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Reports on industrial developments in the town of Towson in Maryland. Construction of infrastructures and roads to improve the town's accessibility to other places; Changes in traffic and parking rules.

Focuses on franchises in Baltimore, Maryland. Mark Patterson's purchasing of a ProForma Inc. franchise, provider of printed business products; Minimal age and gender barriers in franchising; Rate of success of home-based franchises; Teresa Varner's buying of a Decorating Den Interiors franchise; Support from parent company; Contact with other franchisees.

Reports that expensive and time-consuming civil litigations are driving business enterprises to use arbitration and mediation as one of the alternatives in solving labor disputes. Definition of alternative dispute resolution; Addition of dispute resolution services; Courses in dispute resolutions in law schools.

Focuses on the real estate industry in Harford County, Maryland. Commercial construction projects; Corporate expansions; Industry trends; Vacancy rates; Regional retail markets.

Reports on the sales of the residential real estate market in Towson, Maryland. Nervousness among prospective buyers over inadequate job supply in the area; Decrease in the number of sales for March 1995.

Features Gerard F. Anderson, associate professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins University of School Public Health. Directorship of the Hopkins Center of Public Health Finance and Management; President Bill Clinton's adviser on national health care; Areas of concern.

Profiles Seton Hill Manor founder Lorraine Raffel. Experience in the nursing home industry; Development of the Seton Hill Manor board and care home for the elderly; Transition of Raffel's business to a family business during the 1980s; Exit from the day-to-day operations of the business.

Focuses on real estate agencies that offer services to property owners wanting to sell at reduced commission rates or at a flat fee. Sale of property without a broker; Flat service rates; Save 6!; Difficulties encountered by do-it-yourselfers; 5 Percent Realty Co.; 3-1/2 Percent Realty; Help-U-Sell; Homeowner Consultants Inc..

Discusses problems arising from a lack of succession plans in family-owned business enterprises. Board room squabbling; Liquidation of company; Division of proceeds from liquidation among the heirs; Necessity of clear definition of responsibility.

Focuses on Logicware Incorporated, a four-year-old systems integration company, which turned to an employee retirement plan as a sign of its stability. Effects of a retirement plan benefit to the company; Source of growth of the company; Process of choosing a retirement plan for employees. INSETS: Planning for the future;Most feel helping to save for retirement... by Esme Neely.

Reports that small businesses are turning to security and investigation firms for a range of services designed to prevent employees, customers and employers. Increase in the crime rate in the Baltimore, Maryland; Prevention of crime at the workplace; Growth of security and investigations firms.

Focuses on growing number of hospitals teaming up with nursing homes and hospices to expand their services in Baltimore, Maryland. Examples of local hospitals that teamed up with long-term care providers; Impetus behind the trend; Array of services to be offered as a result of the partnerships; Implications for patients.

Reveals that Baltimore-based University of Maryland officials are negotiating with several high-technology companies to move into the university's planned research park. Mix of big and small companies; Maryland's and Baltimore County's plans to encourage high-technology businesses to locate in the region.

Focuses on the growing attention by corporate giants to smaller firms in Baltimore, Maryland. Comment by Martin Herman, founder and president of Special Response Corp.; Big corporations that are interested in investing in the area; Investments by Sprint Corp. in the area. INSET: Linking up in cyberspace..

Reports on the status of the commercial real estate market in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Market status; Office developments; Distribution warehouse projects; Hotel development projects.

Discusses technological advances related to audio and video cybercasting. Faster data connection; Improvement on the picture quality; Digitalization of sight and sound messages for relay over the computer; Testing of the transmission of the Internet over telephone lines; Television-based Internet connection using a wireless remote control; High-frequency wireless cable television, Internet and telephone service.

Features the Business Health Services program of the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland, for the promotion of employee health. Maryland Hall for the creative Arts as an example of an organization served by the program; Purposes of the program.

Focuses on restaurants in Baltimore, Maryland. Advantages and disadvantages of competition from national chains; Comments from restaurant owners.

Looks at the motivation and recognition of employees who help in improving productivity and safety in the United States. Examples of extra and unexpected help provided by employees to their firms; Use of a firm's Continuous Value Improvement Program; Bonuses as common incentives; Effectiveness of non-financial incentives.

Describes the features common to luxury homes in Baltimore, Maryland. Prices; Sizes; Amenities.

Reports on the state of the market for luxury homes in Baltimore, Maryland as of March 1997. Prices of luxury houses; Common features; Consumers' optimism about the market.

Reports that business incubators in Maryland help new high-technology firms get started with lower rental rates, shared support services and aid with other expenses. Assistance in research costs and approvals from federal agencies; Value of management help; Credibility of having a real business address.

Reports on the plans of James Graham, the new director of the Maryland Small Business Development Center. Past achievements; Experience in economic planning and management; Career and personal background; Initial moves as director.

Profiles Andrew Tucker, head doctor for the Baltimore Raven football team. Diagnosis of muscular and skeletal injuries; Treatment of day-to-day injuries; Establishment of sports medicine program; Affiliation with the University of Maryland's James Lawrence Kernan Hospital.

Reports on Dennis Gilligan's, president of Glen Burnie, Maryland-based Gilligan Development and Gilligan Homes, ways of managing his finances and taxes. Reliance on accounting firms; Accounting firms' responsibilities to their clients; Real estate business as a target market of accounting firms.

