A spokeswoman for RG Steel says the company is considering selling steel mills in three states, including the Sparrows Point plant outside Baltimore. RG Steel spokeswoman Bette Kovach on Monday confirmed reports that potential buyers have expressed interest in acquiring ...

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What’s so great about Wegmans Food Markets? According to a recent report by Fortune magazine, the mega-grocer and specialty foods store has never laid off an employee. That’s good news for Marylanders, who are awaiting the opening of a Wegmans ...

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About 720 workers at the Sparrows Point steel mill will be laid off until early March, according to the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. New owner RG Steel LLC informed the department’s unemployment insurance division of the furloughs ...

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As part of its continuing restructuring efforts, Legg Mason Inc. said Tuesday that it had laid off 180 people, about 5 percent of its workforce, at the beginning of the month. The staff reduction, part of an effort to save ...

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VAIL, Colo. — Public art has become a tough sell in communities where the rough economy has forced cuts in employment and services — even when those artistic endeavors were paid for in better times. Officials in the posh mountain ...

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