

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DETROIT — General Motors Co.’s shares rose Monday on news that the company’s new contract with the United Auto Workers union will bring only a minimal increase in recurring costs for the automaker. The tentative agreement, reached late Friday, includes ...

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The New York-based investment firm looking to turn around troubled First Mariner Bancorp said Thursday it has no plans to walk away from the deal even after the local company missed a second deadline to raise more than $123 million. ...

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A closed-door review of documents, prepared to inform nearly 600 West Virginia coalfield residents of a $35 million deal to settle their water pollution claims, may help identify who leaked settlement details to The Associated Press, a ...

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WASHINGTON — Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama announced agreement Sunday night with Republican congressional leaders on a compromise to avoid the nation’s first-ever financial default. The deal would cut more than $2 trillion from federal spending over a ...

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Maryland’s horse industry will enter mediation this week to work on a simulcasting agreement after the Maryland Racing Commission approved two licenses to continue horse racing in the state. The commission on Friday approved the Maryland Jockey Club’s sale to ...

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When a private equity firm announced in April that it had agreed to pump $36.4 million into struggling 1st Mariner Bank, the deal contained clauses allowing it to terminate the deal if certain goals weren’t met. And the first of ...

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