Baltimore Business Journal articles from September 2001

Baltimore Business Journal archives from September 2001

Liquor dealers partner.(joint venture between Churchill Distributors LLC and Reliable Liquors Inc. called Reliable Churchill LLLP)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Maryland's two largest liquor distributors are partnering after the state's antitrust lawyers gave the deal a green light. Churchill Distributors LLC of Baltimore and Reliable Liquors Inc. of Glen Burnie are forming a joint venture called...

Baltimore to tech guru.(Baltimore Development Corp. looking for technology coordinator)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Baltimore City is looking for a technology coordinator to take on the daunting task of making the Digital Harbor more than just a catchy phrase. The Baltimore Development Corp., the city's economic development agency, is interviewing...

Hale makes play for arena name rights.(Edwin F. Hale Sr. of First Mariner Bancorp may buy rights to Baltimore Arena's name)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Baltimore banker Edwin F Hale Sr. may buy naming rights to the aging, city-owned Baltimore Arena, the long-time venue for his professional indoor soccer team. Hale, the chairman and chief executive officer of First Mariner Bancorp and...

U.S. Foodservice to buy competitor.(acquires Alliance Exchange Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Columbia-based U.S. Foodservice announced an agreement to buy Alliant Exchange Inc. of Deerfield, Ill., a competitor in the food processing and distribution business. U.S. Foodservice will pay a total of $2.2 billion in cash for the company It...

FDA to review Novavax's lead product.(Estrasorb application approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug application submitted by Novavax Inc.,. meaning the federal agency will review the Columbia biotech's lead product for commercialization. As a result of the FDA's acceptance of...

Health plans hit with penalties.(Aetna U.S. HealthCare, United Health Care of the Mid-Atlantic, Magellan Behavioral Health, Dental Benefit Providers, and Cigna Dental Health of Maryland fined for noncompliance)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Maryland Insurance Commissioner Steven Larsen' said the state ordered five Maryland health plans to pay a total of $1.4 million in penalties for failing to comply with the state's claims payment practices. None of the five health plans cited...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
September 7, 2001... A correction concerning the List of Largest Law Firms in the Baltimore 'Area [Vol. 19, Aug. 24-30, Page 2], misidentified the executive of Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander LLC. The firm's chairman and CEO is Barry Rosen. ...

St. Paul looks for CEO.(Bookwise created, and Safeway popular coffee spot)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... It looks as if the center of power at the St Paul Cos. will remain in Minnesota instead of shifting to Baltimore. The $8.6 billion insurer, which bought Baltimore-based USF&G in 1998 and still keeps a division headquarters in Mt....

Dollars for railroad fixes a 'touchy subject'.(improving the rairoad infrastructure in Maryland)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The state has taken the first step in drafting plans to improve Baltimore's outdated railroad infrastructure. But figuring out how to pay for those improvements may be the most challenging step. Leaders of the Maryland Department of...

Boston Life opens micro-office at UMBC.(University of Maryland Baltimore County Technology Center hosts Parkinson's disease research by Boston Life Sciences)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Boston Life Sciences has set up shop in Baltimore. But it's not much of a shop. The publicly traded biotechnology company has taken a small office at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Technology Center to continue developing a...

Majority rises.(cancer centers want Medicare reimbursement raised)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... With critical Medicare legislation on the table this fall, the silent majority of free-standing cancer centers are starting to make some noise. One of them is St. Joseph Medical Center's Maryland Oncology. The hospital's oncology practice...

Hospice care shifts.(MedStar Health transfers hospice services to Hospice of the Chesapeake)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... MedStar Health has relinquished control of its hospice services in Anne Arundel County. The health system's visiting nurse association, has transferred its Anne Arundel hospice services to Hospice of the Chesapeake, a nonprofit hospice and...

Union Memorial Hospital.(opens breast cancer center)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Union Memorial Hospital (www.unionmemorial.org) in Baltimore recently opened a, new center for breast cancer detection and treatment. The center, directed by Dr. Maen J. Farha, offers radiation therapy, chemotherapy, image recovery,...

City lures minority contractors convention.(National Association of Minority Contractors to meet in Baltimore in June 2002)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The outspoken president of the Maryland-Washington Minority Contractors Association has succeeded in his efforts to snag a national convention for Baltimore in 2002. The National Association of Minority Contractors (www.namconline.org)...

