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A company with a Port of Baltimore terminal that handle key materials for steel production will be joining the shipping network of a Louisiana cargo and logistics company. Pittsburgh-based S.H. Bell Co. was acquired by the ownership group of Convent, Louisiana-based Associated Terminals on May 8, and will join the Southern company’s shipping and handling network.

A fast-growing jewelry brand based in Laguna Beach, California, will continue its expansion into Maryland with its first Baltimore store. Gorjana will open a 1,350-square-foot store at the corner of Aliceanna and Exeter streets in Harbor East this summer, Harbor East Management Group announced Monday. The store will take over a space formerly occupied by MAC Cosmetics next to the Courtyard Baltimore Downtown/Inner Harbor hotel and marks the second Maryland location for the brand.

Ascension Health does not have a timeline to restore its online systems. The hospital system is still coping with the effects of a ransomware attack. In a statement, an Ascension representative said its team, along with cybersecurity experts, spent the weekend responding to a ransomware incident, writing, in part, “We are making progress; however, it will take time to return to normal operations.”

Princess Cruises is adding a land tour of D.C. and historic sites in Virginia and Pennsylvania to one of its cruise packages ahead of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, company said Monday it was adding the historic site tour to its 2025 Canada and New England cruise package, which launches out of New York City.

Scooter companies, start your (electric) engines. The Baltimore City Department of Transportation is now accepting applications for its next dockless vehicle permit. The selected company will pay the city for the right to put electric scooters and e-bikes out for rental on Baltimore streets starting in July. The rentable vehicles have grown in popularity as an easy way to bop between city attractions and even to commute to work for some.

A Texas private equity firm completed its $350 million acquisition of one of Baltimore’s largest cybersecurity companies Monday, taking one of the region’s few public companies off the stock market. ZeroFox Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ZFOX) was officially acquired by Austin, Texas-based Haveli Investments Monday morning, ending a process that began in February.

Maryland is winding down its Key Bridge collapse worker retention program this week. The governor announced at a news conference Monday morning progress being made to reopen the Port of Baltimore, so applications for the worker retention program will close after Friday. Businesses in need of assistance can access programs through the Maryland Departments of Commerce and Housing and Community Development.

Two years after organizing the first union at an Apple retail store, workers in Towson are preparing to take another unprecedented step: Becoming the first to go on strike against Apple. The union voted “overwhelmingly” to authorize a strike, according to a Saturday news release from the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees.