Finance

Bel Air to raise hourly parking garage fee to 50 cents

2012-05-15 16:37:56

The public parking garage fee in Bel Air is expected to increase to 50 cents per hour beginning July 1. Town commissioners discussed the increase during a budget work session at town hall Tuesday afternoon. They are expected to vote on the town's final...

Harford to take $4.8 million hit in state aid

2012-05-15 13:43:00

If all goes as expected, the Maryland General Assembly will pass two bills Wednesday during the special legislative session in Annapolis that will increase income taxes for some and shift teacher pension costs to the counties. For Harford County, this...

County funding for James Rouse Entrepreneurial Fund in question

2012-05-15 08:48:00

A nonprofit that helps procure financing for Howard County small businesses is facing its second straight year without county government funding — a loss board members say would essentially end the organization. "If we don't get the funding, we'...

Attachment legislating: Corporate cash and the GOP

2012-05-15 10:08:00

If money is the mother's milk of politics, then America's big corporations are Big Mama, and Big Baby is the Republican Party suckling at the enormous bosom of business. Democrats, meanwhile, are abandoned brats scrounging for nourishment wherever they...

Preakness benefits from slots largesse

2012-05-14 17:01:00

Over the past year, slots money has injected energy into Maryland horse racing. Revenue from the state's two casinos has bolstered purses, helping attract better horses and create more competitive races. The Preakness also is benefiting. Some of the...

Arundel budget hearing draws crowd to talk about schools

2012-05-14 21:14:00

At a crowded County Council budget hearing Monday night, Anne Arundel schools Superintendent Kevin Maxwell asked those in the auditorium who had come to voice support for public education to stand. Nearly everyone stood, joining those already standing...

The euro has failed

2012-05-14 03:00:00

Europe's single currency is a bust. With unemployment reaching depression levels in the Mediterranean states, time has long passed to negotiate an orderly return to national currencies. Euro advocates argue a single currency is essential for creating a...

Annapolis retiree awarded $342,000 in bad-mortgage case

2012-05-11 16:10:21

A 78-year-old Annapolis man who said he was duped into getting unsuitable mortgages — sending the home he had owned for decades into foreclosure — was awarded $342,000 by an Anne Arundel County jury this week. The jury found that Dennis...

Organizer of skateboard park rolling toward city funding deadline

2012-05-11 19:00:00

Baltimore City's $75,000 grant offer to the Skatepark of Baltimore still stands — but not for much longer. It's a matching grant with an expiration deadline of May 31, which means that supporters of a planned skateboarding park in Hampden have less...

Eagle Archive: Budget and the economy were worries in 1837 ... and still are

2012-05-12 19:37:00

This is the time of the year when many citizens turn their attention to the budget processes of Carroll County government and its eight municipalities. No matter where you live in Carroll County, money matters. Statewide, Gov.Martin O'Malleyhas announced...

Harford looks for more involvement with volunteer fire services

2012-05-13 12:42:00

Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie noticed a bit of smoke in his home on a recent morning and immediately called 9-1-1. The Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. arrived within minutes and doused a fire that had begun in mulch on the side of the house, he...

Banks and credit unions to offer cash prizes under new law

2012-05-06 00:00:00

The thrill of potentially winning big bucks gets people to spend millions of dollars regularly on lottery tickets. Can this same concept excite Marylanders to become better savers? We'll find out. A new law that kicks in next month will allow banks...

Elizabeth Eccher to principal at Analysis Group, which provides economic, financial and business expertise to law firms, corporations, and government agencies.

2012-05-15 00:00:00

Ally Financial's mortgage arm ResCap has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

2012-05-14 00:00:00

Mike Tenteris has joined Cushman & Wakefield of Illinois Inc. as senior director in its Capital Markets Group. He will partner with Executive Director James D. Carpenter to focus on individual industrial assets, as well as portfolio dispositions in Chicago and across the lower Midwest, including St.

2012-04-24 00:00:00