Eating up Baltimore.(International Society of Restaurant Association Executives to hold annual meeting in Baltimore, Maryland hotel)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... A group composed of the heads of restaurant trade groups from all 50 states and seven foreign countries is slated to meet here in November. The 150-member International Society of Restaurant Association Executives is holding its four-day...

Renovations complete.(Barcelo Hospitality USA completes renovation of Sheraton Barcelo Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Barcelo Hospitality USA recently complted the last of $4.5 million in renovations to its 196-room Sheraton Barcelo Hotel property on Route 50 in Annapolis. The work, which began last December, included refurbishment of all the hotel's...

Prime Retail troubles may end up in court.(Prime Retail Inc. sued by stockholders)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Eight lawsuits against Prime Retail Inc. and the top brass of the financially battered Baltimorebased outlet center developer have been consolidated into one case, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing. ...

COPT buys four buildings.(Corporate Office Properties Trust Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Corporate Office Properties Trust, a Columbia-based real estate investment trust that specializes in office development, is on a buying spree. The trust recently acquired four buildings in Columbia Gateway, a 630-acre Howard County...

T. Rowe 'optimistic' on finance stocks' future.(T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Despite a lackluster 2001 so far, T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund portfolio manager Anna M. Dopkin is bullish on financial services stocks going forward. The Financial Services Fund (www.troweprice.com) had a return of 14 percent for...

Merging accountants.(Maryland Society of Accountants merges with Greater Washington Society of CPAs)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The Maryland Society of Accountants (www.msacct.org) has formed a strategic alliance with the Greater Washington Society of CPAs (www.gwscpa.org). The move creates a partnership with more than 5,400 members, and it allows the two...

Area firms score on Web.(Legg Mason Inc., T. Rowe Price Group Inc. receive awards from Kasina)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Both T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Legg Mason Inc. were singled out for having outstanding Web sites by kasina (www.kasina.com), a New York e-commerce consulting company that ranks mutual fund Web sites each year. The T Rowe Price Web site...

Adams a 'best buy'.(Adams Express Co. honored by Forbes magazine)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Baltimore's Adams Express Co. (www.adamsexpress.com) was named one of the best closed-end investment funds in the country by a recent Forbes magazine survey. Forbes named Adams Express as one of five "Best Buys" in its Closed-End Fund...

The Baltimore Life Cos.(names John Pearson as chairman of the board)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... L John Pearson was named chairman of the board of The Baltimore Life Cos. (www.baltimorelife.com), succeeding Joseph Blair.' Pearson, who joined the company in 1995, is already president and chief executive officer. Blair, who has been with...

TEDCO picks up the pace.(Maryland Technology Development Corp. aids tech initiatives)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Don't tell the state that there's a technology slowdown happening. The folks at the Maryland Technology Development Corp. (TEDCO) wouldn't believe it The agency (www.marylandtedco.org) continues to boost the tech economy with major...

SM nabs $1.4M contract.(SM Consulting Inc. contract with Wilson Greatbatch Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Baltimore-based SM Consulting Inc., an information technology consulting firm, won a contract to provide project management and application development services to Wilson Greatbatch Technologies Inc., a developer and provider of power sources....

Techno--hype takes a holiday.(economic state of the telecommunication services)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Shrinking media begin to lose interest in once-hot industry The calls have slowed a little for folks like Greg Abel. As the guy in charge of public relations for Owings Mills-based Aether Systems Inc., Abel remembers the day when he had...

Stock Snapshot: Lockheed Martin Corp.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... NYSE: LMT With the U.S. government as its primary customer, Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Corp. has fared well during the stock market's continued slump. The company, which does everything from conceiving to installing technology for...

BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies This Last Week's Week's Company Name ...

Venture Corner.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... A weekly look at business funding news in the Mid-Atlantic region. * Telephony equipment maker sentit0 Networks announced it landed $2 million in financing from Reston, Va.-based Imperial Bank's venture unit. Imperial's Emerging Growth...

John Berndt.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The Berndt Group BBJ: Where did you get the idea for your business? Berndt: I was a freelance graphic designer and hobbyist programmer in 1990, and those skills got me interested in the early wave of CD-ROM publishing, which was very...

Great expectations.(use of Baltimore's seven main street communities)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Gap widens between Main Street's promise reality Eddie's of Light Street -- with its baby blue awning -- was as much a staple for Federal Hill residents and businesspeople as the gallons of milk and loaves of bread the grocery store sold....

David S. Iannucci.(economic conditions in Maryland)
September 7, 2001... Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development Gov. Parris N. Glendening appointed David S. Iannucci as secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development in December. In less than a year, Iannucci -- who...

