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The magazine agrees to change an article that implied Baltimore was still losing population.
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Read More »Baltimore partnership wins ‘tense’ argument with Economist
Economist: 2018 minimum wage will be worth $9.25
In a plan approved by the legislature, full-time minimum-wage workers in Maryland will ultimately make about $875 less annually than they would have under the governor's proposed timetable, an economic analyst said.
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Read More »Clinch leaving University of Baltimore
Richard Clinch, the director of economic research at the University of Baltimore's Jacob France Institute, is resigning effective Aug. 1, he said on Wednesday.
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Read More »Economist Basu calls for lower corporate income tax
In the midst of America’s fiscal crisis, economist Anirban Basu told members of Maryland’s Chamber of Commerce that it is imperative for the state to lower corporate income tax to create better opportunity to attract capital investment to offset the ...
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Read More »More evidence of a housing recovery
WASHINGTON — A jump in sales of previously occupied homes and further gains in home construction suggest the U.S. housing recovery is gaining momentum. The pair of reports Wednesday follows other signs of steady progress in the housing market after ...
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Read More »Federal spending helping state’s economy
CAMBRIDGE — Maryland’s recovery gained momentum during the last year largely on the strength of increased federal spending and BRAC-related development, a leading economist told state and local economic development officials gathered here Monday. While much of the news was ...
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Read More »New-home purchases fall, 2011 worst ever for sales
WASHINGTON — Fewer people bought new homes in December. The decline made 2011 the worst year for new -homes sales on records dating back nearly half a century. The Commerce Department said Thursday new-home sales fell 2.2 percent last month ...
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Read More »Census: More kids living in poverty in D.C. area
WASHINGTON — New U.S. Census figures show the number of school-age children living in poverty jumped significantly in Washington and in Montgomery County during the recession. In the District of Columbia, the rate increased from 25.4 percent in 2007 to ...
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Read More »Foreclosures drive sales of previously owned homes
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who bought previously occupied homes rose in August. But the sales were driven by an increase in foreclosures, a sign that home prices could fall further next year and slow a housing recovery. The ...
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Read More »More people applied for unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up slightly last week, evidence that the job market isn’t improving. Weekly applications for unemployment benefits rose 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 414,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The report ...
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