Vivian Fenton dispenses financial expertise as volunteer with CASH Campaign

Formed 15 years ago, the Baltimore CASH Campaign (Creating Assets, Savings and Hope) employs strategies to help working families in Charm City maximize their financial opportunities and resources.

from http://baltimoretimes-online.com/news/2016/apr/01/vivian-fenton-dispenses-financial-expertise-volunt/

Google's April Fool prank backfires big time

Ooops. That wasn’t very funny, Google.

from http://www.wbaltv.com/money/googles-april-fool-prank-backfires-big-time/38800738

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100 E. Pratt office tower sells to New Jersey investors $187 million

Six months after it was listed, one of Baltimore’s tony Inner Harbor office towers has sold for $187 million. The 28-story landmark tower at 100 E. Pratt St., headquarters for T. Rowe Price Group Inc., was purchased by New Jersey-based Vision Properties. The seller, Atlanta-based Columbia Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: CXP) in mid-September listed the 653,000 square foot Class A office property that has a 10-story office building adjoined to the 28-story tower and a 932-space parking garage. The building…

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Tesla reveals its $35,000 car for the masses

Even before Tesla unveiled its new Model 3 on Thursday night, more than 115,000 people had already paid $1,000 to reserve one of the highly-anticipated electric cars.

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Toshiba recalls 100,000 batteries that can melt your laptop

Toshiba is recalling faulty laptop batteries that are too hot to handle.

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8 things you need to know this morning

Good morning, and happy Friday. I have some unfortunate news to share, first. As of today, the BBJ is ending our ever-popular “8 things” post in the mornings. Instead, each morning we’ll be running a daily “Cleveland Browns Today” newsletter — bringing you all the top Browns news from the past 24 hours. April Fools! See what I did there? (Yes, I fully expect to get anti-Browns and Robert Griffin III emails for the rest of the day.) Anyway, it’s going to be a gross day weather-wise. There will…

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Walmart cuts iPhone price by $100

Walmart is holding a three-month “Rollback” on iPhones and Galaxy smartphones.

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