Gawker Media has been sold — and with the sale comes questions of what happens next. Late Tuesday, Univision purchased the media company for $135 million following a bidding war with Ziff Davis. With the $140 million verdict from the Hulk Hogan trial hanging over the company, and with Gawker’s ... Read More »
Compensation for the top five executives running Island Health was more than $1.6 million in the fiscal year ended March 31. The executive-compensation numbers for the latest fiscal year show Island Health CEO and president Brendan Carr at the top of the heap, earning $403,451, including incentives, pension and benefits. ... Read More »
– Authorities said a Georgia lottery winner’s “unsound investment strategy” involved using his $3 million to start his own business — as a crystal meth dealer. U.S. Attorney Ed Tarver said Ronnie Music Jr., 45, of Waycross, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and firearms charges last week in a Brunswick ... Read More »
Australia has received State Department approval for acquisition of as many as 80 SM-2 missiles through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which manages the program, said the possible deal carries a total value of $302 million and would include vertical launch canisters for ... Read More »
Food manufacturer General Mills on Tuesday announced a voluntary recall of more than 10 million pounds of flour due to concern over a recent E. coli outbreak possibly involving several of the company’s brands. The Minnesota-based company announced that the recall involves the Gold Medal, Wondra and Signature Kitchens brands ... Read More »
The FBI paid under $1 million for the technique used to liberate the iPhone utilized by one of the San Bernardino shooters – a determine smaller than the $1.three million the company‘s chief first of all indicated the hack fee, numerous U.S. government sources said on Thursday. The Federal Bureau ... Read More »
Big Apple, big price tags: A new report finds that average Manhattan apartment prices have cracked the $2 million mark for the first time. Douglas Elliman Real Estate, which produces the quarterly report with appraisal firm Miller Samuel, found that the average price of a Manhattan condo or co-op in ... Read More »
For anyone who’s ever wondered what it’s like to have Roberta Flack or Yoko Ono as your neighbor but couldn’t afford it, now might be the perfect opportunity to score a luxury apartment on the cheap. Sort of. Apartment No. 66 at 1 West 72nd Street — otherwise known as ... Read More »
ARLINGTON, Va., March 29 —Geospatial analytic support services are to be provided to the U.S. Special Operations Command by CACI International. The contract issued to the company has a one-year base performance period with four one-year options. The prime contract carries a total value of $180 million. “CACI has a ... Read More »
Steven Bock thought he was a typical downsizing baby boomer. With his second child graduating from college, he and his wife felt it was time to put their 7,000 square foot, multimillion dollar, suburban Boston home on the market and head into the city to rent. What they found changed ... Read More »
