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Sandy Spring Bank to buy CommerceFirst in $25.4M deal
By by Gary Haber, Baltimore Business Journal Tuesday, 20 December 2011 00:00
The cash-and-stock deal announced late Tuesday joins Olney's Sandy Spring (Nasdaq: SASR), the largest bank headquartered in Maryland, with CommerceFirst (Nasdaq: CMFB), a smaller bank but one well known in the business community for its commercial lending.
BB&T expands market presence in Baltimore and DC
By Donny Wise, The Examiner - Washington, DC Sunday, 04 December 2011 01:58
BB&T is capitializing on current market success in growth and market environment in the Baltimore Washington region. BB&T states the Baltimore-Washington corridor is the fastest growing region for the bank. BB&T is expanding market presence in asymmetric strategies to traditional mergers and acquisition.
BB&T executive continues to fulfill desire to serve multicultural communities
By Ike Wilson, Frederick News-Post Saturday, 03 December 2011 22:31
Longtime BB&T executive Luis G. Lobo has an opportunity to do what he has always been interested in doing: serving multicultural communities. After 13 years in the Washington metropolitan area, the nine-year Urbana resident is moving to Winston-Salem, N.C., where he will serve as BB&T's executive vice president and manager of multicultural markets.
Marco Sies
By Rachael Shan, Contributing Writer, 270inc Magazine Wednesday, 31 August 2011 23:06
Marco Sies grew up on the streets of Chile, and at the age of 15 he decided his life goal was to become a World Champion Kickboxer; He did—seven times. Sies came from a very humble family, so even in Chile he had to work many jobs to continue his training. "I did everything from washing dishes to sweeping floors and cleaning toilets, "he said. "I would do anything I could get my hands on so that I could pay for my training. " But, when Sies arrived in the U.S., and he was unable to speak the language, people took advantage of him.
26 Fairfax County Firms Make Inc. Magazine "Fastest-Growing" List
By Fairfax News Monday, 29 August 2011 13:57
Twenty-six Fairfax County firms – most of them in technology and professional services fields – are on Inc. magazine's 2011 list of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the nation. That is up from 24 companies on the 2010 list. Fairfax County has more firms on the 2011 list than any other county and all but the four most-populated states in the union: California, Florida, Texas and New York.
MicroTech is the No. 1 Four-Time Inc. 500 Winner
By Sacramento Bee Thursday, 25 August 2011 13:43
Leading Technology and Systems Integrator MicroTech has been recognized as the #1 fastest growing private company that has made the Inc. 500 four years in a row. Corporate America's most well known yardstick of increasing business success, this year's survey evaluates revenue growth from 2007 to 2010.
Washington region lands 59 firms on Inc.'s list of 500 fastest-growing private firms
By Tucker Echols, Washington Business Journal Tuesday, 23 August 2011 01:58
This year's Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America includes 59 businesses in D.C., Maryland and Virginia dominated by firms offering information technology and government services. Forty-eight of the 59 companies are located in the Washington area.
Hispanics hard-hit by recession
By Angie Chung, Frederick News-Post Sunday, 14 August 2011 16:16
It was hard for most people to keep their wealth during the most recent recession, but it was especially tough for Hispanics. Jose Hernandez, an El Salvadoran immigrant who owns a restaurant in Frederick, said he regrets buying a house when the market was "crazy."
Hispanic Business 500 List Companies in Fairfax County, VA
By Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, Falls Church, VA Monday, 01 August 2011 19:17
Each year Hispanic Business publishes a list of the top 500 Hispanic-owned businesses. In 2011, 10 Fairfax County firms were named to the list. Together, these companies generated more than $593 million in revenue and employed more than 2,600 workers in 2010.
Area Banks Expand Insurance Lines
By Danielle Douglas, Capital Business Magazine, The Washington Post Sunday, 05 June 2011 00:00
More banks in the Washington area are expanding their portfolios of insurance products, in an attempt to boost revenue at a time when income from fees is declining and there is lukewarm demand for loans.
