WASHINGTON — Unemployment fell in only 18 states last month, a much smaller number than in recent months and a sign that jobs remain scarce nationwide. The Labor Department says the jobless rate rose in 14 states and stayed the ...

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Stocks tumbled Thursday after two disappointing economic reports renewed investors’ concerns about the pace of the recovery. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 144 points. All the major stock indexes fell more than 1 percent. Interest rates also fell sharply ...

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Everyone develops in different ways. A colleague of mine recently described the development of her legal career as long periods of stagnation followed by short periods of accelerated growth. Another colleague compared himself to the hare in Aesop’s fable — ...

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Today begins week three of my new job as an associate at Plaxen & Adler, P.A. So far, I’ve brought very little of my old office with me — my Levenger editor’s desk (which I bought about 10 years ago), ...

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Northrop Grumman Corp., the one that got away, has finally settled on a new place to call home. The defense giant that had drawn multimillion-dollar dowry offers from Maryland, Virginia and the District, chose in April to focus its search ...

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I’ve been a part of this conversation way too often, and the Question never has a satisfactory Answer. Older lawyers (no disparagement intended — to a young lawyer, you’re all older. Also, I hope to be “older” someday, both in ...

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A few days ago, someone apparently drove a tad too close to my car and broke the mirror. Of course, not just the mirror, but the thing that attaches the mirror to my car. So I went to my mechanic ...

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In a world neutered by political correctness, it’s refreshing when someone has the stones to be painfully honest. Simon Cowell has become a multi-millionaire by doing just that. He’s also doing a service to wannabe professional singers by finally telling ...

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If you think Maryland’s legislative branch has a propensity for stifling common-sense business moves and the resulting tax benefit, no further proof need be given than its bungling of the slots referendum and implementation. The General Assembly has already put ...

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Every month, the state reports unemployment statistics and every month, at least lately, the message that accompanies those statistics follows a formula, something like “things have gotten worse, but they’ve gotten worse less quickly than they have before, so that’s ...

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