The Daily Record (Baltimore)

International Council of Shopping Centers in Baltimore Offers Variety of Attractions

What do you get when you mix more than 36,000 retailers, shopping center developers, brokers and assorted vendors together, in a window-less one million square foot convention center in the middle of the desert? Here are a few of the sights and sounds of the 47th annual International Council of Shopping Centers: * The Laker girls, signing autographs for an adoring crowd;

Economic Viewpoint - Four Months in a Row of Growth for Md. Leading Index

The RESI Maryland Leading Index increased by 0.4 percent in March, representing the fourth consecutive month of growth. Strong sales growth, as well as increases in building permits and decreases in the welfare caseload contributed to the index growth.

Of Service - Allegany Law Foundation Supported by Local Bar Association

It's a given that providing free legal services to poor people is an extraordinary challenge in rural areas. Distance, poor-to- nonexistent public transportation and a multiplicity of court jurisdictions combine to make it tougher to balance the scales of justice outside large metropolitan areas. Yet in mountainous Allegany County, tucked between Pennsylvania and West Virginia near the western end of Maryland, those types of problems are offset by another factor: a private bar that pulls its ...

Analysts Expect Offer for Baltimore-Based Neighborcare to Go Up

In the months leading up to a hefty $1.5 billion takeover bid from its Kentucky-based rival, NeighborCare Inc. quietly had produced a sound earnings report and moved into a highly-visible new office at Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Less than a year after it was spun off a Pennsylvania-based nursing home operator, the signs showed investors NeighborCare was a company on the way up.

Farmers in Need of Help Hope Federal Agriculture Immigrant Worker Program Will Be Overhauled

In 1998, Bernie Kohl Jr. made the decision to participate in a federal program that guaranteed him quality immigrant workers able to work legally in the United States. Kohl, president of Angelica Nurseries Inc., saw the choice as a win-win situation. He was not in jeopardy of Immigration and Naturalization Services investigations, like other farmers, and he secured a committed, experienced work force for his long growing season.

Financial Analysts Discuss Economy; Predict Good News On Investing Front

From your professional perspective, where is the U.S. economy headed during the next 12 months and why? Jones: The economy seems to be moving ahead at a reasonable pace at this point. Jobs are coming back, although they came a bit slower than many would have liked to see. Some of the biggest issues for our economy at this point are inflation and the costs of fighting terrorism. The threat of terrorism will be with us for the foreseeable future and is something that we will have to deal with.

Despite Price, Drivers Still Want Premium Service

As gas prices rise, consumer behavior seems to be adapting in kind, especially at the pump. More consumers are traveling out of their way and are waiting in long lines to save a few bucks when they fill up their tanks. And some that used to fill up with higher-octane gases have switched to the cheaper alternative - regular.

Budget Cuts, Competition Force Libraries to Examine Financial Principles

Running a library like a business is a concept the director of the Baltimore County Public Library has embraced for years. With a budget of $32 million, a work force of 700 people and 17 locations, James Fish said he runs the organization based on retail business principles.

Web Sightings - How to Save On Fuel Costs On the Web!

The Memorial Day holiday weekend at the end of May marked the traditional start to the U.S. summer driving season, when motorists take to the roads in greater numbers and account for roughly 12 percent of the world's oil consumption. So, how can motorists ease the sting of rising gas prices as they head for the ocean?

Maryland's Delmarva Foundation On Course to Reduce Medical Errors

The Delmarva Foundation, a nonprofit health quality improvement organization, has been working with hospitals, physicians and nursing homes for more than 30 years in Maryland, and recently won a state contract to expand its influence through a new patient safety center. Delmarva, based in Easton, is a national 250-employee organization focusing on improving health care through conferences and various projects. Its most recent project will be a joint endeavor with the Maryland Hospital Associa...

Md. State Law Puts Podiatrists On Equal Footing with Other Doctors

While state legislators were clamoring over slot machines and tax loopholes, Maryland podiatrists were tip-toeing through their own battlefield to end payment discrimination. Now - after a three-year fight - they are finally on equal footing with other doctors.

Attorney Temping Gains in Popularity

You're a Maryland attorney. You've sailed through law school, nailed every multiple-choice and essay question on the bar exam, maybe even practiced for a few years with the prestigious Baltimore firm of Calvert, Key and Poe. Suddenly - by chance or by choice - you're looking for a new job.

Md. Legal Briefs: June 4, 2004

Sugar worker suit A Baltimore circuit court jury is scheduled to hear opening statements this morning in the $10 million wrongful death/survival action filed by three siblings of Patricia Patsy Martin against Anderson Industrial Contracting Inc. of Baltimore. Martin, a Domino Sugar employee, died of injuries sustained when she was caught in the path of 2,500 gallons of a superheated slurry of raw sugar, lime and carbon dioxide while unclogging a strainer at work in July 2000. Anderson helped ...

Baltimore-Based Public Radio Station Wins Grant to Purchase Digital Signal Equipment

Maryland's Jobless Claims Down

Bwi Airport Closes Old Pedestrian Bridge, Opens New Skywalks

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. Of Hampstead Announces May Sales Increase

Bond-Rating House Raises Rating On Md. State Transportation Authority

Moody's Upgrades Prince George County

Citing continued development that is expected to support steady tax-base growth, Moody's Investors Service yesterday upgraded its bond rating for Prince George's County. The rating service upgraded from an Aa3 to a Aa2, the third-best possible rating. Only three counties - Montgomery, Howard and Baltimore - have the best possible rating, an Aaa.

Homeowners Sue Comcast for Trespass; Seek Damages, Class Action Status

A small group of property owners has filed a proposed class action against Comcast, claiming that the cable giant trespassed on their properties by laying wires without permission. Named plaintiffs Sylvia B. Piven of Pikesville and Stanley and Donna Chaplinski, who own property in Baltimore, allege the company never asked them whether the cable lines could be put underground, attached to utility poles, or run across their properties in any other way.