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| | '''Mark Cuban''' is the current owner of HDNet and well known as the [[NBA]] [[Dallas Mavericks]] owner. Mark became a billionaire by selling his dotcom company Broadcast.com to [[Yahoo]]. Worth approximately 2.8 billion dollars, he made number 133 on Forbes' "World's Richest People" in 2007. Mark, a native of suburban [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania is considered controversial on a number of issues both on and off the [[basketball]] court. | | '''Mark Cuban''' is the current owner of HDNet and well known as the [[NBA]] [[Dallas Mavericks]] owner. Mark became a billionaire by selling his dotcom company Broadcast.com to [[Yahoo]]. Worth approximately 2.8 billion dollars, he made number 133 on Forbes' "World's Richest People" in 2007. Mark, a native of suburban [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania is considered controversial on a number of issues both on and off the [[basketball]] court. |
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| + | Cuban has said he has no problem doing business with the [[genocidal]] [[Communist Chinese]] regime.<ref>https://www.outkick.com/mark-cuban-megyn-kelly/</ref> |
| − | Through the Mark Cuban Foundation, he matched 1 million dollars of his personal money with donations. All funds to be for families of U.S. military persons killed or injured during [[Iraq]] [[Afghanistan]] wars.<ref name="Investing">[http://www.investingvalue.com/investment-leaders/mark-cuban/index.htm Mark Cuban Biography] Investing Value</ref>
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| | ==Politics== | | ==Politics== |
| | "Independent, leaning to [[libertarian]]. I vote for the candidate who I think will do the least." <ref>Austin American-Statesman (May 19, 2006)</ref> | | "Independent, leaning to [[libertarian]]. I vote for the candidate who I think will do the least." <ref>Austin American-Statesman (May 19, 2006)</ref> |
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| | + | Mark Cuban has been named in an insider trading scandal. Accused of saving $750,000. by dumping his stake in an [[Internet]] company just after he heard confidentially that the company was about to issue low-priced shares.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122693827604333637.html SEC Calls a Foul on NBA's Cuban, Alleges Insider Trades in Web Firm] Wall Street Journal, NOVEMBER 18, 2008</ref> |
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| | ==Redacted movie== | | ==Redacted movie== |
| | Cuban had financed the [[anti-American]] movie ''Redacted'', which flopped at the box office. It was a story of rape and murder of an Iraqi girl by U.S. soldiers. | | Cuban had financed the [[anti-American]] movie ''Redacted'', which flopped at the box office. It was a story of rape and murder of an Iraqi girl by U.S. soldiers. |
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| − | ==SEC== | + | ==Mark Cuban Foundation== |
| − | Mark Cuban has been named in an insider trading scandal. Accused of saving $750,000. by dumping his stake in an [[Internet]] company just after he heard confidentially that the company was about to issue low-priced shares.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122693827604333637.html SEC Calls a Foul on NBA's Cuban, Alleges Insider Trades in Web Firm] Wall Street Journal, NOVEMBER 18, 2008</ref> | + | Through the Mark Cuban Foundation, he matched 1 million dollars of his personal money with donations. All funds to be for families of U.S. military persons killed or injured during [[Iraq]] [[Afghanistan]] wars.<ref name="Investing">[http://www.investingvalue.com/investment-leaders/mark-cuban/index.htm Mark Cuban Biography] Investing Value</ref> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |