Four years ago, General Motors’ future in the Baltimore area was hardly certain after the automaker shed all of its Allison Transmission business except its White Marsh facility, which made automatic transmissions for full-sized pickup trucks. But since then, the ...

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Thanks to hiring at the local government level and in the private sector, Maryland’s unemployment rate went from 7.2 percent in January to 7.1 percent in February, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Using figures adjusted for seasonal changes, ...

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It’s never a question whether Bob Leffler’s annual holiday party will go on or not. “I’d rather cut something else out than not say ‘thank you’” to the media representatives with whom his company — The Leffler Agency — works, ...

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