About 5,000 small businesses in Howard County will soon receive a letter from state Comptroller Peter Franchot urging them to apply for tax credits created by the Affordable Care Act to help offset the cost of providing health insurance to employees. Several of those business owners said they appreciate the outreach and welcome any information they can get about a law many still find confusing.

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WASHINGTON — Forty-four senators have written to Cuba’s president to call for the release of a Maryland man imprisoned in Cuba for almost three years. The one-page letter released Tuesday is signed by 34 Democrats, nine Republicans and independent Joseph ...

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First Mariner Bank secured a 14-day restraining order against a Connecticut-based law firm that has been sending letters to the bank’s customers, stating that the bank is facing litigation and regulatory action for fraudulent lending practices. Judge James K. Bredar ...

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A Baltimore developer has written a blistering letter to City Hall disputing proposed tax breaks for the $150 million Superblock project downtown. The May 1 letter from David H. Hillman, chairman and CEO of Southern Management Corp., to Mayor Stephanie ...

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First Mariner Bank is crying foul in a federal lawsuit over letters sent to its customers by a Connecticut-based law firm that claims the bank is facing litigation for fraudulent lending practices. Baltimore-based First Mariner denies the allegations of improper ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd’s efforts to impress an HP event hostess included showing her his checking-account balance holding over $1 million, according to a letter detailing the sexual harassment allegations that led to his ouster. The ...

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An order from the Honorable Sam Sparks of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas came across my inbox earlier today. This order does not involve any of the numerous cases that I am currently handling, ...

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