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Hearing set in Baltimore on Port Covington development 08/03/2016 02:30am • BALTIMORE (AP) — A hearing is scheduled on the Port Covington Development District. Baltimore City Councilman Carl Stokes is reconvening the hearing on Wednesday in the War Memorial Assembly Hall in Baltimore. The hearing will give the public a chance to provide verbal and written testimony Why You Do (or Don't) Want Your Hometown to Host the Olympics 08/02/2016 08:00pm • When the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro kick off with the opening ceremony in just a few short days, eyes all over the globe will turn to Rio to watch athletes compete for the gold medal that will deem them best in the world. Controversies abound since Rio began construction on Olympic venues What's Your Plan B for Retirement? 08/02/2016 08:00pm • Pilots designate alternate airports in case their destination is socked in. Generals keep troops in reserve for a break in the line. Tennis players attack the net if the power game doesn't work. Every Plan A needs a Plan B. So, what is your Plan B for retirement? Many people, of course, hope for a Car Companies and the Race to Profits 08/02/2016 08:00pm • Driving for profit.Given the proliferation of internet information, it's easier than ever to shop for new or used cars. But scoping car companies to park in the investment garage? In large part, no straight-line correlation exists between vehicles rolling off the assembly line and profits bankrollin 4 Reasons Women Should Consider Hiring a Financial Advisor 08/01/2016 08:00pm • When it comes to accumulating wealth, women are increasingly taking the lead. The BMO Wealth Institute estimates that women now control 51 percent of personal wealth in the U.S., totaling approximately $14 trillion in assets. Despite that achievement, women continue to face unique personal and prof Why It Pays to Be Careful When Rebalancing a Portfolio 08/01/2016 08:00pm • With Britain moving to leave the European Union, effects of the tumult are sure to show up in your investments, at least for a while. So should you rebalance your portfolio immediately to take advantage of opportunities? Rebalancing involves selling a portion of assets that performed well, and buyin Affordable Living and Easy Residency in Valletta 08/01/2016 08:00pm • The Maltese archipelago is one of Europe's smallest countries. The three main islands take up just 122 square miles of southern Mediterranean and have a population of 416,000. It's also one of Europe's least-known destinations. However, Malta's 16th century capital city of Valletta is a tempting a Employees make less working at DC startups 08/01/2016 11:12am • WASHINGTON — Taking a job with a startup company has the potential of big rewards, but it also comes with great risk, and in the District, expect to get paid less. The District of Columbia’s Office of Revenue Analysis says local startups, like those in other major cities, typically don’t h 5 Simple Ways to Utilize the Internet When Buying a Home 07/31/2016 08:00pm • The internet is one of the most valuable assets to homebuyers, and with instant access to newly listed homes on the market, it can be downright addictive. There is much more to utilizing the internet as a homebuyer than simply searching for homes. Knowing what information is available can help reli Why Investors Shouldn't Be Greedy 07/31/2016 08:00pm • You've seen the mutual fund ads offering big returns to beat the competitors, the category average or the market as a whole. There's a lot of puffery in the investing industry, often supported by cherry-picked data for a period when a fund did especially well -- but is not necessarily representative Save Big on These 10 End-of-Summer Shopping Deals 07/31/2016 08:00pm • As the summer draws to a close, you may be lamenting the end of long evening barbecues, languid hammock naps and trouble-free beach days. But summer's end marks the beginning of the fall -- a time for warm, woolly sweaters, spiced apple cider and blossoming pumpkin patches. Families look forward to Meet the third-party candidates running for president 07/29/2016 05:08pm • WASHINGTON — A majority of voters picking a president this fall will have third-party candidates from which to choose. A Libertarian will be on the ballot in all 50 states. Twenty three states and the District of Columbia will have a Green Party presidential option. For the Libertarian Party How to know when you need a financial advisor 07/29/2016 05:00am • This is the golden age for the do-it-yourself investor. Corporate filings and stock analysis litter the internet, and trading is practically free with a discount broker. Those who don't want to pick stocks and bonds themselves have thousands of funds to choose from, some that automatically do the Facebook (FB) Could Owe $5 Billion to the IRS 07/28/2016 08:00pm • The IRS is coming for Facebook (ticker: FB) -- to the tune of billions of dollars, reports Bloomberg. The IRS gave the social network giant a deficiency notice for $3 billion to $5 billion, plus interest and penalties, after looking through Facebook's transfer pricing in an audit, per a Thursday reg How Shareholder Activism Shook Up Yahoo (YHOO) 07/28/2016 08:00pm • Stocks mentioned in this story: YHOO, VZ, DRI, ODP, SPLS, MSFT, LNKD, FB, TWTR, TWX, GOOG, GOOGL Yahoo? The company that once proudly, if pompously, capped its name with an exclamation point has stumbled into the e-sunset. It's now the property of Verizon Communications (ticker: VZ), which acquired