Posts belonging to Category 'Economy'
July 28, 2010 | Posted by BJH
This is the week Ocean City, Maryland, businesses have been waiting for . . . for the last three summers.
A banner weekend, probably more people than July 4 weekend. Saturday was the hottest day of the summer (I hope we don’t get any more 110-degree heat index days), and the moon was full in a cloudless [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Travel | 
Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer, Weather | 
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July 16, 2010 | Posted by BJH
They played the All-Star Game this week — I’ve been so busy I didn’t know it was coming up until the day after.
I always mark the All-Star Game as the halfway point in the Ocean City summer business season, not so much because the game’s in mid-July, but because it’s halfway between May 1 and Sept. [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Work | Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Election 2010, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer | 2 Comments »
June 22, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Since when do U.S. generals give interviews to Rolling Stone?
Double-dip recession? There was never any real question of that. You can see bigger storm clouds on the horizon. Of course, they could blow over. You never know.
BP lies. So which big corporation can you trust?
What about government? Everyone turns to the federal government. But what [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, OCEAN CITY, Politics, Work | Tags: Barack Obama, Election 2010, Recession, Summer | No Comments »
June 18, 2010 | Posted by BJH
We’re going to make America first in the future, not just the past.”
There it is. Write it down. Send it to the printer. Barack Obama said it today, in Ohio. “We’re going to make America first in the future, not just the past.” You can put that on your bumper sticker.
“Make America Great In The [...]
Categories: Democracy, Economy, Leadership, Maryland, News, Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2010, Martin O'Malley | No Comments »
April 12, 2010 | Posted by BJH
In New York, the Dow-Jones closed above 11,000 today, and the Newsweek cover proclaims “America’s Back!”
Maybe so. But one Ocean City businessman told me today:
The recovery is affecting Wall Street, and a little recovery might be trickling down to Main Street, but recovery hasn’t started on the side street.”
I’ve been looking for a good economic [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Travel | Tags: Beach, Boardwalk, Condominiums, Condos, Hooters, Jobs, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Real estate, Recession, Resorts, Tourism | No Comments »
March 8, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Will the recent pre-spring condo auctions establish a bottom, or a floor, for condo prices in Ocean City, Maryland? I hope so, but I do not know.
All 20 condos offered for sale at the Bahia Vista I and II, on Edgewater Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets, were reported sold at two auctions, one in [...]
Categories: Economy, OCEAN CITY | Tags: Auctions, Bahia Vista, Condominiums, Condos, Housing, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Prices, Real estate, Recession, Resorts | 1 Comment »
March 4, 2010 | Posted by BJH
I want to call your attention to a very though-provoking article on the state of the Worcester County economy over at Lost On The Shore, which is one of Maryland’s best political blogs.
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The post is entitled “Depression Amidst The Fun,” and as you might gather from the title, it paints a gloomy picture. The [...]
Categories: Business, Culture, Economy, Life, OCEAN CITY, Social Justice, Work | Tags: Condominiums, Condos, Cost of living, Eastern Shore, Employment, Housing, Jobs, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Poor, Recession, Rent, Resorts, Unemployment, Worcester County | 2 Comments »
March 3, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Job Fair Saturday
The 25th Annual Ocean City Job Fair will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the Ocean City Convention Center, located at 40th Street. Please dress appropriately.
Many seasonal jobs are available in Ocean City, Maryland, mostly in the resort’s restaurants and hotels. In this competitive economy, it’s [...]
Categories: Business, Economy, OCEAN CITY, Work | Tags: Beach, Employment, Hospitality industry, Jobs, Ocean City Maryland, Ocean City MD, Resorts, Summer | No Comments »
February 21, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Maryland On My Mind has never done this before, but today I’m posting an e-mail in it’s entirety from TrueMajority, which is associated with MoveOn.org.
But first, I would like to propose a simplified health-care bill, something along the lines of:
This act extends Medicare to all U.S citizens.
The U.S. courts shall impose penalties ranging from five [...]
Categories: Democracy, Economy, Health, Health care, News, Politics, Social Justice, Taxes | Tags: Change, Election 2010, health insurance, Inheritance tax, Medicare, Medicare fraud, Rich | 1 Comment »
February 20, 2010 | Posted by BJH
Maryland On My Mind takes a break from our wall-to-wall winter weather coverage to ponder our economic predicament.
It’s so rare that I find a graph I can actually understand. Here’s something interesting, courtesy of PIMCO’s Bill Gross:
“The most vulnerable countries in 2010 are shown in PIMCO’s chart “The Ring of Fire.” These red zone countries [...]
Categories: Business, Democracy, Economy, Politics, Social Justice | Tags: Bill Gross, Change, Debt, Economic growth, Finance, Health care, Jon Taplin, PIMCO, Recession, Wall Street | No Comments »
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