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...The results have fallen short of the financial hubs’ expectations, writes Nikkei Asia’s Dylan Loh....
...But TSMC’s approach relies to a large extent on having the R&D team, which develops new process technology, only an hour-long high-speed rail ride away....
...Chips ship in huge volumes but the main competition comes from companies’ own R&D labs, so pricing power is weak....
...In a two-week programme on shores of Lake Geneva, Bob Dylan leads an All-Star gathering, rubbing shoulders with Lionel Richie, Nile Rodgers and Iggy Pop and younger acts Sam Smith and Lil Nas X....
...Johnnie Taylor’s R&B number “Cheaper to Keep Her” triggers a zany diatribe about divorce lawyers, which concludes with Dylan advocating polygamy and conjuring a bizarre vision of “women’s rights crusaders...
...When Frank came out, she was briefly labelled the “British Badu” due to the influence of one of her favourite artists, the innovative US soul and R&B singer Erykah Badu....
...M&A has been a substitute for R&D. All of this is relevant again because Adobe on Thursday agreed to buy Figma for $20bn....
...The setlist spanned big-hitting ballads and R&B: from the tender cover of Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” on her debut album 19 and her extravagant Bond theme, “Skyfall”, to the divorce confessionals...
...Over the past few years, you might have noticed headlines about musicians selling their life’s work for eye-popping sums of money: Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Sting, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon...
...But a friendly A&R man at his record company in London persuaded a local radio DJ to give it a spin. “It just blew up in England,” says Hornsby....
...Many popular musicians, including David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson, have been accused of sexual misconduct over the years....
...My shelves are full of books about other music legends — including Frank Sinatra, David Bowie and Bob Dylan — who have been accused of sexual misconduct....
...By 1993, Grainge had worked his way up to head of A&R at Polydor Records and was being groomed to become managing director....
...The second story, Cantre’r Gwaelod, is about an ancient sunken kingdom off the coast of west Wales....
...Her most recent album, 2017’s Songs of Bob Dylan was . . . well, no prizes for guessing....
...For a start, the head of Blue Note records — the jazz label even non-fans have heard of — is himself a successful musician who jams with the Rolling Stones and has produced Bob Dylan....
...Helmed by producer Steve Jordan, the covers reimagine Dylan’s work as robust, old-school soul and R&B....
...At the end of the world premiere of The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, the audience roared its approval as if it had witnessed a blockbuster musical....
...R$1.5bn ($485m) in the São Paulo project, known as Cidade Matarazzo....
...“They were clearly impacted by ecommerce,” says Dylan Chu, an analyst at brokerage CLSA....
...Her voice ranged from soul to torch to R&B, sometimes in the space of one song, all handled with consummate skill; her control of her voice is so complete, she is able to relish and revel in its power and...
...The author’s background as a rock tour manager for Bob Dylan and the Band lends the book an “against the man” flavour, but the facts are undeniable and well researched....
...Sir, Apropos this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature: way back in 1976 my university’s final examination in practical criticism used stanzas two and five from R Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” as material...
...He also upcycled the floats from old toilet cisterns as maracas and was one of the first R & B stars to make prominent use of female musicians in his band....
...An atmospheric production that mixed country music with funky R&B, “Ode to Billie Joe” is an enigma. Its storyline is clear enough; some of the details are not....
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