Business Enterprises

Professionals buying into perfect jobs

2013-05-24 14:12:36

Annette Walter was chief operating officer of a fast-growing Baltimore real estate company. Her husband, Shawn, a former construction project manager, had launched a successful career in sales. But in March, the Hunt Valley couple walked away from the...

Protesters oppose possible sale of The Baltimore Sun to Koch brothers

2013-05-21 15:31:00

Ten protesters gathered Tuesday morning in front of The Baltimore Sun's office on North Calvert Street, rallying against a possible sale of the newspaper to Koch Industries. Headed by brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, the private company has...

Law firm Rifkin, Livingston merging with city outfit

2013-05-15 17:38:28

The Annapolis-based law firm Rifkin, Livingston, Levitan & Silver LLC has acquired and is merging with the Law Offices of Arnold M. Weiner, located in Baltimore. The merger will go into effect on July 1, according to a statement from the firms released...

CEOs' bottom states are actually the top

2013-05-14 08:15:00

Big business and anti-tax groups have been making hay out of a story in CEO Magazine that ranked Maryland 41st in business climate. But look closely: a lot of the things that CEO Magazine says are holding states back are actually things you would want for...

Ignore business climate at our peril

2013-05-11 12:30:00

Dan Rodricks' advice that "complaining CEOs need to take a hike" (May 9) comes a bit late. For the first time anyone can recall, this year's Fortune 500 includes zero Baltimore-based companies. We are now the largest U.S. city without a single corporate...

Donald A. Krach, port lawyer

2013-05-10 12:49:40

Donald A. Krach, former general counsel for the Maryland Port Administration who was an advocate and goodwill ambassador for the port of Baltimore, died May 4 of complications from pancreatic cancer at his Timonium home. He was 80. "Don was a real...

Complaining CEOs need to take a hike

2013-05-08 16:26:04

I took a walk early Wednesday morning. Azaleas and dogwoods were in bloom. Green-again trees and shrubs were damp, dripping from Tuesday's rain. A zillion birds were singing, and even the starlings sounded sweet. The Orioles had won another game. A...

Towson as college town?

2013-04-29 03:00:00

The proposed $60 million apartment-and-retail development proposed for the Towson Triangle is dredging up an old ambivalence about the character of the Baltimore County seat. Is it a college town? A community for families and children? A commercial...

Maryland to raise minority business goal to 29 percent

2013-04-29 17:17:00

Maryland plans to steer to minority and women-owned businesses 29 percent of the nearly $8 billion a year it spends on contracts, increasing a target that was already among the most aggressive in the nation, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said Monday. The new...

Mikulski to propose bill in wake of alleged Harford payroll firm tax fraud

2013-04-27 18:38:00

Small businesses would be protected from the type of fraud allegedly committed by Harford County payroll firm AccuPay Inc. under legislation being proposed by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski. The Maryland Democrat plans to introduce a bill that would require...

Waste Industries to take over Alley Cat trash customers in Harford

2013-04-16 14:33:46

Waste Industries, Harford County's biggest trash collection company, will be taking over the customers of Alley Cat Trash Removal, Harford County's Public Works Department confirmed Friday. Waste Industries, which owns and operates Harford Sanitation...

For a price, having time in their lives

2013-04-15 13:25:00

Brenda Richardson "used to spend any time off running like a madwoman catching up on home projects," says the Towson endodontist. She has since farmed out tasks such as meeting workmen, running errands and waiting for deliveries to Beth Adams and...

A Geneva woman is charged with stealing more than $100,000 from a St. Charles law firm where she worked for seven years, police said.

2013-04-16 00:00:00

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The Chicago law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce that Alex W. Zabrosky has joined the Chicago office as a partner in the business practice group.

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Farrise Law Firm (www.farriselaw.com)

2013-03-25 15:57:55