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Steering away from the fiscal cliff — and into a ditch

2012-11-20 10:03:00

Efforts to avert the "fiscal cliff" offer great drama, but they won't solve Washington's budget woes and could precipitate another recession — or worse. The Budget Act of 2011 requires the president and Congress to agree on a nine-year, $1.2...

There's a reason the economy isn't generating jobs

2012-09-10 12:08:00

The economy added 96,000 jobs in August, down from 141,000 in July and not nearly enough to keep pace with population growth. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent only because 581,000 workers quit looking for work and are no longer counted in the...

To win, Romney needs a strategy for China

2012-07-30 03:00:00

China should be at the center of the 2012 Republican campaign for the White House. Unless Mitt Romney emphasizes specific solutions for creating jobs by ending unnecessary outsourcing to the Middle Kingdom, he won't win. President Barack Obama's...

Morici: 8.5 percent unemployment may be as good as it gets

2012-01-06 07:58:00

The economy added 200,000 jobs in December, and unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent. Going forward, unemployment is not likely to fall much further and may rise again. Fourth quarter growth was exceptionally strong as the global economy recovered...

Obama should focus on trade, energy, deregulation

2011-09-07 11:45:00

America is in crisis. The new normal is not good enough. The unemployed can't find jobs, the old can't retire and those in between live in constant fear of being tapped on the shoulder and thrust into the abyss. Property values are lower than a snake'...

Ripley's opens Odditorium at Harborplace

2012-06-08 13:54:54

Ripley's Believe It or Not, one of the first of several new tenants opening for the summer tourist season at Harborplace in downtown Baltimore, will open Saturday in the Light Street Pavilion. Ripley Entertainment Inc. said exhibits at the Inner Harbor...

China currency bill: America fights back

2011-10-10 12:36:59

The China currency bill is the most significant jobs bill Congress could pass. It enjoys the bipartisan support of nearly 80 Republican and Democratic senators, yet President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner oppose it, illustrating that both...

Low-polluting trucks key to reducing oil imports

2011-10-13 11:32:00

More than 70 percent of the oil used in the United States is for transportation. If we want to reduce oil imports and address the trade deficit, we need to find ways to make our cars and trucks more efficient and run on cleaner fuels. Such opportunities...

Customs inspectors in Baltimore keep pests out

2011-08-08 18:26:00

The sweet aroma of rice fills the air as David Ng steps forward in a Southeast Baltimore warehouse to inspect a shipment of hundreds of sacks of imported basmati rice. He folds back the stitched seams of the 40-pound burlap sacks holding grain that have...

Phillips, competitors agree to minimum crab size in Asian markets

2011-03-28 17:55:08

Space for port industries

2005-08-04 00:00:00

A peninsula in South Baltimore that was the site of asphalt refining and storage for decades could, within the next year, become a hub for the type of businesses that are increasingly being squeezed from the shores of Baltimore. The 60-acre site is among...

Crab factory

2006-04-30 00:00:00

By 9 a.m. the crab boats have already been coming and going from the pier for close to five hours, with migrant Burmese workers laboring to unload, sort, weigh and steam crabs that are destined for dinner plates on the other side of the world....

For all of last year, the U.S. trade deficit fell 3.5% to $540.4 billion, reversing two straight years of double-digit increases. Above, trucks line up at the Port of Long Beach.

2012-12-05 00:00:00