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Gand Cherokee, Wagoneer recallChrysler Corp. said yesterday that it is recalling 115,000 Jeep Grand Cherokees and Grand Wagoneers to repair a defect that could lead to the loss of steering control.The recall, the third in 10 months for the vehicles, affects about half of the Grand Cherokees and Wagoneers Chrysler sold last year. This week, Chrysler began sending the recall notices to owners of Grand Cherokees and Wagoneers built between December 1992 and July 1993.Mutual funds pass $2 trillionThe mutual fund industry broke the $2 trillion barrier in assets last month, propelled by a record influx of money into stock funds, the Investment Company Institute said yesterday.

USAir, pilots talk beyond deadlineUSAir and its pilots union failed to agree on a concessionary contract by their self-imposed deadline but kept talking yesterday, amid signs they are narrowing their differences.Gerald Baliles, the former Virginia governor who is mediating the talks, issued a statement saying he "stopped the clock" at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, a half-hour before the deadline, and that talks would continue. He did not elaborate, but cited "slow but continuing" progress.USAir spokesman Richard Weintraub would say only that the two sides have made enough progress to merit continuing talks.

A pizza kit manufacturer, a cellular phone networker, a retirement community developer and seven other executives won Maryland's Entrepreneur of the Year awards last night.The 10 winners, announced at a banquet at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore, move on to the national competition.Forty-one U.S. cities hold the annual entrepreneur competition, which Ernst & Young, Inc. magazine and Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services Inc. sponsor.Winners were chosen in nine categories:* Real Estate: John C. Erickson, president of Senior Campus Living, founded the Baltimore-based company in 1979.

Several businesses have told state and local government officials that they planned to create a total of almost 200 jobs, Maryland's Department of Business and Economic Development said Monday. Some of the plans are short-term, while others will take a few years to complete. XLHealth in Baltimore told economic development officials that it intended to hire an additional 50 to 60 nurses and pharmacists this year, for instance, while EA Engineering, Science and Technology said it planned to add 40 jobs over the next four years as it moves into a new headquarters under construction in Hunt Valley.

* University of Baltimore Alumni Association appointed Jennifer Whiteside Campbell as director of alumni services.New Accounts & Contracts* EA Engineering, Science & Technology received a contract for timber sale planning and other professional services from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and from the U.S. Air Force for architect-engineer services for environmental support.* Cotter Advertising has been awarded contracts to represent Advantage Health Systems, Inc.; Nutshell Enterprises, Ltd.; and Flashprint.

Engineering:Edward V. Lower, a 24-year veteran of Union Carbide Corp., has been named president and chief operating officer of EA Engineering, Science & Technology Inc.Lower was most recently general manager of Union Carbide's global metal business and was in charge of the corporation's strategic planning efforts.Loren D. Jensen is to remain as chairman and chief executive office of the Hunt Valley-based EA Engineering but has relinquished the additional duties of president.Daniel P. Day has been appointed district group manager of the Canada Life group and pension office in Columbia.

New positions* McCormick & Co., based in Hunt Valley, appointed J. Denise Layfield director of materials and logistics, James D. Kershner, ingredients unit plant manager, and Joanne P. Glaeser, manager, finance and administration, for the joint venture McCormick and Wild Inc.* FTI Corp. named Robin Scharf senior producer, visual communications, and Sandra Tomlinson project manager, vehicle accident reconstruction group, at the Annapolis-based litigation consulting firm.* EA Engineering, Science, and Technology named Charles R. Flynn senior vice president.

* United Parcel Service has unveiled a new graphic for display on the side of its familiar fleet of 64,000 chocolate-brown vehicles. The new logo, a two-tone globe labeled with: "Worldwide Delivery Service" and the firm's 800 telephone number, depicts the global reach and service accessibility of now worldwide "small package" ground and air freight carrier.* Lucas Brothers, the Baltimore-based national office supply and furnishings distributor, has changed its corporate name to Lucas Inc. and becomes holding company for Lucas Corporate Interiors and Lucas Corporate Stationers.

New positionsAmericom selects Sidell as chief financial officerAmericom Inc. has chosen Bruce R. Sidell as chief financial officer for the Lutherville-based wireless communications support company.The Wake Forest University graduate is a certified public accountant and former director of finance and administration at Biosys. He resides in Baltimore.EA Engineering taps Mulvey for vice presidentEA Engineering, Science and Technology Inc. announced that Neil P. Mulvey has joined the firm as vice president and branch manager, responsible for EA's operations in New Jersey and Delaware.

Revenues at this Hunt Valley-based environmental study and cleanup company continued to grow in its first fiscal quarter, but earnings for the period that ended Nov. 30 sagged because of hiring and reorganization costs.Loren Jensen, founder and president of the company, said the division that examines underground tanks has been doing well but that the company's recently acquired engineering division lost business. In addition, profits were sapped by expansion and hiring at the laboratory.