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Dave Barry's 2012 Year in Review
It was a cruel, cruel year — a year that kept raising our hopes, only to squash them flatter than a dead possum on the interstate. Example: This year the "reality" show "Jersey Shore," which for six hideous seasons has been a compelling argument...
Tags: 2012 Republican National Convention, Tampa, New Year's Day, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Cape Canaveral
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Md. employers add 22,000 jobs in 2012
Maryland gained about 22,000 jobs in 2012, the smallest annual increase since the recession, underscoring the challenges facing the state in a year dominated by the federal budget and the collapse of a major employer. U.S. Department of Labor estimates...
Tags: Science and Technology, Financial and Business Services, Politics, PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated, Unemployment
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MarksJarvis: Stocks rally after retreat from 'fiscal cliff'
There was a sigh of relief heard round the world Wednesday as Congress used New Year's Day to close the curtain on "fiscal cliff" theatrics and save most Americans from sharp tax increases that were expected to induce a recession. But as the Dow Jones...
Tags: Credit Ratings, New Year's Day, Politics, Public Finance, Fiscal Cliff
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Public investment needed to stem this Chinese export
In 2007, I got the chance to visit China. Interesting place. The food was fabulous, the Great Wall awesome, the government officials self-serving, the capital city smoggy, the street vendors aggressive. And then there were the college students. "Driven"...Tags: Science and Technology, Politics, Beijing (China), Media Industry, China
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Wheaton mayor gears up for annual state of the city address
Michael Gresk is expected to address the state of the city at two public events next week. Wheaton Mayor Michael Gresk is expected to address the state of the city at two public events next week. Gresk, whose second term as mayor expires in 2015, is...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Credit Ratings, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Field Museum to cut staff and research, refocus mission
Tribune ReportersBattered by the recession and a high debt load, the Field Museum on Tuesday announced plans to cut staff, overhaul its operations and limit the scope of its research. A comprehensive plan being drawn up by museum officials also could include changes to...Tags: Field Museum of Natural History, Science, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Financially Distressed Companies
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Budget deal won't fix unemployment
Friday, forecasters expect the Labor Department to report the economy added 155,000 jobs in December — substantially less than is needed to pull unemployment down to acceptable levels. The tax and spending package passed by the Senate and House...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Small Businesses, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment
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Long Hours And Sharp Elbows
Hartford Courant / Fox CTFor much of his life, Dannel Malloy has been an avid fan of hockey and rugby. Both rough-and-tumble sports are highly physical and require quick movements, sharp elbows and fast decisions. A rugby player for 22 years, Malloy finally quit when his...Tags: Len Suzio, John G. Rowland, Ned Lamont, Illegal Immigrants, John DeStefano
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Gail MarksJarvis: Europe delays decisions on aid to Greece until next week
The U.S. isn't the only country hanging from a fiscal cliff. While investors grew increasingly optimistic this week that Democrats and Republicans will agree on a compromise on tax increases and spending cuts that will help the U.S. avert a recession,...
Tags: Italy, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Gail MarksJarvis, Career and Workplace, Bonds
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Gail MarksJarvis: Economic uncertainty to linger, even after election
No matter who emerges victorious in the Nov. 6 election, most analysts are expecting only a short-term calm in the stock market for the remainder of this year. Investors typically cast their votes in the market based on what they imagine the newly...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Mitt Romney, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Politics
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Winds of change blowing in opposite directions for consumers, businesses
For a nation that once embraced the mission of seeing how high it could soar, to the moon and beyond, the challenge that momentarily — and fittingly — has captured our imagination of late is that of a daredevil out to see just how far and...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Mitt Romney, Symptoms, Politics, John McCain
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Kamenetz's risky pension bet
Would you borrow money to pay off your mortgage and instead risk it in the market? That is in essence what Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz would like to do by floating $255 million of pension obligation bonds to fill the official hole in the...
Tags: Jon Corzine, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., MF Global, Kevin Kamenetz, Government
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Sep 25, 2012
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