Literacy Council in high demand
By Blair Ames, Frederick News-Post Wednesday, 11 May 2011 13:22
The number of students applying for tutoring at the Literacy Council of Frederick County is rising, but the number of tutors hasn't followed suit, according to acting President Caroline Gaver. "We can't find enough tutors to meet the demand," she said. Established in 1963, the council offers reading, writing and spelling classes for students over the age of 18. It has one full-time office manager, but everyone else involved is a volunteer.
Minority Business Leaders - Tony Jimenez, MicroTech
By The Washington Business Journal Friday, 25 March 2011 14:18
Growing up in a working-class family, Jimenez, 53, enlisted in the Army at 18. He left as a lieutenant colonel with two master's degrees under his belt and a readiness to jump into entrepreneurial waters. Since he founded the company at his kitchen table in 2004, MicroTech's name has landed on list after list of the fastest-growing companies in the region and North America.
CFO of the Year - Tomas Esterrich, MicroTechnologies LLC
By Washington Business Journal Friday, 10 December 2010 00:00
Tomas Esterrich helped Vienna-based MicroTechnologies grow nearly sevenfold during the past two years, while simultaneously venturing into civilian federal programs. As part of that process, he led the government contractor’s growth strategies in Vienna, Greensboro, N.C., and Huntsville, Ala.
MicroTech sues Freeport Tech Over Misrepresentation
By Jill R. Aitoro, Washington Business Journal Friday, 10 December 2010 00:00
A Herndon technology company will have to defend in court its marketing strategy — and product’s functionality — in response to a complaint filed by a competitor that alleged false advertising in a technical white paper distributed to their mutual federal customers.
10 things not to say to a Latino biz exec
By Melissa Castro, Associate Editor, Washington Business Journal Monday, 11 October 2010 00:12
Despite my last name, I have to admit that I've rarely faced obvious anti-Latino bias in the business world. I suppose that has something to do with the fact that I don't speak fluent Spanish, and people don't usually figure out I'm Cuban until that whole "Castro" connection comes up. A few weeks ago, though, I had the opportunity to write a column for this paper about some brewing frustration with the lackof support for Latino-owned businesses in this region.
Talking with Steve Monroe: Lawyer to entrepreneur
By Steve Monroe, The Gazette of Politics & Business Friday, 02 April 2010 18:10
Cynthia Esparza Crockett grew up thinking she wanted to be a lawyer so she could help people. She achieved her goal, became a lawyer, and worked for a private law firm and for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. But entrepreneurship beckoned. So Crockett, who now heads a multimillion-dollar facilities services company, went from helping one person at a time to helping hundreds, even thousands, of people enjoy a comfortable, healthful environment in the many buildings her company oversees.
Executive Snapshot: Lou Caceres
By The Gazette of Politics & Business Thursday, 04 March 2010 18:23
Profession / business: Executive vice president, Sandy Spring Bank of Olney, "where I oversee the bank's Retail Sales, Investment Services, Investment Management and Fiduciary Services, and Mortgage divisions, in addition to two subsidiary companies, Chesapeake Insurance Group and West Financial Services."
Martial arts master champions 'positivity' in debut book
By Brooke Kenny, Gazette Newspapers Wednesday, 03 March 2010 18:30
Seven-time World Kickboxing Champion Marco Sies has mastered a great deal more than martial arts. He has a flourishing business, a great family and an unrelenting positive attitude. "I have such a wonderful life," gushes the business owner and motivational speaker. Sies says his debut book, "The Master Method, 4 Steps to Success, Prosperity and Inner Peace," is his way of extending the methods that have long worked for him to a larger audience.
Talking with Steve Monroe: Taking his taxi company high-tech
By Steve Monroe, The Gazette of Politics and Business Friday, 12 February 2010 00:00
With snowstorms, terror strikes and tropical storms, Lee Barnes has navigated his taxi business through a lot of adversity over the years. That includes recent struggles to keep his Barwood fleet running efficiently through this winter's historic bad weather.
Talking With Steve Monroe: Painting a brighter future
By Steve Monroe, Gazette of Politics & Business Friday, 24 July 2009 03:34
Many years ago and more than 2,000 miles away, Jorge Retana's biggest challenge was figuring a way out of tending cattle and lugging lumber for his father's businesses. There had to be more out there in life, Retana thought to himself as a young man in Costa Rica.
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