Anirban Basu Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, Inc
Maryland Gained Momentum Late Last Year
For much of last year, Maryland’s economic performance was among the worst in the nation. For instance, year-over-year job growth in the state was in negative territory or close to zero for most of the summer. But like the balance of the nation, economic performance began to materially improve toward the tail end of the year. For the 12 months ending in November 2011, employment in the Free S...
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With the start of the school year, the folks over at the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) start their engines as well. NFTE's mission" is to provide programs that inspire young people from low-income communities to stay in school, recognize business opportunities and to plan for successful futures." I, along with several other colleagues at the bank, have been involved in the program at various Baltimore City schools for the last four years. As Baltimore's community bank,...
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Last month we asked you - our customers - to take part in a survey that was designed to gauge your opinions on how we can provide you with improved online services, support and products.
We received a TON of great feedback and are extremely pleased with the amount of participation that we received.
So we thought we'd go ahead and share some of the highlights with you. Rest assured that we will be using your feedback to guide us through the redesign of 1stMarinerBank.com....
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