Frederick County annual home show and Builder Olympics
The Frederick County Builders Association hosts its 22nd annual home show at the Frederick Fairgrounds on March 15 and 16. More than 200 exhibitors cover new home construction remodeling financing HVAC fencing pools patio furniture and landscaping with outdoor displays and food vendors. The event runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday and includes the 20th annual Builder Olympics featuring Frederick Career and Technology Center students in carpentry masonry electrical HVAC plumbing and landscaping.
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Frederick County Builders Association
Frederick Fairgrounds
Central
Frederick Career and Technology Center
Home show auction to aid Interfaith Housing in Frederick
The Frederick Builders Association will hold a home improvement auction at 2 p.m. Sunday March 16 in Building 8 at the Frederick Fairgrounds to benefit Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland. Donations include materials, appliances, tools and services for a party for up to 300 guests. Since 1992 the group has built 11 projects including Weinberg House and Bell Court, aiding the elderly and disadvantaged. Call 662-4225 for details.
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Ed Waters Jr
Frederick County Builders Association
Frederick Fairgrounds
Jan Martin
Interfaith Housing
Western
Maryland
Jody Yee
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Robin McConaughey
Fcnb Banks
Beverly Shelton
Kathy Daubert
Leslie March
Nancy Aloi
Builders Association
Interfaith Housing of
Frederick
Weinberg
Government moves to block Staples Office Depot merger
The FTC seeks a court injunction to pause Staples Inc and Office Depot’s 4 billion union, arguing it could raise prices on paper, pens and other supplies nationwide. The 4-1 vote targets markets in 18 states and the District of Columbia, with stock drops after the ruling.
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Staples
Office Depot
Washington
Staples Inc
Federal Trade Commission
William J
Baer
FTC
Bureau of Competition
Todd Krasnow
Krasnow
Framingham
Mass
Delray Beach
Fla
Mary L. Azcuenaga
Office Max
District of Columbia
Soybean futures surge on demand hints at tight supplies
Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade rocketed to the daily 30 cent limit as traders forecast a sharp fall in end-of-year stocks to around 120 to 130 million bushels. May soybeans neared 8.60 a bushel while meal rose. wheat, corn and oats also gained amid general market strength. Livestock futures fell, with live cattle and hogs down while pork bellies slipped.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
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Stan Goldberg
Crestar Mortgage
Rich Lowman
Harms & Associates
Brian Blough
FCRA
George Harne
Harne Plastering
Maurice “Bo” Carlisle
J. Maurice Carlisle Inc
Duane Houck
Houck Builders
Joseph Baldi
Association
Ms Shelton
Bell Atlantic
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Woodsboro
Bell Court
Brunswick
Frederick County
Ferris
WATTS
Red Horse Steak House
West Patrick Street
Frederick, MD
Edmund RB. Cronin, Jr
Washington Real Estate Investment Trust
F. Patrick Hughes
Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust
Ieadme Real Estate Investment Trusts
Mid-Atantic
Lerns, Baker Watts, Inc
Rite Aid Corp
Revco D.S. Inc
MCI
Crestar Fin
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Exxon
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