Business

Plans Underway for Pikesville Armory Revitalization Project

by Jeff Seidel | Jun 20, 2018 | Baltimore, Business, Local, Maryland, News, Pikesville

About three-and-a-half years ago, Melvin G. Mintz and Howard J. Needle conceived and started the 1000 Friends of Pikesville community organization. They had a number of ideas in mind that they felt would help revitalize the Northwest Baltimore suburb in myriad ways,...

Feeling the Burn: New App Helps Busy People Maintain Fitness Goals

by Aliza Friedlander | May 29, 2018 | Business, News

Pikesville resident Julie Blumenfeld considers herself an athletic person. She enjoys hitting the gym and strives to lead a healthy life. But between raising three young kids, working as a pediatric dentist and chairing Impact, the young adult division of The...

Financial Adviser Beth Rosenwald Recognized by Forbes Magazine

by Carol Sorgen | May 23, 2018 | Business, Maryland, News

“I don’t know how to do anything else!” says Beth Rosenwald of her career as a financial adviser. That’s undoubtedly a good thing for Rosenwald’s clients and also has earned the 52-year-old Owings Mills resident recognition from Forbes magazine as one of “America’s...

Starbucks Denies Speculation That it ‘Demoted’ ADL in its Anti-Bias Training

by JTA | May 3, 2018 | Business, News

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen NEW YORK (JTA) — Starbucks denied that it demoted the Anti-Defamation League from a lead role in its anti-bias training, saying it continues to view the Jewish group as a valuable partner in future training. Reggie Borges, a spokesman for the...

Some Rabbis Say it Isn’t Kosher to Borrow from Quicken Loans — Because It’s Run by Jews

by Ben Sales, JTA | May 2, 2018 | Business, News

NEW YORK (JTA) — If you’re an Orthodox Jew with a mortgage from Quicken Loans, you might be in trouble. Agudath Israel of America, a major haredi Orthodox organization, issued a Jewish legal ruling last month prohibiting Jews from taking out loans from the...

Pikesville Couple Creates Product to Benefit Parents with Young Children

by Aliza Friedlander | Mar 28, 2018 | Business, News

Lauren Shapiro and Matthew Mittleman know firsthand about the excitement and fears of parenthood. Now, the married couple – who are Baltimore natives and parents of almost 2-year-old Lexi — are hoping their new company, CollapseAndGo, alleviates some of those...

Mark Zuckerberg Ends Silence on Cambridge Analytica Scandal

by JTA | Mar 22, 2018 | Business, National, News

(JTA) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to growing pressure on the social media company, following reports that a British company used information inappropriately collected from 50 million accounts while working for the Trump presidential campaign. Zuckerberg...

MIDC to Kick Off Israel’s 70th Anniversary Series

by Peter Arnold | Mar 19, 2018 | Business, International, Israel, Local, Local Politics, Maryland, National, News, Politics

Seven decades in the life and times of a nation is something to celebrate. Over the next five months — in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Frederick, Howard and Montgomery counties — the Maryland/Israel Development Center will present “Start Up Nation: Israel’s...

Budweiser Brewery Acquires Israeli Startup that Provides Beer Stats

by JTA | Feb 1, 2018 | Business, International, Israel, News

(JTA) — Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, has acquired an Israeli startup that collects data from bar taps. The deal to buy the startup Weissbeerger, according to a Monday article in the Israeli business publication Calcalist, is worth tens of millions...

Isaac’s eStand Teaches Young Entrepreneurs About Commerce

by Aliza Friedlander | Jan 3, 2018 | Business, News

Isaac Kornbluth is like most kids his age. A Krieger Schechter Day School fourth-grader, he spends his days going to school, playing sports and hanging out with his friends and three younger siblings. But unlike other 9-year-olds, Isaac is well on his way to becoming...