Largest electrical contractors in the Baltimore area.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Largest electrical contractors in the Baltimore area (Ranked by local electrical contracting revenues in 2000) Name 2000 Address revenues: Rank Phone/Fax/Internet...

It may be wise to renew lease now.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... When companies move into new offices and settle in for a few years, sometimes the furthest thing on their mind is renewing the lease. Most tenants do not focus on their space requirements again until their lease nears its expiration. ...

Office space may affect company's performance.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The Building Owners and Managers Association International, along with a group of industry sponsors, is launching a research project to learn how more effective and efficient office workspaces affect the economic performance of commercial real...

Look for opportunities in sublet market.(Baltimore office subleasing market)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The recent downturn in the economy has made its mark on the business world. Companies with reduced budgets are having to put expansion plans on hold. In some instances hiring has ceased, while in others layoffs are required. Additionally,...

Census: Baltimore good place to work.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... In these times of budget cutting and frugality among employers, it's refreshing to think about what makes living and working in the Baltimore area a winning choice. That's just what one can glean from the latest U.S. Census data gathered on...

Martek Biosciences Corp.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... 6480 Dobbin Road / Columbia, 21045 / 410-740-0081 / www.martekbio.com Corporate profile In spite of a widening loss for fiscal year 2000, officials of Columbia-based Martek Biosciences Corp. have reason to be optimistic about the...

Taking Stock.(Baltimore company stock prices)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Taking Stock The BBJ Index * of 83 stocks closed at 1156.80 on September 5, 2001. Weekly Gainers & Losers Price Corporation 9/5/01 % Change 1. Railworks Corp. (RWKS) ...

People.(Baltimore executive news briefs)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The People section publicizes management-level hirings and promotions of area businesspeople. We also publicize elections to nonprofit and charitable organizations. We do not run professional certifications or designations. Send announcements...

Women business owners quick to hit $500,000.(revenues for businesswomen)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Nearly 40 percent of women who started businesses within the past decade already have achieved $500,000 in revenue, about, the same level achieved by their male counterparts, according to a new report by the Center' for Women's Business...

Helping business secure government contracts.(Women's Business Institute procurement fair)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... For many small businesses, breaking into the arena of government contracting may seem an almost insurmountable task. But the Women's Business Institute hopes to make things a little easier when they hold the 2nd annual procurement fair next...

Agencies offer CD-ROM on small business taxes.(Small Business Administration and Internal Revenue Service)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The U. S. Small Business Administration (www.sba.gov) and the Internal Revenue Service (www.irs.gov) have developed a new CD-ROM on taxes that apply to small businesses. The interactive tool also provides access to all IRS business tax...

Slow economy worries some.(Small business survey on economic conditions)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Small businesses more wary of economic conditionS Small business owners are increasingly wary of the slowing economy, but they aren't hitting the panic button, a new quarterly Small Business InSight survey shows. The July survey...

Shop Talk: What did you do for your company picnic?(Kelly & Assoc. Insurance Group Inc. and Poor Boy's Garden Center & Country Gifts)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Frank Kelly III President; Kelly & Assoc. Insurance Group Inc. Hunt Valley "We always look for ways to let the people of KAIG know we value and appreciate them and their families. This year, we rented the Baltimore Zoo, provided...

Get some insider help.(Mentor programs for companies)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Wouldn't it be great to have a seasoned insider who could help you navigate your company's corporate culture? Would you like a personal coach who would give you practical advice about how to approach a workplace problem? Mentor programs...

Port needs room to expand.(Baltimore port land area)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... We should never forget that Baltimore is a port city. Few of us would be living in this wonderfully eclectic and beautiful region if 18th century visionaries hadn't built a working harbor at the north end of the Chesapeake Bay. But, in...

Immigration is essential.(US-Mexico immigration)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 7, 2001... Nearly 33 percent of the U.S. population is Hispanic, according to the most recent census. Here in Maryland, 4.3 percent of the population is Hispanic, and about half of them are of Mexican origin. So it was somewhat disturbing to see that...

All's fair in love, war and the Maryland State House.(Governor Parris N. Glendening's love affair with staff member)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... In Spring, a young drake's fancy turns lightly to thoughts of ducks. So, too, does a governor's direction meander to the late summer promise of love in bloom. Consider the case of Gov. Parris N. Glendening, 59, wonkish and nobody's...

