Hot on the heels of Hassle.com's $6 million fund-raise from Accel Partners, local rival Housekeep is announcing it's closed a $1 million investment led by Pentland Group (majority owner of JD Sports and numerous other major brands), with participation from a number of angel investors including Brett Akker and Justin Peters, the founders of Streetcar (acquired by Zipcar) and Kabbee, respectively.
There were physical altercations between rival groups of security guards, the visit by the police officers, and a triumphant piano performance by the majority owner, Orestes Fintiklis.
In this case, the scrimmage was organized by the majority owner of the Mystics, Ted Leonsis, who also owns the N.B.A.'s Washington Wizards and the N.H.L.'s Washington Capitals.
In early November it was reported that this faction was being headed by the majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats, Michael Jordan.
On Thursday, Aug. 16, the staff was informed that The Standard's board, dominated by the majority owner, the International Data Group, had given up.
The Brooklyn Nets moniker had been a poorly kept secret in recent months and was considered a given for some time before that, despite the public ruminations by the majority owner, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, about a rebranding.
Including charges related to the redemption of shares by its majority owner, Roche Holding, the company posted a net loss of $14.2 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $923.2 million, or $3.59 a share, a year earlier.
I later learned that I had the nickname Ocho because I would be the eighth executive fired from this company by this majority owner.
Pacific Union Bank, a Los Angeles-based institution with a largely Korean American clientele, was put up for sale this week by its majority owner, Korea Exchange Bank, the fifth-largest bank in South Korea.
