The state has approved the expansion of Enterprise Zones in Baltimore and Salisbury, making more land available for businesses that could receive tax breaks for operating within those zones.

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Gov. Martin O’Malley’s roughly $37 billion budget proposal to the General Assembly includes an increase in the money allocated for some business-friendly tax credits, $1.5 million to pay for studies into the safety of hydraulic fracturing and puts the state “on the verge” of closing what was once a $1.7 billion structural deficit.

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A few clicks was all it took for Michael Bendler to discover the state’s online business registration portal. A few more clicks and he had licensed his estate resale business with Maryland.

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The state’s economic development agency is asking the General Assembly to act quickly on changes to its signature venture capital program in order to secure the services of private investment firms.

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A local venture capital firm will invest $12 million of state money in early-stage, innovative technology companies as part of a state-run program aiming to boost startup success in Maryland.

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Protenergy Natural Foods Corp., a Canada-based manufacturer of natural foods and beverage products, has purchased the 67-acre site and 200,000 square-foot building that it currently leases in Cambridge. Gov. Martin O’Malley announced Tuesday that Protenergy plans to hire up to ...

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Apparently tired of frequent attacks from Maryland Republicans, who routinely condemn the state's Democratic leadership for developing a business-unfriendly attitude in the state, the state's executive branch has authored blog posts and editorials telling their side.

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A portion of slots money intended to benefit small-, women- and minority-owned businesses is inching closer to being distributed to such companies, nearly two years after Maryland’s first casino opened.

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Maryland’s economic development agency announced Wednesday that it will open a trade office in Africa in an attempt to lure companies and jobs to the Free State.

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Two proposed developments in Baltimore will be the subject of a hearing next month by the Baltimore Development Corp. because developers are seeking Enterprise Zone tax credits in order to build. ...

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