Category: Business

Daily Record
Baltimore’s cruise business is poised for a major upswing next year, officials said, as the number of trips and lines operating out of the Maryland Port Administration’s South Locust Point terminal more than doubles.

The MPA reports that it …

Examiner
From his seat on a small bus, Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown saw run-down houses, an abandoned industrial complex and overflowing parking lot through the rain and fog.

And he liked it.

Brown was shuttled around Odenton by Anne Arundel officials …

On the Record
The presiding officers of the Maryland House and Senate say spending is going to be tight this year, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be new policy proposals on the table. And though the cash-crunched state is …

Dan Rodricks
I mentioned Halsey Minor in my column the other day. He’s the wealthy investor with eyes on taking ownership of Pimlico and Laurel. On Oct. 17, he made a public overture to the directors of of MI Developments, …

WBAL.com
With a big voter turnout expected on Tuesday, BGE says it has been working with election officials across the state to deal with power outages that could occur at polling places.

“Maintaining service reliability during the Presidential election is one …

Baltimore Sun
Legg Mason Inc. said yesterday that it will cut jobs at its Baltimore headquarters and money-management subsidiaries, starting with the dismissal today of about one-third of the employees at the division run by famed stock picker Bill Miller.

Legg …

WBAL.com
Granville Trimper has died.

The Salisbury Times reports the patriarch of the Trimper family died at the hospital in Berlin Sunday night.

79-year-old Granville Trimper managed Trimper’s Rides on Ocean City’s boardwalk. The family owned business is more than 100 years …

WBAL.com
The Baltimore Sun and other major dailies continue to see an erosion of readership.

At least that’s what the latest circulation figures show.

During the last six months or so the paper saw a decline of nearly 6 percent.

That compares with …

Baltimore Sun
Provident Bankshares Corp. said this morning that it lost $5.4 million in the third quarter, adding that it has preliminary approval to participate in the U.S. Treasury’s capital purchase program.

Provident, which said it exceeds the guidelines of being …

Daily Record
According to a recent poll by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies of Annapolis, more than one out of every two Marylanders (53 percent) say they dine out less today than they did a year ago, while just one …