Baltimore is a city with a rich and vibrant history, and is renowned for its financial and professional services, health technology and life sciences, culture and tourism, information and creative services, logistics and advanced manufacturing. These industries are divided into four subcategories, with a total of 66 pages in the category. Baltimore has a long-standing tradition of umbrella manufacturing, with the first umbrellas arriving in the United States from India in 1772. This made Baltimore the world capital of umbrella production at its peak in the textile district. In recent years, Baltimore's tech industry has seen tremendous growth and publicity, with local companies creating around a thousand new jobs each month. The city's most prominent industries are health, biotechnology, and finance. However, there is also a wide range of companies in other sectors, offering everything from portable fitness products to e-learning tools.
The Baltimore Sun is the city's main source of news and also publishes opinion pieces, riddles, gift guides, and other entertaining content. Baltimore is also home to the inventor of the Linotype machine, Ottmar Mergenthaler. Mergenthaler was a German-born watchmaker who moved to Baltimore in the 1870s.
