We need to create jobs that pay people a living wage. That is a baseline premise that should not be controversial. A “living wage” would provide a stable platform from which to push for wealth-building throughout Baltimore — an issue of particular significance in communities ...

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Host Hotels & Resorts Inc., of Bethesda, a lodging real estate investment trust, reported a $159 million profit, or 21 cents per diluted share, for the quarter ended June 30, up from $121 million and 16 cents for the prior-year period. ...

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Bethesda-based Marriott International Inc. earned net income of $192 million, or 64 cents per diluted share, during the second quarter of this year, the hotel company announced Tuesday. That’s a 7.3 percent increase over the second quarter of last year, ...

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Tessco Technologies Inc., of Hunt Valley, a supplier of wireless communications equipment, reported a drop in net income and a rise in revenue for the quarter ended June 29. Net income was $3.7 million, or 44 cents per diluted share, ...

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(Bloomberg) Northrop Grumman Corp., the maker of Global Hawk drones, topped analysts’ profit estimates in the second quarter and boosted its full-year forecast. Net income rose 4.7 percent to $511 million, or $2.37 a share, in the quarter, from $488 ...

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Target cut its annual profit outlook Wednesday and said its first-quarter earnings fell 16 percent as it took another hit from a massive customer data breach and a troubled expansion in Canada.

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NEW YORK — Americans’ shift toward fresh foods is kicking Campbell Soup right in the can. The company on Tuesday said its quarterly profit fell 30 percent as U.S. sales of soups and V8 beverage declined. A recall of its ...

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A Maryland lawmaker wants to give the Office of the Maryland Attorney General more authority to investigate charities and how they spend donations.

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WASHINGTON — U.S. banks earned more from April through June than during any quarter on record, aided by a steep drop in losses from bad loans. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says the banking industry earned $42.2 billion in the ...

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Walker & Dunlop Inc., of Bethesda, a real estate lender focused on multifamily loans, said its second-quarter net income rose 52.5 percent to $14.5 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, from $9.3 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, ...

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