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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.

With a scribble of his pen and a smile for the cameras on Thursday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pushed an ambitious plan to remake Pimlico Race Course. Moore signed a new law that enables the state to take ownership of the historic thoroughbred racetrack in Baltimore, spend hundreds of millions of dollars renovating it and eventually running races there. It’s a big bet to rescue a failing but economically important industry.

Dozens of business and government officials, including Gov. Wes Moore, celebrated the grand opening Friday of the Conair distribution center along Downsville Pike — a distribution center Conair officials said they believe is the largest in the state. Conair President and CEO Kristie Juster said “wow,” as she shared a statistic she learned Friday — that at more than 2.1 million square feet, every NFL team plus two practice fields would fit in the facility.

The Washington County Career Expo at Hagerstown Community College hosted 1,100 participants on Wednesday, April 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Athletic, Recreation and Community Center (ARCC) on the HCC campus. The event included 170 organizations, with 342 representatives and 787 attendees. Participants and employers networked about job opportunities, resources and pathways to employment in Washington County.

Two new restaurants will fill the rum-soaked void left by Pusser’s Caribbean Grille in Annapolis after it closes this fall. A tequila bar called Armada and an Italian chophouse, Marmo, will replace Pusser’s, a destination on the Annapolis waterfront that’s slated to shut down in November after three decades in business.

The South Baltimore Gateway Partnership (SBGP) Thursday announced $932,787 in community grants to support 24 projects across south and southwest Baltimore, the largest collective Community Grants funding amount yet. This round of funding attracted proposals totaling more than $2.4 million.