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MoCo energy tax hike could pummel businesses
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett is banking on an energy tax hike to help compensate for a $168 million decrease in income tax revenues, part of a much larger $1 billion budget gap. Leggett...
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Genovation teams with Tata on sustainable car
If electric cars are the wave of the future, Genovation Cars just took another step closer to that future. The Rockville-based designer and builder of environmentally friendly cars has enlisted Tata...
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T-minus 44 minutes to medical attention
Waiting in the ER for care can be a guessing game. It could be a relatively painless 20 minutes, or take hours. And, in some cases, the idea of a long wait might keep you from going to the hospital at...
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Banking grades with Weiss Ratings
It’s no secret that banks are having a tough time these days. The FDIC has shut down 73 banks so far this year, and it shuttered 140 in 2009. Consumers and businesses can get a handle on how their...
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In the name of the planet, drop that bottled water
So you’ve heard of plastic bag bans — or attempts — but now to save the planet, a local chain of organic food stores will stop selling plastic water bottles. Inspired by the documentary Addicted to...
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Summer reading for Maryland political junkies
If you’ve followed Maryland health care politics in the last decade, Vinny DeMarco’s name should ring a bell. He’s the guy who has fought unrelentingly for years to win health care coverage for more...
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Nothing like a delicious cookie with your morning news
All of our newsmaker sessions at The Daily Record have been great, because they allow us to sit down for extended conversations with some of the state’s biggest names in business, law and politics. The...
View ArticleHoliday season helped biz through bankruptcy
Every industry has its busy season — for accountants, it’s January through April; same for legislators in Maryland. Likewise, warm-weather months are busy for crabbers and construction crews. In the...
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GBMC turns up the heat on energy use
We all know it’s hot out there. Yesterday my colleague heard about someone baking cookies on the dashboard of their car in D.C. To keep office life pleasant, companies generally pump up the air...
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OPC’s new people-friendly website
The Office of the People’s Counsel has a new website that they are touting as more friendly to the people they rep in utility matters — consumers. The site gives consumers a list of energy providers...
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