Focuses on the use of high technology by the direct marketing industry in Maryland. Types of technology used by the industry; Total sales by the industry for 1995; 1995 advertising expenditures; Direct marketing employment; Percentage of direct marketing sales in the United States. INSET: Customers driving communication, study finds..

Highlights the status of commercial real estate markets in Howard County, Maryland. Growth of industrial and flexible space markets; Vacancy rates in office buildings; Speculative and expansion building.

Focuses on speculative building of industrial space in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Relocation of companies in the area; Warehouse construction; Office markets.

Focuses on professional employee organization. Benefits from the use of such firms; Cost of using such services; Suitability of services for small businesses.

Reports on the growing number of community colleges in Baltimore, Maryland offering business courses. Business courses at Anne Arundel Community College; Catonsville Community College; Essex Community College; Contact information.

Reports on plans to revitalize the office space market in Baltimore, Maryland with the leadership of the Midtown Community Benefits District. Office vacancy rate in the area; Background on the businesses in the area; Potential for development of the area; Course of action of the Midtown Community Benefits District.

Reports on Liberty Health System Inc.'s plan to unveil its Urban Medical Institute in Baltimore, Maryland in the summer of 1996. Facility's focus in combatting cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases; Estimated annual budget of the institute; Mortality rate of several diseases in Maryland.

Reports on the award received by Rafael S. Correa, president of MaTech Inc., as the 1996 Small Business Person of the Year from the Baltimore district offices of the US Small Business Administration. Efforts being made to change the image of vocational education; Business description; Revenues; Founders; Factors attributed to its growth. INSET: Honoring the winners..

Reports that Naron Candies, a small chocolate maker in Baltimore, Maryland is planning to move or expand its facilities. Expansion of the distribution territory; Decision for the company to stay in the city; Company revenues in 1994.

Reports that Martin G. Imbach Co. Inc. President Eamonn McGeady has joined the National Federation of Independent Business' (NFIB) board of directors. McGeady's advocacy of small business; McGeady's mission as NFIB board member. INSET: About the NFIB...

Reports that Baltimore, Maryland is home to at least ten candy companies. Dominance of family-run candy makers; Popularity of 30 different kinds of candies; Revenues from candy sales.

Reports that Internet firms have turned their focus to cybercasting. Technology that aids live broadcasting through the Internet; Comments from Internet service providers; Speculations on the feasibility of cybercasting. INSET: Finding cybercasting software..

Features the private and public golf courses in Baltimore, Maryland. Plans for new courses and golf courses under construction as of March 1996; Renovation of several tracks of green in Baltimore, Maryland; List of private and public courses; Location and management description; Economic impact of golf development boom; Difficulties in construction licensing application.

Reports on the growth of the hospice care business in the United States. Hospice care programs; Estimated growth of hospice patients; Services offered by the Hospice Care Alliance of the National Capital Area; Rise of for-profit hospices. INSET: Hospice care grows from its volunteer roots..

Reports on the growth of adult day care industry in the United States. Predictions for the industry; Operation as not-for-profit program; Concerns with adult day care.

Reports that Howard County Business Resource Center in Colombia is an organization that brings together people doing business in Howard County. What the center offers; Center's budget; Comments from Mary-Kathryn Boler, the resource center's manager. INSET: Places businesses can go for help..

Offers a look at young entrepreneurs. Age range; Children learning to be own bosses; Baltimore City's Launching Entrepreneurs into Action Program (LEAP); What participants in program learned to do.

Introduces new ways in which buyers won't have to drives long miles looking for that perfect house. Access of home service; Construction design; How the system works; Joint owners; What Fred Lefflers, a Colombia attorney.

Reports on a new graduate degree program that will combine nursing and business at the Johns Hopkins University. What is purpose of the program; Senior director of business and medical programs Pat Wafer statements; Who the program suits.

Reports on the contention of real estate observers that the combination of new construction and strong existing neighborhoods are making for an affordable mix in the growing markets of Northwest Baltimore County. Increase in sales of real estate in Owings Mills, Reisterstown and Glyndon; Accessibility and convenience with Interstate 795; Differences of three communities.

Reports on the increased competition among automobile clubs in the United States. Includes the American Automobile Association, Amoco Motor Club and the Montgomery Ward Auto Club; Membership; Annual dues; Services offered. INSET: A look at clubs..

Profiles HCIA Inc. Marketing of financial information about the health care industry; Chairman and chief executive officer George D. Pillari; Co-founders; Pillari's professional and personal background; Corporate history; Purchase, standardization and sale of data; Operations; Growth streak; Financial standing.

Profiles Campus Concepts Inc. Circulation of owner Ian Leopold's Unofficial Student Guide series; Projected 1995 revenues; Contents of each guidebook; Leopold's professional and personal background; Corporate history; Annual buying power of student consumers; Advertising revenue; Diversification.

Reports on the use of electronics media in the publications design program projects of master's degree candidates at the University of Baltimore in Maryland. Comments from Nancy Kaplan, associate professor of communication design; Details on the hypermedia courses offered by the university; Profile of the program's students.

Reports on the opening of the Anne Arundel Conflict Resolution Center in Annapolis, Md. Focus on mediating conflicts; Average fee; Benefits in settling business conflicts.