DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ Duane Eddy: Groundbreaking American guitarist dies age 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Guitarist Duane Eddy, best known for twangy riffs on hits such as “Rebel Rouser” and “Cannonball,” has died at the age of 86, it has been reported. “Duane inspired a generation of guitarists the world over with his unmistakeable signature ‘Twang’ sound. Duane Eddy was one of my most important influences. “We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Duane Eddy. As a legendary guitarist, he inspired generations with his pioneering twangy sound and musical innovations,” reads the post.

Persons: Duane Eddy, ”, Eddy, “ Duane, “ Peter Gunn ”, They’re Young, Terry Wyatt, “ Forrest Gump ”, Kyle Young, don’t, Duane, Young, George Harrison, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Marty Stuart, ” Eddy, Mark Humphrey, Dave Davies, “ Organizations: CNN, Variety, Hall of Fame, Musicians Hall of Fame, Central Press, Hulton, Country Music Hall of Fame, Ventures, US, Gretsch Locations: Corning , New York, Nashville , Tennessee

Learn moreChris Stapleton's hit tour runs through the rest of 2024 and early 2025, but tickets are selling out fast. The All-American Road Show has been ongoing since 2017 and serves as Chris Stapleton's first solo headlining tour. We've got you covered if you're looking for how to get tickets to Chris Stapleton's All-American Road Show concert tour in 2024. According to Chris Stapleton's website, Single Barrel VIP tickets start at $379, and Small Batch VIP tickets begin at $169. Who is opening for Chris Stapleton's tour?

Persons: Chris Stapleton's, Chris Stapleton, We've, Ames, Bristow, Gilford, George Strait, Grace Potter, Nikki Lane, Marcus King, Allen Stone, Tedeschi, Marty Stuart, Miranda Lambert, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, TN Marcus King, AR Tedeschi, Arlington , TX Marty Stuart, England Miranda Lambert, Houston , TX Willie Nelson, Seattle , WA Sheryl Crow, WA Chris Stapleton Organizations: Business, FL, UT, IL, Ticketmaster, Houston, Las Vegas, Big Town, Family, Jacksonville , FL, Palm Beach , FL, SD, Stone, WA Locations: Las Vegas, Auckland , New Zealand, Indianapolis, Palm Beach, Tampa, Jacksonville, Rapid City, Sioux, Cuyahoga Falls, Charlotte, NC, Lexington, KY, Camden, NJ, East Rutherford, Kansas City, Ridgedale, Arlington, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Salt Lake City, Darien, NY, Burgettstown, Detroit, MI, Toledo, Columbus, Chicago, Nampa, Ridgefield, WA, Seattle, Gilford , New Hampshire, Nashville, TN, Birmingham, Little, Houston, Manchester, England, Glasgow, Scotland, London, Vegas, Melbourne, Australia, Brisbane, Sydney, Auckland, New Zealand, Ridgedale , Missouri, Jacksonville ,, Ames, East Rutherford , NJ, Detroit , MI, Chicago , IL, Palm Beach ,, Palm Beach , FL, Los Angeles , CA, Gilford, NH, Houston ,, Camden , NJ, Bristow , VA, Darien , NY, Toledo ,, Columbus ,, Ridgefield , WA, Kansas City ,, Arlington , TX, Dublin, Ireland, Houston , TX, Seattle , WA

☆ JetBlue resets with new CEO, industry veterans to run airline on time, and profitably
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

In this article JBLU Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTA JetBlue Airways plane prepares to depart New York's LaGuardia Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBCIn the 24 years since JetBlue Airways ' first flight, the New York-based airline has pushed the envelope for a carrier of its size. And, until a judge blocked the deal last month, it planned to buy budget airline Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion. Last week, JetBlue said it has hired back the airline's former chief commercial officer, Marty St. George, 59, as president. A JetBlue Airways plane sits on the tarmac at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on January 31, 2024 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Persons: Leslie Josephs, it's, Joanna Geraghty, Robin Hayes, Carl Icahn, Geraghty, Chris Ratcliffe, we've, Marty St, George, Marty, Henry Harteveldt, George's, Warren Christie, JetBlue, We've, Brett Snyder, Snyder, Spirit, Joe Raedle Organizations: JetBlue Airways, New, LaGuardia, CNBC, JetBlue, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Airways Corp, World Aviation, Bloomberg, Getty, Latam Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Atmosphere Research, Transport Workers Union Local, Street, NYSE, Department of Transportation, discounter Frontier Airlines, Fort, Hollywood International Airport Locations: New York, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin, U.S, Delta, United, punctuality, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale , Florida

