Recent Articles from Maria Zilberman
Foreclosure filings up in Baltimore metro area
While the number of foreclosure filings in the United States decreased by 2 percent from January to February, the Baltimore metropolitan area saw a 32 percent increase, new data show. […]
NCAA basketball bid means more cash for Loyola
Loyola University Maryland‘s online campus bookstore typically sells between two and five items per day. In the past week, as the school’s basketball team prepares for its first men’s NCAA […]
Slots machines slide into Maryland Live! Casino
Ladies and gentlemen, get your coin purses ready: The first 100 slot machines arrived Wednesday at the Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover. Having the machines up and running on the […]
Winchester rejects plan to lure Hagerstown Suns
Officials in Winchester, Va., have voted down a plan aimed at luring the Hagerstown Suns minor-league baseball team to the city. The plan called for giving land in a city […]
Exelon completes $7.9B acquisition of Constellation
Exelon Corp. will proceed immediately with staffing decisions now that the company has completed its $7.9 billion acquisition of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy Group, a company spokeswoman said Monday. The deal, […]
Daily Record parent sees mixed 4Q results
The Dolan Company, parent of The Daily Record, saw mixed results in the fourth quarter, as an accounting adjustment helped drive profit up, but a continued slowdown in foreclosures led […]
T. Rowe Price CEO pay rises 10.5 percent
The CEO of T. Rowe Price Group saw his pay rise 10.5 percent last year as the company increased its net income and assets under management. James A.C. Kennedy was […]
Bell named new president at UMES
Juliette B. Bell will be the next president of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, the University System of Maryland Board of Regents announced Wednesday. Bell, who will take over […]
Walters’ director Vikan stepping down after 27 years
The best thing about the Walters Art Museum, according to Gary Vikan, is a Saturday afternoon. “You just stand in that lobby and watch parents and children and young couples, […]
New $3.3M fund for Baltimore startups
Baltimore entrepreneurs and startup companies received a $3.3 million boon Tuesday with the formation of a new angel investment fund. Through the “Propel Baltimore Fund,” a joint effort by The […]
Whipping up a new batch of business
Sprinkles Cupcakes, the Beverly Hills-based bakery that started a dessert revolution, may have just done it again. By Friday, the company hopes to have its first cupcake vending machine up […]
Study supports Convention Center expansion
A proposed expansion to the Baltimore Convention Center and a new downtown arena could increase direct spending by $138.7 million to $181.6 million annually, potentially supporting 2,360 to 3,100 new […]





