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The FTC said it stands by its study. “Just three companies control nearly 80% of the market that millions of Americans must use to purchase necessary drugs at high costs,” an agency spokesman said. “This is a complicated and opaque market, and the FTC is committed to using its clear authority to help the public and policymakers understand it.”

There’s a lesson to be learned from the fact that Janet Currie has the job she does: It is possible to say no to a big opportunity and still succeed. Currie did. Years ago, Bank of America wanted to promote her and move her to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The offer was tempting. But it didn’t work for reasons including her husband’s job and a desire to stay near extended family.

Kondwani Fidel says he began wearing New Balance sneakers right “out of the womb.” They’ve always been one of his go-to brands, along with Nike’s Air Force 1 shoes. Most of his friends wore them, too. They enjoyed the versatility of the shoe — whether that be wearing them with a suit jacket or to play hoops. “You couldn’t tell me I wasn’t fresh with New Balance,” he said. “That’s how we put fits together.”

A printing company with a nearly century-long history in the Baltimore area is leaving the city, a move that potentially puts 144 people out of work. BC Graphics, which produces direct mail, is not renewing its lease on a South Baltimore industrial site and will shift its operations to facilities in Western Maryland, Virginia and Kansas, according to a company spokesperson. Edge Direct, a sister company based at the same facility, is also leaving Baltimore.

Chef Maynard McMillan has been a regular at farmers markets around the area for years, but he didn’t see himself operating a brick-and-mortar until an opportunity arose with the reopening of one of Baltimore’s historic public markets. McMillan’s Nafasi Catering will be one of the new vendors joining the renovated Hollins Market, which will celebrate its grand reopening on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Outreach meetings for a new planning initiative that will focus on commercial and employment hubs in Frederick County are scheduled to begin this week. Earlier this year, the Livable Frederick Planning & Design Office and the Frederick County Division of Economic Opportunity started gathering information to inform the Investing in Workers and Workplaces Plan.