☆ Henry Kissinger, the towering American diplomat, dies at age 100
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Marty Steinberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +25 min

President Gerald Ford (left) and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger talk together in the Oval Office, February 19, 1975. In his 2001 book "The Trial of Henry Kissinger," social critic Christopher Hitchens called him a war criminal. North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho (left) and US National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger at the Paris peace talks, January 1973. Chairman Zedong of the People's Republic of China meets U. S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Nov. 12, 1973. On a helicopter during the period of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, Henry Kissinger talks to his wife, Nancy.

Persons: Henry Kissinger, —, Richard Nixon's, Kissinger, Richard Nixon, Richard Corkery, Duc Tho, Gerald Ford, Benjamin E, Ford, Warren Burger, Kissinger's, Paula, Gene, Forte, Seymour M, Hersh bashed Kissinger, Walter Isaacson's, Christopher Hitchens, Greg Grandin, Niall Ferguson, Kant, Clausewitz, Bismarck, Barry Gewen, Gewen, Elizabeth Holmes, Nixon, George Shultz, Holmes, Heinz Alfred Kissinger, Louis, Walter, Hitler, Kissingers, Fritz Kraemer, William Yandell Elliott, Spengler, Toynbee, Metternich, Castlereagh, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Mike Wallace, Wallace, Kennedy, Johnson, Republican Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, Hubert Humphrey, Democratic Sen, George McGovern, McGovern, Nguyen Van Thieu, Reg Lancaster, Tho, Thieu, Mao, Gen, Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, Nicolae Ceausescu, Zhou Enlai, Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, Dirck, Sen, Henry Jackson, Charles Vanik, Brezhnev, Spiro Agnew, Archibald Cox, Cox, Robert Bork, White, Alexander Haig, Anwar Sadat, David Hume Kennerly, Marxist Salvador Allende Gossens, Fidel Castro's, Martin Bernetti, Allende, Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, Pinochet, Ann Fleischer, Elizabeth, David, Nancy Maginnes, Rockefeller, Jill St, John, Candice Bergen, Shirley MacLaine, Liv Ullman, Diane Sawyer, , Napoleon, Nancy, David Rubinger, Maginnes, Moshe Dayan, Robert Dallek, Nixon's, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Paula Kissinger, Brooks Kraft Organizations: Gould, Kissinger Associates, National Security, Waldorf, Astoria, Richard Corkery | New York Daily, Forte, Soviets, State, Chief, New York, Theranos Inc, Economic, Nuremberg, George Washington High School, City College of New, Army, 84th Infantry Division, U.S ., Hesse . Harvard, Harvard, Confluence, Foreign, Eisenhower, Republican, Republican National Convention, Rockefeller and Michigan Gov, Democratic, District of Columbia, US National Security, Getty, Paris Peace, North, Nationalist, China, Bettmann, East Pakistan, of, U.S, Soviet Union ., Ballistic, Soviet, Washington, Egyptian Third Army, Department, West, Marxist, Museum, AFP, CIA, Israeli, Southern California Quaker, White, Partners, Power Locations: New York City, U.S, Connecticut, Richard Corkery | New, United States, Vietnam, Saigon, Viet, Soviet Union, Communist China, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Chile, Pakistan, Theranos, Ukraine, Russia, Davos, Switzerland, Fuerth, Germany, Bavarian, American, Nazi Germany, London, New York, City College of New York, Ahlem, Hanover, German, Krefeld, Hesse, Cambodia, Massachusetts, Haiphong, Paris, North, China, Washington, Taiwan, People's Republic of China, Beijing, Moscow, India, East, Bangladesh, Shanghai, USSR, Soviet, Kremlin, Dirck Halstead, Ohio, Saudi, Japan, Sinai, Alexandria, Cairo, Suez, Americas, Santiago, Cuba, Chilean, America, Europe, Virginia, Southern California

