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It’s early, but I’m ready to declare this the best PAC name of 2012. Continue reading →
A new committee was registered with the FEC in early May: League of Gentlemen. But if you look closely at the email, I think we can assume that the treasurer meant to say “Extraordinary Gentlemen”. Continue reading →
(See Correction & Amplification below .) SAN JUAN, P.R.—One year from today, the Mets will add to their payroll a 47-year-old, past-his-prime power hitter who has a reputation as a malcontent—a player who has been retired from professional baseball for nine years and won't play another game again. Nevertheless, starting on July 1, 2011, Bobby Bonilla will remain on the franchise's payroll for 25 years, collecting an annual salary of $1,193,248.20. Those are the terms the Mets agreed to Jan. 3, 2000, when they bought out the final year of Mr. Bonilla's contract. "That beautiful thing," he said here Monday. At his best, Mr. Bonilla was a versatile player and productive hitter during his 16 years in the major leagues. Seven times, he hit at ... Continue reading →
“Everything I do in my personal life, in my professional life, it’s completely there,” said Mr. Saverin, a Facebook co-founder, in his first in-depth interview in conjunction with the company’s impending initial public offering. “A lot of what I do, what everyone does, is influenced by it.” Alone among Facebook’s 900 million users, Mr. Saverin is special: a billionaire with only the vaguest of causes. He co-founded Facebook at age 21, then left two years later with a legal settlement that cut him off from Facebook but left him phenomenally wealthy. His stake will most likely be worth more than $3 billion when Facebook goes public Friday. Reports last week that Mr. Saverin, 30 and born in Brazil, had renounced the American citizenship he gained ... Continue reading →
