| 'Sweetest Swing' has plenty of pop |
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| In ''The Sweetest Swing in Baseball," both the painter, Dana Fielding, and the baseball player whose identity she appropriates, Darryl Strawberry, find themselves in conversations with other people about having fun in their professions. Appropriately, the woman who wrote the play, Rebecca Gilman, seems to be doing the same. ... |
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| Weill leads last annual meeting as Citigroup chief |
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NEW YORK -- It was supposed to be Citigroup's annual meeting and, indeed, the shareholders re-elected the board of directors and voted some resolutions up or down.
But, in fact, the gathering Tuesday at Carnegie Hall was really about saying goodbye to Sanford I. Weill, who ran his last meeting as chairman of the company he built over the last 20 years into the largest financial institution in America. ... |
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| Nonprofit's director keeping a positive attitude after flood |
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When Ms. Berman moved her nonprofit from the Dallas Apparel Mart into the World Trade Center two years ago, it never crossed her mind that she'd need flood insurance. But unimagined disaster happened last month when torrential rains steeped her agency's offices in one half one foot of floodwater.
Ms. Berman estimates damages at more than $25,000, which doesn't sound like much. But it's monumental for one nonprofit that operates hand-to-mouth on an annual budget of $650,000 in cash and in-kind contributions. ... |
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| 2 local banks' profits up with wider service |
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First Mariner Bancorp and Sandy Spring Bancorp reported higher first-quarter profits yesterday as the Maryland institutions have joined other banks in expanding beyond traditional services such as deposit-taking and lending to become insurance agents, leasing companies and even landlords.
Olney-based Sandy Spring, which has acquired one financial planning company and an insurance agency in the past six months, reported its quarterly net income rose 6 percent to $8.3 million, or 56 cents per share, from $7.9 million, or 53 cents per share, one year ago. ... |
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