WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories fell in March by the largest amount in seven months, but a key category that signals business investment plans increased. Factory orders dropped 4 percent in March, reflecting a big plunge in the volatile ...

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WASHINGTON — American consumers have shown about as much appetite for the $1 coin as kids do their spinach. They may not know what’s best for them either. Congressional auditors say doing away with dollar bills entirely and replacing them ...

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Staff members for The Daily Record have won 49 journalism awards and 10 advertising awards in state and national competitions this year. The newspaper’s “Too Big To Fail?” series on the $1.8 billion East Baltimore Development Inc. project took top ...

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ROCKVILLE — Montgomery County is getting ready to implement a 5-cent bag tax modeled after the one that took effect in the nation’s capital in January 2010. The Montgomery County Council approved the tax on both paper and plastic bags ...

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Alter Communications Inc. CEO Andrew Alter Buerger’s head whipped around to face William L. Hallam as Hallam accused Buerger of playing the “Jewish persecution” card in federal court. Hallam, the attorney for Alter’s former printing company, H.G. Roebuck & Son ...

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Montgomery County has approved a 5-cent bag tax modeled after the one that took effect in the nation’s capital last year. The Montgomery County Council approved the tax on both paper and plastic bags on Tuesday. It is expected to ...

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