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Clippers Ink $300 Million Sponsorship Deal With Aspiration
Joe Sanberg, Steve Ballmer and Andrei Cherny. The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to a $300 million, 23-year...
Gores Group SPAC Agrees to IPO With EV-Maker Polestar
The Polestar 2 has a starting price of $45,900. A blank check firm backed by Beverly Hills billionaire Alec...
How the LA Ports Plan to Ease Congestion Ahead of Holiday Shopping
The Port of L.A. is expanding its weekend operating hours. Joe Falzarano, owner of Huzzah Toys in Venice Beach,...
Car Leasing App Fair Gears Up for Relaunch
Fair CEO Brad Stewart joined in May 2020. After a tumultuous 2020, Fair Financial Corp. is looking to get back...
CAA Acquires ICM Creating Talent Agency Monolith
The merger offers CAA an opportunity to regain its stature after pandemic-induced salary cuts and layoffs....
Cheese Tries to Ease Path to Open Bank Accounts
Cheese co-founders Zhen Wang, Ken Lian, Qingyi Li. When Ken Lian moved from China to Los Angeles to finish his...
LA-Based Banks Outpace National Banks in Profits
First Credit Bank in West Hollywood is the most profitable bank in Los Angeles County. Big banks headquartered...
CreatorIQ Raises $40 Million in Thriving Influencer Economy
Vaks In 2014, Igor Vaks knew the creator economy was going to boom — and he wanted to be a part of it. He...
Pluto TV Faces $3.5M in FCC Fines for Closed Caption Violations
Tom Ryan co-founded Pluto TV in 2013, which was acquired by Viacom in 2019 for $340 million. ViacomCBS Inc....
When Scammers Go Phishing, They Hope to Reel In You and Your Business Data
There’s an old expression: “fishing for information.” It means that a person is trying to pry information from...
Activision Blizzard to Pay $18 Million to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Several hundred Activision Blizzard employees in Irvine staged a walkout on July 28, which they said was in...




























