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Prepaid card market heats up — and the fees are plentiful

2012-05-13 00:00:00

Prepaid debit cards are everywhere these days — and so are their fees. The cards allow you to load cash onto them and are accepted by businesses just like other types of plastic. But you might have to pay a fee to activate the card, make ATM...

Imagination fuels a search for love in Venus Theatre's 'Destiny'

2012-03-26 13:39:43

With a name like "A Girl Named Destiny," folks who find their way to Rand Higbee's new comedy should expect to connect with their inner romantic. "Destiny," premiering at the Venus Theatre Play Shack on C Street in the Laurel Arts District, is a story...

Former M&T assistant vice president charged with mail fraud

2011-12-24 18:52:12

A former assistant vice president for M&T Bank in Baltimore has been charged with mail fraud, prosecutors said, after she defrauded a federal export credit agency and an international corporation to pay American Express bills and her taxes. Rosamaria T....

Flight ready

2011-12-15 13:34:22

If you're traveling through Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport this holiday season, you may notice a few new additions. As BWI embarks on a $100 million expansion project, fliers will notice differences in airline locations,...

New mall kiosk offers gift cards on the fly

2011-12-19 11:34:00

For those holiday shoppers who are out of gift ideas and out of time, The Mall in Columbia has introduced a new automated option for purchasing mall gift cards on the fly. The new "Shop Etc. Gift Card Kiosk," located near the holiday poinsettia tree and...

Got a gift card you don't use or want? Sell it

2011-12-11 00:00:00

We want gift cards and like to give them, but for some reason we don't always use them and wind up wasting billions of dollars. A recent poll by Consumer Reports, for instance, found that one-quarter of people who received a card as a holiday gift last...

Havre de Grace businesses see boom from Small Business Saturday

2011-11-30 17:59:55

Havre de Grace merchants got a boost from the nationwide Small Business Saturday initiative the day after Black Friday that was sponsored by American Express. Brigitte Peters, Havre de Grace marketing and tourism manager, said the day was a success for...

Review: Midtown BBQ & Brew, formerly Midtown Yacht Club, excels with BBQ

2012-01-18 11:53:00

Lately in Mount Vernon, especially in the vicinity of the Washington Monument, there's the faint but unmistakably syrupy aroma of barbecue in the air. Follow the trail and you'll find yourself at an unexpected place — the Midtown Yacht Club. The...

Restaurant review: Mount Airy Inn is a cozy, hearty respite

2012-01-11 05:28:00

The Mount Airy Inn sounds like it should be a lodge nestled in a pine-tree-covered swath of land, tucked away from the hustle and bustle. A place to get a home-cooked meal and maybe a few really good beers to shake off the chill of a cold winter's day....

Hitting the shops on Black Friday? Try one of Harford's many local businesses

2011-11-23 00:00:00

You know those ladies at the grocery store with the giant stack of coupons who hold up the line? That's me. I'm also the annoying customer who goes to shops with "free sample" vouchers and wind up not buying anything because I'm only there for the free...

'Bazaart' market is Black Friday alternative

2011-11-26 13:33:14

Forget cheap televisions, laptops and clothes. On Saturday, shoppers at the annual Bazaart holiday market at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore snatched up handmade bird houses, hand-printed shirts and handblown glass jewelry. The event,...

Small Business Saturday hailed as big success for Harford's Main Street

2011-11-29 14:15:42

Black Friday may be known for making the biggest holiday retail splash, but Small Business Saturday also got rave reviews from Bel Air's local business community this year. The shopping promotion, a nationwide initiative that is designed to piggyback...

Groupon has added Daniel Henry of American Express and Robert Bass of Deloitte to its board.

2012-04-30 13:20:00

Chris Duke was educated at The Parsons School of Design in New York and also holds a graduate degree in Figurative Studies from the New York Academy of Art.

2012-04-29 20:34:00

Phil Newman, left, Kim Cavendish, Beverly Simmons and Stephen Simmons at "An Evening with Clyde Butcher" hosted by the Museum of Discovery & Science as the museum's kick-off for its Everglades Forever Celebration project, funded by the American Express Charitable Fund.

2012-03-27 00:00:00