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Wed 02/01/12 Bloomberg Government
Bill Anderson passed up Silicon Valley and opened his tech startup in central Maryland, even though it lacked the prestige and signature names such as Apple Inc. and Google Inc. One draw for the founder of Oculis Labs Inc. was the growing market for cybersecurity and intelligence work connected to Fort Meade, the Army base that is Maryland’s biggest employer and home to the NSA....More
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Fri 02/03/12 Huffington Post
There are approximately 100 designated arts and cultural districts throughout the United States, but Rhode Island is only the second state to legislate tax-free zones for artists in them; Maryland is the other. In some arts districts, cities have authorized zoning variances to permit artists to live and work in area buildings -- tax credits to developers are often used to keep rents or purchase prices below market value -- but Maryland and Rhode Island are unique in their willingness to provide tax havens to artists as an inducement to repopulate the downtowns.
Fri 02/03/12 Washington Post In the most impressive surge for the job market since the middle of last decade, the U.S. added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3%, the lowest in 3 years. Hiring accelerated across the economy and up and down the pay scale. The high-salary professional services industry added 70,000 jobs, the most in 10 months. Manufacturing added 50,000, the most in a year.
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Thu 02/02/12 Baltimore Sun Harbor Point, a development project led by bakery magnate and developer John Paterakis Sr., will be the site of the headquarters for the combined Constellation-Exelon company if the proposed merger is completed, the energy giants announced.
Thu 02/02/12 Baltimore Sun The legislation, which will have Republican co-sponsors in the House and Senate, would direct $50 million to increase the number of experimental drugs that enter the FDA approval pipeline. To receive a grant under the program, private companies would have to put up $2 for every $1 spent by taxpayers.
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Thu 02/02/12 MdbizMedia
Award-winning actors, filmmakers and film crews will soon descend on several locations in and around the Baltimore area to film the Netflix series House of Cards. Originally broadcast by the BBC in 1990, the political thriller starring Kevin Spacey and directed by David Fincher, who also directed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Social Network, is being rewritten to fit Washington, D.C. as the backdrop. With Baltimore’s vast inventory of locations and architecture, the City is able to easily transform into the nation’s capital with a touch of film magic. Production starts this spring and will continue into the fall.
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Tue 01/31/12 MDBizMedia
2tor's move to a new Maryland headquarters supports the company’s aim to be near the highly-educated workforce the state has to offer. The company plans to continue its hiring spree and currently has dozens of positions across the board, from account management, marketing, operations, human resources, analytics and administrative roles.
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Mon 01/30/12 MDBizMedia
Feeling sheepish about your winter wardrobe? Itching to try something new? Leslye Solomon, owner of Woolstock Yarn Shop, has just the solution. The entrepreneur has parlayed her passion for knitting into a multi-faceted business reaching customers across the nation and overseas. Fourteen years ago she opened Woolstock, tucked away in quaint Glyndon, a historic village that dates to the late 1800s.
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