NEWS
By Barry Rascovar | February 18, 1996
WHAT IS IT about folks in Maryland that makes them so resistant to change and hostile to risk-taking? Time after time, state residents have rebelled against visionary public projects. Time after time, they were proved wrong.The football-stadium controversy is the latest incarnation of this bizarre trend. It's a rip-off of the taxpayer, foes shout. It's an outrageous handout to a businessman. It's another sign of government's corruption.Those same denunciations were made about Oriole Park, about the first and second bay bridges, about the rebuilding of Memorial Stadium for baseball, about Harborplace.
NEWS
By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE | November 26, 1996
OXFORD, England -- What university would turn down a gift of $34 million for a new business school? Hardly any -- except, that is, Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.The dons of Oxford, to which the bright and the well-born have flocked since the 12th century, recently said no to the money of Wafic Said, a Saudi billionaire of Syrian origin.The Daily Telegraph, a conservative paper, called the 259-to-214 vote Nov. 5 against the offer an elitist bias against business.
BUSINESS
By David Conn | July 17, 1991
With legislative committees already embarked on a summertime study of the state's tax system, four statewide business groups announced yesterday that they have formed a council to ensure that their voices are heard before a tax reform bill is written and presented to the General Assembly next year.The Business Fiscal Policy Council, which is chaired by former U.S. Sen. J. Glenn Beall and includes two members each from the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Baltimore Committee, Maryland Economic Growth Associates and the Greater Washington Board of Trade, will "help state legislators take a business-like approach in considering changing tax laws," said Chamber of Commerce Chairman Ronald Creamer.
BUSINESS
By Meredith Cohn and Meredith Cohn,SUN STAFF | June 22, 2000
Humphrey Hospitality Trust, a Silver Spring-based real estate investment trust, plans to relocate to a new business park in Columbia. Humphrey, among the largest limited-service hotel REITs, and its private subsidiaries that manage the hotel properties and own and operate apartments and senior homes will bring about 60 employees to the Riverwood Business Park in November, according to Paul G. Bollinger, the company's chief financial officer. The park is being developed by Nottingham Properties Inc. The company, which employs about 2,000 around the nation, was looking for more space in the Baltimore area near where most workers live.
BUSINESS
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | December 24, 2012
A Columbia educator turned entrepreneur says her strawberry cheesecake cookies truly are divine. They're chewy and pink and tangy on the tongue. The right balance of sugar, flour and time in the mixer came to her during a week-long fast, a way for her to show her appreciation for God's blessings during a year of trials and triumphs. Her name is Monica Williams. The 43-year-old single mother of three lost her job as a private school principal last year. With it she lost her $82,500 annual income and went on unemployment.
NEWS
By Deborah Bach and Deborah Bach,CONTRIBUTING WRITER | May 23, 2000
At Alice's Country French Bakery, owner Jim Constantine is enjoying a rare quiet moment. The shop on Westminster's Main Street is often buzzing with customers who start streaming through the door at 6 a.m. for coffee, pastries, bread and other goodies that Constantine's wife, Alice, -- he calls her the "pastry princess" -- churns out in the kitchen. Business has been brisk since the couple opened the bakery in November, and Jim Constantine credits Maryland's Small Business Development Center for helping the enterprise get off the ground.