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The sky's the limit with flight simulator at Middle River Aviation

2013-04-08 15:49:00

The runway at Martin State Airport fell away as the distant Baltimore skyline popped into view. A hint of turbulence jittered the pilot's seat during a banking maneuver that filled the cockpit windshield with the vast blueness of the Chesapeake Bay....

BBB: Watch out for Super Bowl scams

2013-01-24 11:41:00

You're excited about your team being in the Super Bowl, but don’t let your guard down. The Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland is warning of a variety of ways that fraudsters are taking advantage of football fans. For starters: Beware of...

Credit union offers scholarships to Maryland state employees and their families

2013-01-28 11:23:00

Maryland state workers — and their family members — could win a college scholarship for fall 2013 offered by the State Employees Credit Union. The credit union typically awards $15,000 to $20,000 in scholarships annually. Last year, it...

Watch out for Ravens tickets scammers, BBB says

2013-01-03 12:21:00

Watch out, Baltimore Ravens fans.�High demand for�tickets for Sunday's playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts will likely bring out scammers, the Better Business Bureau of Greater Maryland warned today. "Fans in a frenzy for last-minute tickets...

Westminster man experiences Christmas spirit thanks to hunting website

2012-12-22 09:56:00

John Ragan concedes that he is neither computer-savvy nor very much interested in using the Internet. "I'm not an Internet-surfing kind of guy," the 30-year-old carpenter said recently. But it was his occasional foray onto MarylandWhitetail.com that...

Ritzy and for rent: Grand residences in demand for events, weddings

2012-12-21 11:15:00

When celebrity couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were wed in a secret ceremony this year, the actors skipped the splashy Hollywood venue. Instead, their reported 17th-century location in South Carolina boasted an onsite mansion, gardens and a working...

Cyber Monday sales expected to beat last year's

2012-11-27 15:10:00

If you were among the millions expected to shop online on Cyber Monday, you had a hand in bumping ecommerce sales over last year's, some preliminary data is showing. Though final statistics for the day's traffic and sales are not yet out, PayPal�reported...

Cyber Monday sting hits counterfeit sports apparel sites

2012-11-26 14:28:00

Federal agents in Baltimore seized 36 commercial websites on Monday as part of an international operation to stop fraudulent online sales this holiday season, alleging that the sites have been selling counterfeit goods — including athletic gear...

Black Friday shoppers may have done more browsing than buying

2012-11-25 14:26:00

Domingo Catalan powered through the Thanksgiving night crowds to get his children toys. He methodically checked all the boxes on his relatives' wish lists on Black Friday. And before he goes to work as a data analyst for a government contractor on Cyber...

Retailers say they are bullish on in-store and online holiday sales

2012-11-25 13:53:46

Gift card sales booming during the holidays

2012-12-10 15:24:00

Cheryl Knauer has a restaurant gift card in mind for her in-laws, a massage gift card planned for another family member and intends to pick up cards in smaller dollar amounts to Chick-fil-A and Starbucks for kids' stockings and teachers' gifts. The...

Five questions with Vince Talbert

2012-12-22 00:00:00

For the last dozen years, Vince Talbert has focused on one thing: Bill Me Later. The 45-year-old Baltimore native co-founded the online payment company with three partners in 2000. The company helps Internet shoppers buy stuff online without a credit...

A PayPal card sits at a cashier station at a Home Depot store in Daly City, California, in this February 21, 2012 file photo.

2013-04-10 00:00:00

Pictured left to right: Noah Heitner, 10, led the charge in the PayPal suite next to dad Greg Heitner, Xsell Promotions director; brother Jack Heitner, 7; Susan Wilson, Global Scholar software engineer; April Forte, PayPal executive assistant; Michael Allocca, 5, and his mom Leigh Allocca,

2013-02-05 00:00:00

The Timonium branch of global financial services and technology company eBay/PayPal has put down roots in Maryland, through such philanthropic efforts as Habitat for Humanity, Susan G.

2012-12-01 00:00:00