How entrepreneurs can let go
Entrepreneurs are just like any other worker in the business world, said Paul E. Taylor, executive director of the Baltimore Small Business Resource Center. "No one's irreplaceable," Taylor said. "To...
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SunSpot plays the slots
I've never been much of a gambler. I've never played lottery, and I only participate in drawings to help the cause. Never put my ticket in the bowl. I could...
A slots day trip to West Virginia
They piled into the black chartered bus in Baltimore on a sunny Wednesday morning -- weary at the hour, yet eager and excited. There were 38 of them. They came...
Weighing the odds for Maryland
Michael E. Busch is the Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates. The Anne Arundel County Democrat was elected to the post in January. First elected to public office in...
A conversation with Michael Steele
Michael S. Steele, Maryland's lieutenant governor and the first African-American elected to statewide public office, is working with Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to craft the state's economic development policy....
Business as usual for most local firms
Many Baltimore-area companies, citing security concerns, declined to discuss how an impending war with Iraq might affect their business practices. Those that did respond said that their primary consideration in...
Keeping your focus
Local employment experts say that no matter how long someone has been out of work, the search for employment often is the same -- regardless of skill level. ?I don?t...
A job hunter’s experience
Still looking for work after eight months, in a tight economy, Cassandra Bridgeforth easily understands why someone can become discouraged. ?It?s all a game,? said Bridgeforth, 50, of Mount Washington,...
The discouraged worker
Cassandra Bridgeforth has seen more job-related activity in the last three weeks than she has since she was laid off from her $45,000-a-year computer job at Lucent Technologies Inc. last...
Charting Maryland’s future
George F. Pappas is the chairman of the Governor?s Commission on Development of Advanced Technology Businesses. He was named to head the new panel in December by then-Gov.-elect Robert L....