Tag: Agency

  • Brewers decline Looper’s $6.5M option (AP)

    The Milwaukee Brewers have declined their $6.5 million mutual option on Braden Looper, electing to pay the pitcher a $1 million buyout. The team had until Saturday to decide whether to exercise the option on the 35-year-old right-hander, who now becomes eligible for free agency. After signing with the Brewers as a free agent on Feb.

  • *VIDEO* The Most Offensive Ad Ever

    Posted by: Illmatic

    Warning: this video could make you vomit. Earlier in the week I saw the award-winning (if you can believe that) print version of this ad concept by a Brazilian ad agency for the World Wildlife Fund @ The Daily What. It takes a turn even farther towards hell with this video. I can only imagine what it would be like for the victim’s families to see such a tragedy trivialized for shock value. The WWF has issued this statement condemning the ad:

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  • Cuban wants SEC to pay his legal fees (AP)

    Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban wants the Securities and Exchange Commission to pay his legal fees stemming from the agency's insider trading case against him. In court filings, Cuban cites alleged misconduct by the agency and requests that it be sanctioned for its "bad faith." The SEC sued Cuban, claiming he engaged in insider trading when he sold his stake in an Internet search…

  • MED Week Attendees Connect With Bonding, Lending Sources

    As most small business owners who attended the Minority Business Development Agency’s MED Week knows, in the end, it’s all about the money—access to contracting dollars and the capital required to perform. To conclude last week’s conference, entrepreneurs were given one-on-one and group opportunities to learn about government, traditional and alternative sources of financing.