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EDC asked to determine priorities in strategic plan
dona@herald-mail.comThe Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission will be asked to come up with its top priorities from an economic development strategic plan after it was adopted Tuesday by the Washington County Board of Commissioners. The EDC’s...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), William McKinley, Agricultural Research and Technology, Agriculture, Marketing
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Study proposes changes to Washington County Economic Development Commission
dona@herald-mail.comOne of many recommendations in an economic development strategic plan for Washington County is to explore privatizing the county’s Economic Development Commission and merging it with other “allied organizations.” A review of the...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Business, Business Enterprises, Economic Policy
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Washington County EDC plan suggest marketing small towns
dona@herald-mail.comA strategic plan commissioned for the Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission suggests a greater effort to market the small towns and rural areas of the county, an idea Hancock Mayor Daniel A. Murphy welcomes. “I certainly...Tags: Local Government, Business, Small Businesses, Antietam National Battlefield, Economic Policy
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ASK JEFF: Many steps to growth
The new year has brought many predictions related to jobs and the economy and whether the coming year will be good for our local economy or not. As the country continues to recover from the recession, communities slowly are inching back toward...
Tags: Mitch Daniels, Business, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Investments
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New economic development chief named for Md.
Maryland's second-in-command on economic development matters will step into the top job in January when the current secretary leaves for the private sector, state officials announced Wednesday. Dominick Murray, who joined the Maryland Department of...
Tags: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Business, Small Businesses, Economic Policy, Corporate Officers
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With new leader, opportunity to change for Baltimore Development Corp.
Until last month, M.J. "Jay" Brodie was the only person to hold the title of president of the Baltimore Development Corp. since it was organized in the mid-1990s into its current form, with a largely private-sector board of directors.
What the city's...Tags: Harbor East, M.J. Brodie, Business, Sales, Small Businesses
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Obama slanders the 1920s to justify his failures
"When it comes to our foreign policy, you seem to want to import the foreign policies of the 1980s, just like the social policies of the 1950s and the economic policies of the 1920s," President Barack Obama told Mitt Romney in their final debate. Obama...Tags: Invention and Innovation, Great Depression (1929), Finance, World War I (1914-1918), Money and Monetary Policy
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Suu Kyi's U.S. visit may lead to more easing of sanctions on Myanmar
World NowBurma United States Obama Democracy: Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi makes her first trip to U.S. in decades starting Monday.... -
President Obama has steered the nation wisely through troubled times
I was flabbergasted by Stanley Glinka's recent letter criticizing President Obama's performance in office ("Obama made U.S. weaker, more vulnerable," Oct. 31). He obviously lives in a different country than the rest of us. Let me point out that over...Tags: Great Depression (1929), Parties and Movements, Money and Monetary Policy, Economic Policy, Ben Bernanke
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Steny Hoyer, International Organizations, Wars and Interventions, Lamar Alexander
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Andrew Brimmer dies at 86; first black member of Federal Reserve
Andrew Brimmer, the son of a Louisiana sharecropper who in 1966 became the first black member of the Federal Reserve Board, has died. He was 86. Brimmer died Oct. 7 at a Washington hospital after a lengthy illness, said his daughter, Esther Brimmer....Tags: Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Economic Policy, Politics, World War II (1939-1945)
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The Fed's mission creep
In the 1920s, in the wee small hours of the mornings, employees at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas sang while they worked. One, Jack Culpepper, went into vaudeville, where he teamed up with a dance partner named Ginger. They married and performed as...Tags: U.S. Senate, The Washington Post, Business, Sales, Chuck Schumer
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