Sean Somerville

If 1997 had ended just a few weeks earlier, Bethlehem Steel Corp. might well have viewed it as a year of shrinkage. It was, after all, the year the steel...

Three microbreweries with little in common but the state of Maryland said yesterday that they were casting their lots together to better their prospects for survival in an increasingly difficult...

Roger C. Lipitz, a former health care entrepreneur who serves as chairman of the Baltimore Development Corp., will commit at least $1.5 million to endow a chair at the University...

Two years ago, Eastalco Aluminum Co.'s Frederick plant had the lowest power cost of the five major aluminum factories owned by its corporate parent, Alumax Inc. But since then, company...

Tony Barnard had looked at about 50 buildings in th Baltimore region to house Nurad Technologies Inc. and he didn't want to see any more. Doing business had become unbearable...

Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. yesterday said third-quarter earnings jumped sharply on new-store sales and strength across its men's clothing line. For the quarter that ended Nov. 1, the Hampstead-based...

With help from gas-guzzling passenger trucks, low inventories and a favorable crude oil market, Crown Central Corp. early this month reported its strongest quarter in more than seven years. The...

The prospect of Bethlehem Steel Corp. building a $300 million cold-rolling mill out of state conjured a frightening sequence in David Wilson's mind. The United Steelworkers of America official saw...

Analysts said yesterday that Black & Decker Corp.'s quarrel with the federal government over a toaster recall won't affect the Towson-based company's finances. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission filed...

Crown Central Petroleum Corp. said yesterday that strong gasoline demand and declining inventories resulted in the Baltimore-based company's strongest third-quarter performance since 1988. For the three months ended Sept. 30,...