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☆ Olivia Rodrigo and the Art of Doing the Same Thing Twice
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Euro zone inflation falls again in June as energy prices tumble
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

FRANKFURT, June 30 (Reuters) - Inflation in the euro zone extended its decline in June as the cost of fuel tumbled, more than offsetting an acceleration in prices for services, a preliminary reading showed on Friday. The data, pointing to only the smallest drop in underlying inflation, was unlikely to sway the European Central Bank, which has pencilled in a ninth consecutive rate hike for July and is eyeing one in September too. "Inflation is still high and sticky but momentum is moderating," said Frederik Ducrozet, head of macroeconomic research at Pictet Wealth Management. The euro zone unemployment rate remained at an historic low of 6.5% in May, Eurostat reported separately on Friday. Big differences remain between euro zone countries, with June headline inflation falling to as little as 1.6% in Spain and Belgium and 1.0% in Luxembourg while staying in double digits in Slovakia (11.3%) and close to them in the Baltics.

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☆ Will Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ Become the First $1 Billion Tour?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Will Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ Become the First $1 Billion Dollar Tour?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Markets are in the eye of the storm right now: Edison Group
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMarkets are in the eye of the storm right now: Edison GroupNeil Shah, director of content and strategy at Edison Group, says "this unusual period of low volatility is not a window of what is to come" and weighs in on the outlook for stocks.

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☆ The Producer Turning Sadness Into Pop Gold for Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Aaron Dessner battled depression as a teenager. Even as he played guitar and bass in bands, privately, he made brooding piano music on his own. “What I get sad about is the feeling of emptiness, the wreckage of losing people,” he says in an interview at his Long Pond Studio in New York’s Hudson Valley. “Bands break up, marriages break up, everybody breaks up, it kind of depresses me,” he says. “Maybe it’s naive, but I try to hold it all together.”

☆ Willie Nelson, Missy Elliott and More to Join Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame named its latest inductees on Wednesday: Willie Nelson, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Rage Against the Machine and The Spinners will join the institution’s ranks at its 38th annual ceremony on Nov. 3. The class of 2023 pays homage to rock ‘n’ roll’s roots by including artists across racial and genre lines, from hip-hop (a descendant of the blues) to country, to reflect the music’s diverse, heterogeneous origins. This year’s awards also acknowledge the particular achievements of hip-hop—“the new rock ‘n’ roll,” as John Sykes, chairman of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, put it in an interview. The induction ceremony will take place at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York, the birthplace of hip-hop, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

☆ Harry Belafonte, Singer, Actor and Civil-Rights Activist, Dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Neil Shah | Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Harry Belafonte , one of the most groundbreaking Black entertainers in history and a lifelong activist who helped energize the civil-rights movement, died Tuesday morning in his New York home. Mr. Belafonte died of congestive heart failure, said Ken Sunshine, his spokesman.

☆ Apple opens its first store in India as it looks for a new generation of iPhone users
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Apple on Tuesday opened its first store in India, highlighting the importance of the market to the iPhone maker's future. The first store, called Apple BKC, is located in the populous city of Mumbai. Cook posted a photo of himself and staff at the new apple store on Monday. Apple BKC runs on 100% renewable energy, Apple said. Cook traveled to India for the opening of the store, nearly seven years after his first visit as Apple CEO.

☆ Morgan Wallen’s Chart-Domination Strategy? Really Long Albums
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Over the past few years, Morgan Wallen has become one of the most significant new stars across pop music. Morgan Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time” is an 18-wheeler of an album, with 36 songs that run for a total of nearly two hours. The album, released Friday and Mr. Wallen’s first since a public scandal in early 2021, has scored the largest first-week numbers of 2023, according to initial data from Luminate. (For comparison Taylor Swift’s 20-track “Midnights” racked up 550 million streams in its first week.) If Mr. Wallen, a 29-year-old from East Tennessee, lands at least 28 songs on the Hot 100 singles chart, he will set a new record.

☆ Apple may launch mixed reality device this year — but we're not scared, HTC CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cher Wang, chairperson, co-founder and CEO of HTC, speaks at a keynote on the second day of the Mobile World Congress 2023. BARCELONA — The boss of consumer electronics firm HTC thinks Apple is going to launch its own mixed reality headset, but she's not worried about the competition. Speaking with CNBC at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, HTC CEO and co-founder Cher Wang said the Cupertino tech giant was likely to launch a mixed reality, or XR, product "very soon" — potentially as soon as this year. In January, Bloomberg reported that it is gearing up to release a mixed reality headset in the spring. "Apple and the entire industry realizes the potential and hence want to enter and eventually lead this segment," he added.

☆ European banks 'starting to look quite attractive', Edison Group director says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEuropean banks 'starting to look quite attractive', Edison Group director saysNeil Shah, director at the Edison Group, discusses the outlook for U.K. and European indexes and investing strategy.

