Gov. Martin O’Malley and Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation Secretary Leonard J. Howie III announced Monday that the state’s unemployment insurance tax will drop in 2013, with some businesses seeing their rate decrease as much as 55 percent.

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WASHINGTON — The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell again, this time dropping below 3.50 percent for the first time on records dating back 60 years. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the rate on the 30-year ...

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National foreclosure filings in April hit the lowest monthly total since July 2007, a new report by the data firm RealtyTrac shows. The filings, which include default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions, were reported on 188,780 properties in the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley is announcing a 6 percent drop in violent crime in Maryland. O’Malley released the 2010 year-end crime data on Wednesday. It is compiled by the Maryland State Police and submitted to the FBI for use ...

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Corporate Office Properties Trust of Columbia said funds from operations dropped sharply while revenue rose. FFO — a key measure of a real estate investment trust’s financial performance — for the second quarter totaled $6 million, or 2 cents per ...

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Maryland School Assessment scores are up statewide, but Baltimore saw lower scores as the city boosted testing security in the wake of cheating at several schools. Scores were released Wednesday for the tests taken by 365,000 students in third through ...

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Citing a slowdown in its foreclosure business, The Dolan Company — the parent company of The Daily Record — Tuesday reported drops in profit and revenue for the first quarter of 2011. Dolan reported net income of $3.4 million for ...

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NEW YORK — Treasury prices fell Friday after oil prices raced past $112 a barrel and investors considered the possibility of a government shutdown. The price on the 10-year Treasury note slipped 25 cents per $100 invested in late trading. ...

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FREDERICK — The Frederick County Commissioners are quitting the county’s employee pension plan. The all-Republican board voted Thursday to eliminate pension eligibility for themselves and future commissioners. Board President Blaine Young says the change will save $40,000 per year.

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WASHINGTON — Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the third drop in the past four weeks and a sign that the job market is slowly improving. Weekly claims for jobless aid dipped 3,000 to a seasonally adjusted 420,000 ...

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