DBED shifting focus to help firms stay put.(Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development helping to keep companies happy in state)(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... The Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, which helped lure big-name companies such as Bookham Technology to the state in the past year, is adjusting its focus in these fuzzy economic times. Recruitment is fading into...

Gainers & Losers.(Brief Article)
September 7, 2001... Maybe you should turn the fountain back on, Governor. Who knows what else The Don has up his sleeve. William Donald Schaefer Sure, he's getting up in years. But he hasn't lost his take-no-prisoners, Machiavellian political sense. Gov....

'We have to go ahead'.(economic conditions in Baltimore following Sept. 11)
September 14, 2001... Business goes on in wake of national horror Only about a quarter of the 1,200 people who were supposed to be in Baltimore for Sylvan Learning Systems. Inc.'s annual franchisee conference actually made it to town this week. But the...

Companies prepare to toughen up security.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... In the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the country's mightiest military and economic landmarks, Baltimore businesses are reassessing their security measures and instituting new ones. From building owners and managers to hotel and bank...

USi makes more job cuts.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Annapolis-based USinternetworking Inc., an applications service provider that has faced hard times in the last year, confirmed that an undisclosed number of workers were fired last week. Officials with USi declined to disclose specifics of how...

Conte trial under way.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... The trial for economist Michael Conte's $10 million civil lawsuit against Towson University got under way Sept. 10 at Baltimore County Circuit Court. Conte claims in court documents that the university unjustly fired him in 1999 as director of...

Duratek wins $22 million contract.(company contracted to do radiation decontamination)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Columbia-based Duratek Inc. announced that it won a contract to perform the first phase of a $200 million radiation decontamination project in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The deal is worth $22 million over three years. Duratek was hired by Bechtel Jacobs...

Anne Arundel studies incubator.(feasibility study of business incubator)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Anne Arundel County has tapped Claggett Wolfe Associates to conduct a high-technology incubator feasibility study and business plan. The study, which Claggett Wolfe is expected to complete in December, will look at the economic impact and...

Infinity shuffles Baltimore formats.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Infinity Radio has restructured its Baltimore operations, eliminating one station altogether, switching the frequency of another and launching a new station with an urban format. Infinity axed its Top-40 formatted B102-FM and moved oldies...

Alex. Brown's Shattuck steps down.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Mayo A. Shattuck III resigned as co-chairman and co-chief executive officer of investment bank Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown. The 46-year-old Shattuck joined Alex. Brown & Sons in 1985 and later became president in 1991. He led the 201-year-old...

Voices of Tragedy.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... 'This is an act of war' "We all huddled around a radio in the morning. The news was so horrifying. There was tension between those who were scared and those who wanted to get back to work. We did the best we could but it was too hard to...

Pasadena company enters BWI hotel fray.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... An Anne Arundel County company is planning to build a 129-room Wingate Inn hotel near Baltimore/Washington International Airport. Neema Equities Co. LLC of Pasadena wants to build the $3.8 million hotel on Aero Drive, about two miles north...

City hospitals seek increase to offset tax costs.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Baltimore City's hospitals may not be the only institutions to feel the pinch of the city's budget woes. Patients and their health insurance companies may soon be asked to reach a little deeper into their pockets if city hospitals have...

AIDS drug promising.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Cel-Sci Corp. is reporting positive results of a different sort. Two months after clinical trial successes for its cancer-fighting product, the Vienna, Va.-based biotechnology company announced last week that its AIDS vaccine produced an...

Nurses say 'no' to union.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... About 400 registered nurses for Upper Chesapeake Health (www.uchs.org) squashed unionization in Harford County hospitals on Sept. 6. The nurses voted 38499 against forming a union to bargain with the administration of Upper Chesapeake, which...

Ex- Reznick exec creates Columbia company.(Housing Trust of America L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... A former principal of Bethesda accounting firm Reznick, Fedder & Silverman has formed a Columbia based real estate company, Housing Trust of America LLC. Wallace L. Scruggs and his team will pursue multifamily developments, acquisitions,...

Asner steps down.(Michael Asner; Michael Asner Associates)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Michael Asner, president of Baltimore interior design firm Michael Asner Associates Inc., is passing the torch. The- 62-year-old executive is stepping down, but will still be involved with his 30-year-old firm. Asner has named Karen S....

Corporate Office Properties Trust.(securities offer)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... * Corporate Office Properties Trust, a Columbia-based real estate investment trust specializing in office development, announced that it will sell 1.2 million preferred shares at $25 each in a new public offering. Gross proceeds of...

The Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics.(facility opens)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... * The Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics at Sinai Hospital, which was designed by Baltimore architectural and land planning firm Hord Coplan Macht, opened this week. The 60,000-square-foot structure at the front of Sinai's Baltimore...

St. Paul's, a boy's private school in the Brooklandville section of Baltimore County.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... * St. Paul's, a boy's private school in the Brooklandville section of Baltimore County, dedicated its new middle school. The new 32,000-square-foot building, designed by Baltimore architectural firm Cochran, Stephenson and Donkervoet...

Digital imaging chain scouts Baltimore area.(Image Arts Etc.)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... A retail chain that wants to do for digital imaging what Kinko's did for photocopies is prowling the Baltimore area for possible locations. Image Arts Etc., a chain of stores that combines digital imaging facilities, portrait studios and...

Ellicott City site revived.(new restaurant planned)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... A building that housed one of six businesses destroyed by a huge fire along Ellicott City's Main Street in 1999 is set to once again see life as a restaurant. Husband and wife Jordan and Ivette Naftal signed a 20-year lease for the...

Investors question high fees on mutual funds.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 14, 2001... Now that the bear market is really putting a dent into investment and retirement accounts, there's a lot being made about the fees that mutual funds charge. They are the nearly invisible fees that individual funds charge on an annual basis to...

Consumer analyst remains.(Ferris, Baker Watts Inc. )(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Baltimore's Ferris, Baker Watts Inc. (www.fbw.com) didn't wipe out its entire consumer research department when it laid off 10 people in its capital markets group in July. Although the firm got rid of most of the consumer research staff,...

T. Rowe Price hires KPMG.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... T. Rowe Price Group Inc. has decided to switch accounting firms from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to KPMG LLP. The firm's audit committee recommended that the board of directors approve the switch so that its corporate financial statements...

Samsung chooses SafeNet.(Samsung Semiconductor)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Making the digital roadways a safer place continues to be a hot industry. Baltimore-based SafeNet Inc. (www. safenet-inc.com), a provider of Internet security technology for the virtual private network (VPN) industry, struck a major deal...

Ad.com moves forward.(Advertising.com Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... One local firm is working hard to keep the death and despair surrounding most dot-coms at arm's length in the sluggish economy. Officials with Baltimore-based Advertising.com Inc. (www.advertising.com), a developer of Internet marketing and...

Using the spinoff strategy.(Integrated Marketing Solutions Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Even in tough times, creating new firms is a viable option One thing led to another, and before he knew it Todd Collins was talking about starting a new company. The chief executive officer of Baltimore-based Integrated Marketing...

Stock Snapshot: Lucent Technologies Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 14, 2001... NYSE: LU Lucent Technologies Inc., a developer of telecommunications systems and software products, is one of the primary suppliers of technology for most of the world's telecommunication networks. And like the rest of its industry,...

BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies.(Baltimore Business Journal, stock information)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 14, 2001... BBJ Tech 25: A glance at Greater Baltimore's leading public technology companies This Last Week's Week's Net Percent Company Name ...

Slow, but steady.(Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Co. enters mutual fund market)(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Mercantile dives into mutual funds without making a splash It's tough to make a name in the mutual fund business in a city like Baltimore where mutual fund giants Legg Mason Inc. and T Rowe Price Group Inc. tower over the skyline. But...

Maurice J. Crowley.(of Allfirst)(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 14, 2001... Allfirst Bank In March, Maurice J. Crowley left Ireland to became executive vice president and chief financial officer for Allfirst in order to bolster the bank's management team, work on strategic initiatives and strengthen its. finance...

Evaluate needs before changing banks.(Brief Article)
September 14, 2001... Choosing a banker is like choosing a good doctor. You want someone who is knowledgeable, experienced, personable and interested. One of the biggest challenges a business owner faces is knowing when to change banks. With rampant...

Largest foreign-owned businesses in the Baltimore area.(ranked by Baltimore-area employees)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 14, 2001... Largest foreign-owned businesses in the Baltimore area (Ranked by Baltimore-area employees) Rank/ Name Employees Company last Address local/ total revenues year Phone /...

Largest title companies in the Baltimore area.(ranked by 2000 completed closings)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
September 14, 2001... Largest title companies in the Baltimore area (Ranked by 2000 completed closings) Rank/ Name 2000 2000 last Address completed equity line year Phone / Fax / Internet ...