☆ Rihanna, With Halftime Pregnancy Announcement, Bucks Industry Expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Rihanna, With Halftime Pregnancy Reveal, Bucks Industry Expectations
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ For Rihanna Fans, the Super Bowl Is Just One Big Comeback Concert
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Harry Styles Wins Album of the Year as Beyoncé Breaks Grammys Record
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Beyoncé broke the record for the most Grammy wins in history after winning best dance/electronic music album for her record “Renaissance.” But the superstar was overlooked for the most prestigious prizes at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Pop-rock phenom Harry Styles scored album of the year, the most coveted Grammy, for “Harry’s House”—an outcome that represents an upset, yet one that some Grammy watchers had expected. His blockbuster album also won other awards, including best pop vocal album.

☆ Will Beyoncé Break a Grammys Record at Tonight’s Ceremony?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-06 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Grammys are anticipating a return to normal in Los Angeles this year, after last year’s pandemic-related move to Las Vegas. Will Beyoncé become the most decorated artist in Grammy history? That’s among the biggest questions in the music business as the 65th annual awards unfurl Sunday in Los Angeles. Beyoncé leads nominations with nine nods, including album of the year—the most prestigious Grammy—for her dance-music homage, “Renaissance.” The pop-R&B star is also up for song and record of the year for her album’s chart-topping lead single, “Break My Soul.” Her other nominations include best dance/electronic music album and best R&B song (“Cuff It”).

☆ Grammys 2023: Beyoncé Faces Stiff Competition as Superstar Aims to Break Record
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Grammys are anticipating a return to normal in Los Angeles this year, after last year’s pandemic-related move to Las Vegas. Will Beyoncé become the most-decorated artist in Grammy history? That’s among the biggest questions in the music industry as the 65th annual awards get under way on Sunday in Los Angeles. Beyoncé, who went into tonight’s ceremony with nine nominations, has already won two awards in a pretelevised ceremony, where roughly 80 of the 91 awards are given out. Her awards include best dance/electronic recording, for “Break My Soul,” the chart-topping lead single from her latest album “Renaissance,” and best traditional R&B performance, for one of the album’s tracks, “Plastic Off the Sofa.”

☆ Grammys 2023: A Beyoncé vs. Adele Rematch, and Everything Else You Need to Know
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Even among the many Grammy Awards shows with highly competitive races between artists, this year stands out. Consider all the questions fans have to pore over: Will it finally be Beyoncé’s year? If so, where does that leave Kendrick Lamar? Will Bad Bunny make history for Latin artists? Or will coveted prizes go to industry titans like Adele and Taylor Swift and insider picks such as ABBA and Coldplay?

☆ Tom Verlaine, Founding Member of Rock Band Television, Dies at Age 73
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tom Verlaine, an innovative guitarist and founding member of the rock band Television, one of the most influential acts of New York’s CBGB punk scene in the late 1970s, has died at the age of 73. Mr. Verlaine died in New York City after a brief illness, according to a spokeswoman, Cara Hutchison. Mr. Verlaine’s last studio album, as a solo artist, came out in 2006.

☆ Jeff Beck, Legendary Guitarist and Musician, Dies at 78
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jeff Beck, one of rock’s most influential lead guitarists, whose aggressive, adventurous, innovative style helped mold blues rock, psychedelia, heavy metal and jazz rock, has died at age 78. The British guitar virtuoso, who was known both as a member of the Yardbirds and as founder of his own band, the Jeff Beck Group, died Tuesday after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, according to a statement from his family on Wednesday. Mr. Beck had recently completed a U.S. tour.

☆ Jeff Beck, Legendary Guitarist, Dies at 78
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jeff Beck, far right, performing with the Yardbirds in 1966. Jeff Beck, one of rock’s most influential lead guitarists, whose aggressive, adventurous style helped mold blues rock, psychedelia and heavy metal, has died at age 78. The British guitar virtuoso, who was known both as a member of the Yardbirds and as founder of his own band, the Jeff Beck Group, died Tuesday after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, according to a statement from his family on Wednesday. Beck had recently completed a U.S. tour.

☆ These Offbeat Australian Rockers Became Stars—By Breaking Every Music Industry Rule
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ How Whitney Houston’s Voice Came Back to Life
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Neil Shah | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody,’ filmmakers leaned heavily on scenes of landmark performances, including Houston’s beloved rendition of the national anthem at the 1991 Super Bowl. To play Whitney Houston, actress Naomi Ackie learned every note of the iconic pop singer’s songs. And yet, the audience doesn’t really hear her sing much. That is because it’s Houston’s voice that takes center stage in “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” a new biopic that arrives in movie theaters on Dec. 23. By memorizing every word, every intake of breath, Ms. Ackie’s singing on set—while unheard—aims to give her role an air of authenticity.

☆ Neil Shah: Small cap companies are 'interestingly valued'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNeil Shah: Small cap companies are 'interestingly valued'Neil Shah, director at the investment research group Edison Group, explains why he likes one mining company that extracts metals such as platinum, palladium, and chrome.

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