SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s stock is soaring after the world’s biggest social network posted higher revenue from mobile ads and delivered a healthy second-quarter profit that reversed a loss a year ago. Facebook Inc. said Wednesday that it earned $333 ...

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ROUND ROCK, Texas — A group led by Dell’s founder raised its offer for the struggling computer maker on Thursday in hopes of attracting more shareholder support for its plan to take the company private. The 10-cent per share increase ...

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The market for health care information technology is showing enormous growth potential, and plenty of Maryland businesses are crowding in.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s latest quarterly report confirms the iPhone maker’s growth has stalled along with its pace of innovation. The results announced Tuesday mark the second straight quarter that Apple Inc.’s earnings have fallen from the previous year after ...

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The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development and the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore announced that five Maryland companies have been selected out of 21 applicants to participate in Advance Maryland, a business pilot program designed to support second-stage companies that are growth-oriented and have moved beyond the startup phase.

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Riskive, a Baltimore-based social risk management company, said it has secured $2.2 million in seed funding from Genacast Ventures — a fund formed in partnership with Comcast Ventures — and Core Capital, along with a group of individual investors.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Cisco said Tuesday that it reached a deal to buy computer network security company Sourcefire for about $2.37 billion in cash. Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay $76 cash for each of the ...

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NEW YORK — RadioShack said Tuesday that its second-quarter loss widened as the struggling electronics retailer works to revamp its stores and product assortment ahead of the crucial holiday season. Although the loss was bigger than analysts expected, revenue beat ...

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Major health care institutions have been chin-deep in IT investments for about a decade. Over the past few years, physicians’ offices and community hospitals have been following suit, implementing systems like Electronic Health Records, which replace paper copies of patient records.

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Dr. Julia Rosenstock begins her workday like many Americans: She checks her computer, the lifeblood of her daily routine.

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