☆ Charlie Munger, investing genius and Warren Buffett's right-hand man, dies at age 99
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Marty Steinberg | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

In this article BRK.A Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTwatch nowBillionaire Charlie Munger, the investing sage who made a fortune even before he became Warren Buffett's right-hand man at Berkshire Hathaway, has died at age 99. In addition to being Berkshire vice chairman, Munger was a real estate attorney, chairman and publisher of the Daily Journal Corp., a member of the Costco board, a philanthropist and an architect. We've gotten good at fishing where the fish are," the then-93-year-old Munger told the thousands of people at Berkshire's 2017 meeting. Warren Buffett (L), CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and vice chairman Charlie Munger attend the 2019 annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, May 3, 2019. "Well, I would say basically we're like the captain of a ship when the worst typhoon that's ever happened comes," Munger told The Wall Street Journal in April 2020.

Persons: Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's, Munger, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett, Greg Abel, Benjamin Franklin, We've, Charles Thomas Munger, Alfred, Florence, Toody, didn't, Janet Lowe's, Nancy Huggins, Olson, Wheeler, Dean Scott Derue, Franklin Otis Booth, Booth, Derue, CNBC's Becky Quick, Charlie, He's, I've, Warren Buffett, Johannes Eisele, Goldman Sachs, We're, Oh goody, goody, everything's Organizations: Berkshire Hathaway, Berkshire, New, Daily Journal Corp, Costco, Buffett's Berkshire, CNBC, University of Michigan, Army Air Corps, California Institute of Technology, Scripps College, Harvard Law School, Tolles, Munger & Co, Michigan Ross Business School, Los Angeles Times, Buffett, Omaha, AFP, Getty, Bank of America, Wall Street Journal Locations: California, Munger, Pasadena , California, Berkshire, Omaha , Nebraska, Omaha, Warren, Pasadena

Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul who served as Italian prime minister multiple times between 1994 and 2011, has died. Berlusconi died at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, according to local media. Berlusconi's extensive political career included appointments as Italian prime minister from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. His Forza Italia party is currently a junior partner in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's ruling right-wing coalition. The former Italian leader had promised — but failed — to sell his assets in the media company when he was prime minister.

Persons: Silvio Berlusconi, Berlusconi, Giorgia Meloni's, —, Karima Organizations: San Raffaele Hospital, CNBC, Forza Italia, Italian soccer, AC Milan, Italy's Locations: Milan, Italian

☆ 36 Hours in Nashville
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Colleen Creamer | Colleen Creamer Is A Regular Contributor To The Travel Section Who Lives In Nashville. | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

3 p.m. Take the stage at the “mother church of country music”You may already know the Ryman Auditorium , the former home of the weekly Grand Ole Opry showcase. For $35, the Ryman’s self-guided tour lets you explore this history and more by ambling through exhibits on two levels. (Displays include Johnny Cash’s surprising pre-“Man in Black” white suit.) The tour starts with an immersive video and ends with a photo opportunity to mug with a microphone onstage, which makes for very interesting people-watching. More short films of the Ryman’s history are narrated by country stars like Emmylou Harris, Marty Stuart and Ricky Skaggs.

☆ This veteran learned these 5 leadership tips in the Navy—they work in corporate America, too
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As a combat-decorated former Navy SEAL, Marty Strong spearheaded combat missions and helped create special operations capabilities during his 20 years in uniform. And though Strong left the military decades ago, he still employs the strategies he learned to excel in business today. And you do that through training programs. But you have to also follow up on all those training programs with coaching, and eventually, mentoring programs." As a SEAL, Strong says being curious and "nimble" helped him problem-solve and create solutions for complex problems in the force.

Search resuls for: "Marty St"

8 mentions found