NEW YORK — Stocks turned higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it would end its $600 billion bond-buying program as scheduled in June because the economy has improved. The decision, announced after the Fed’s two-day policy meeting, was widely ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks edged higher in midday trading Monday at the start of the last full week before the next round of corporate earnings reports begin. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 21 points, or 0.2 percent, to 12,398. ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks edged higher to start the week after economic reports suggested that the recovery is continuing. The Commerce Department said consumer spending rose at its fastest pace in four months in February. The National Association of Realtors ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks plunged Tuesday, and bond prices rose, as the nuclear crisis in Japan intensified following a deadly earthquake and tsunami. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points. The market dropped sharply at the start ...

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First Mariner Bancorp, parent company of 1st Mariner Bank, has received a six-month extension to get its stock price above $1 per share after receiving approval to move trading to a new market. On Feb. 18, the Nasdaq Stock Market ...

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NEW YORK — The Nasdaq finished within 25 points of its highest level in a decade Friday, reminding investors of a time many would rather forget: The bursting of the dot-com bubble. Today, tech is hot again. Facebook — which ...

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Sandy Spring Bancorp Inc., the parent company of Sandy Spring Bank, not only reported a profit for the fourth quarter of 2010, but said Thursday it had paid off the $83 million in preferred stock issued to the U.S. Treasury ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks were higher at midday Wednesday in thin trading as the market approached the end of the year. In the absence of any fresh economic data, traders’ moods appear to be buoyed by the spate of mostly ...

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The once-celebrated Maryland Public Television-produced financial news program Wall $treet Week is back, sort of. The program, off the air since 2005, has been revived as an online-only publication focusing on long-term financial advice. Jeff Salkin, anchor of MPT’s State ...

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Communications equipment maker Ciena Corp. said Thursday revenue jumped 7 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter, but that was not enough to keep the company from posting a loss of $80.3 million. Despite the news, the Linthicum-based company’s shares gained ...

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