August 2012
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Chris Lighty, Founder of Violator Management and...
Chris Lighty, the savvy entrepreneur who founded Violator Management and one of the key executives in hip-hop history, has died. The news was confirmed to Billboard today by a source at Primary Violator Management. Circumstances of his death were unconfirmed at press time, but New York’s Daily News said it was an apparent suicide. He was 44. Violator was a pioneering...
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Activist Richard Aoki named as Informant
The man who gave the Black Panther Party some of its first firearms and weapons training - which preceded fatal shootouts with Oakland police in the turbulent 1960s - was an undercover FBI informer, according to a former bureau agent and an FBI report.
One of the Bay Area’s most prominent radical activists of the era, Richard Masato Aoki was known as a fierce...
Apple Now Worth Over $600 Billion, Extends Lead As...
News of an upcoming iPad and a possible deal between Apple TV and major networks has pushed Apple’s stock to new heights this week. Shares of Apple rose 1.38% to an all-time high of $645.33 midday Friday, pushing the company’s world-leading market capitalization to $604.9 billion. To put Apple’s value in perspective, Exxon Mobil Corp is the second most-valuable corporation in...
Centara Grand Island Resort @ Maldives
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Beyonce, Jay-Z Rent Hamptons Home For $400,000 For...
Beyonce and Jay-Z will be closing out their summer in the Hamptons in true mega-couple fashion with the rental of a 31,000-square foot home for $400,000. Just for the month of August.
The New York Post reports the Hamptons home was built by developer Joe Farrelland is currently on the market for $43.5 million.
And judging from the property’s listing, provided by Corcoran, it appears as...
