Casiano Communications

Update: Casiano Communications and Direct ResponSource Inc. went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2014. In August 2015 the Puerto Rican courts approved the acquisition of Casiano Communications by Latin Media House LLC which took over all publications in December 2015. Latin Media House, based in Puerto Rico, has stated that the focus for its lead publication, Caribbean Business, will be a digital edition featuring pages dedicated to news from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and other Caribbean areas. There will also be an effort to direct this publication to the readership of many Puerto Ricans living on the U.S. mainland. The founder and editor-in-chief of defunct Casiano Communication, Manuel Casiano, will serve in an advisory capacity to the new ownership. group. New owner Ferrer Faass & Co LLC (FFCO) is headed by President Miguel A. Ferrer, ex-chairman of UBS Financial Services of Puerto Rico and Heiko Faass, ex-CEO at Charlotte Square Capital Ventures. Ferrer left UBS in July 2014 as an FBI investigation began into illegal practices at UBS relating to sales of UBS closed-end proprietary bond funds.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American former professional basketball player. He is also a businessman, and principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.

After a three-season stint playing for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in 1984. He quickly emerged as a league star, entertaining crowds with his prolific scoring. His leaping ability, illustrated by performing slam dunks from the free throw line in slam dunk contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". He also gained a reputation for being one of the best defensive players in basketball. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993, securing a "three-peat". Although Jordan abruptly retired from basketball before the beginning of the 1993–94 NBA season to pursue a career in baseball, he returned to the Bulls in March 1995 and led them to three additional championships in 1996, 1997, and 1998, as well as an NBA-record 72 regular-season wins in the 1995–96 NBA season. Jordan retired for a second time in January 1999, but returned for two more NBA seasons from 2001 to 2003 as a member of the Wizards.