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Ashburn, Ellicott City high on ‘best places to live’ list
Money Magazine’s annual list of The Best Places to Live in America ranks Ashburn, Virginia, and Ellicott City, Maryland, in the top five.
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What was the most-stolen car last year?
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Moxy DC hotel holding ‘casting call’ for employees
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Run-up to Va. music festival includes free Lyft rides
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DC law firms put in almost 1 million pro bono hours in 2017
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How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
Major U.S. stock indexes ended mixed Wednesday as gains in banks were offset by losses elsewhere in the market. Bond yields climbed to the highest level in four months, sending bank shares higher and weighing…
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US stock indexes post mixed finish as bond yields surge
Major U.S. stock indexes finished unevenly Wednesday as gains in banks and other financial companies outweighed losses elsewhere in the market. Bond yields surged to the highest level in four months. That drove demand for…
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AutoNation, Fitbit rise; Copart, Microsoft fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Wednesday: AutoNation Inc., up 82 cents to $43.91 CEO Mike Jackson is departing after almost two decades leading the nation’s largest auto dealership…
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US, Canada pulling all-nighters in talks to revamp NAFTA
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. and Canadian negotiators — facing a deadline at the end of the month — are working long hours to keep Canada in a North American trade bloc. Canada’s Minister of Foreign…
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No way out? US, China tariffs may become the ‘new normal’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The path to peace in a trade war between the United States and China is getting harder to find as the world’s two biggest economies pile ever more taxes on each other’s…
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Markets Right Now: US stock indexes end mixed
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Stocks are closing mixed on Wall Street as gains for banks are offset by losses elsewhere in the market.…
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Trump’s tariffs could sow trouble for GOP in farm districts
SPANGLE, Wash. (AP) — In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he’s no fan of President Donald Trump’s trade policy. “We get him elected into office and he pulls us…
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Sept. 19 The Baltimore Sun on the similarities between a woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault and Anita Hill’s sexual-harassment…
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Report: One-third of households struggle to pay energy bills
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly a third of U.S. households have trouble paying their energy bills, and the problem mainly impacts racial minorities, according to a report released Wednesday by the Energy Information Administration. One…
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Here’s the latest on Providence hospital’s upcoming closure in D.C.
Providence Health System, which said it’s transitioning away from acute care toward outpatient services, will close its Northeast D.C. hospital Dec. 14. After the closure, the system said only some primary care providers and the…
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Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation names Alexandria firm executive architect
The Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation has named Winstanley Architects & Planners of Alexandria as executive architect. WA&P will guide the planning and development of the memorial as well as manage and oversee a…
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Logan Circle stabbing victim was FiscalNote executive
The woman killed Tuesday night in an apparently random Logan Circle stabbing was Wendy Martinez, chief of staff for FiscalNote. Police say they responded to a report of the stabbing at about 7:56 around the…
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Maryland Tech Council taps biotech industry veteran as new CEO
The Maryland Tech Council has appointed 35-year biotech industry veteran Marty Rosendale as its new CEO, effective immediately. The Gaithersburg-based trade organization represents the interests of more than 450 member tech and biotech companies throughout the state.…
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Monsanto asks judge to throw out $289M award in cancer suit
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Agribusiness company Monsanto has asked a San Francisco judge to throw out a jury’s $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said the company’s Roundup weed killer left him…
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FVCbank has been busy with its IPO. Here’s what it’s doing next.
Fairfax-based FVCBankcorp. Inc. (NASDAQ: FVCB), the parent company of FVCbank, is having a busy few weeks. The community bank with $1.1 billion in assets is fresh off a successful $35 million initial public offering, which…
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