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I have always been hypercritical of Starbucks (SBUX).I remember covering the company as a stock analyst and spending weeks inside its stores studying the workflows of each department. It was an extreme exercise that did not win me any…

Updated Apr 4, 2024, 15:42 ISTThe signal song for Mnet's survival show I-LAND 2 is finally out. Blackpink's Rosé, who featured on the peppy dance track, easily stole the spotlight with her dreamy vocals. Take a look! I-LAND 2's signal…

Another closely followed index is set to make a new record close.The S&P 500 equal-weight index (^SP500EW) is on track for its first record-high close since January 2022.While the traditional S&P 500 (^GSPC) is market-cap…

US stocks rose on Thursday, staying upbeat ahead of a second day of closely tracked testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Techs took the lead again with more than 1% gain for the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) futures, while the…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The first time I saw Tiera Kennedy was on November 8, 2022, at the Nashville City Winery where there was a writer’s round of young female artists who were honoring the legendary Loretta Lynn. When she sang, “Fist…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee- Don’t let his Hollywood good looks fool you. When it comes to being a genuine country boy, Austin Moody is the real deal. Born several miles south of the birthplace of country music (Bristol, Tennessee) in…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – One thing that I have learned by writing this column is that the country music that young people like (who are the biggest consumers of digital music) is not always the same as the music that I like. But…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkJM4zmEpQo ATLANTA – The third stop of the Rivals Camp Series was Sunday in Atlanta and the quarterback group was one of the stronger positions at a camp loaded from top to bottom. Here's a recap of a…

One thing I have learned is that Texas Country is its own thing. It has a traditional, devil-may-care attitude and many of our favorite artists (i.e., Willie Nelson, George Jones, George Strait, and Miranda Lambert, to name a few)…

NASHVILLE, Tennessee – The first time I saw Julie Williams perform with the Song Suffragettes at the Listening Room. I have featured many female singer-songwriters that I heard with the Song Suffragettes but there was something…