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The Federal Reserve increased interest rates Wednesday. NPR > A federal judge decided that AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner should not be stopped. Now Comcast may bid for some film and TV studio assets that Walt Disney Co. already has ...

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If your small business does research and development, the Department of Homeland Security may have a contract for you. The department’s Small Business Innovation Research program is about to start the second of four legs of its national road tour to ...

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Here’s an unintended result of corporate social responsibility programs: they can lead to workers dehumanizing the people they’re intended to help. That’s according to research by Gareth Craze, a doctoral student at Case Western Reserve University’s Brain, Mind and Consciousness Lab, ...

Multiple signs of inflation in freight-related industries are at or near historical highs, which could mean price pressures could affect the overall economy. CNBC > Summer bookings for hotels on Hawaii’s Big Island have fallen almost half since Mount Kilauea ...

Consumers’ loneliness may be a factor when they engage in unethical shopping behaviors, such as returning used items, according to new research form Binghamton University. “Someone may buy a big-screen TV for Super Bowl Sunday, only to return it on ...

More workers voluntarily quit their jobs in March. What does that mean for the labor market? REUTERS > Uber wants to try out flying taxis, perhaps as soon as 2020. USA TODAY > A small college’s endowment manager beat Harvard ...

Credit card signatures are about to become a thing of the past. THE NEW YORK TIMES > How exactly does the pass-through deduction work? Nobody really knows. BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK > The world’s largest airplane, built by a billionaire, is getting ...

In the second episode of Insights, Adam Bednar of The Daily Record speaks with Marc Weller, CEO of Sagamore Development, about the building blocks of his success and how he tackles large projects.

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Real estate mega-project developer speaks on work ethic, hiring and inclusion Marc Weller is president of Sagamore Development, a real estate company working on one of the largest urban revitalization projects in the United States, called Port Covington, on more ...

    James Foster is CEO of ZeroFox, a social media cybersecurity company in Baltimore. Last year, the company raised $40 million in a round of financing. Foster spoke to Tim Curtis of The Daily Record about a number of ...

Sean Sutherland, director of accounts of Kapowza, a full-service creative agency in Baltimore, sent BetterSMB these quotes from the Startup Grind global conference, held in February in Redwood City, California:

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Being passionate about the kind of work you do isn't enough reason on its own to join a company, the CFO of the world's largest hospitality company told students last month.

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In this episode, Tim Curtis of The Daily Record speaks to James Foster, CEO of social media cybersecurity company ZeroFox, about his inspiration for founding the company.

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