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A new study by a pair of professors concludes that many so-called unicorn companies are worth half of what is commonly reported for their valuation.
With women in the entertainment industry leading the discussion, talk of sexual harassment floods social media.
Who created that gorgeous 20th-century creature, the rock star? Consider the gay image makers of the day, like Brian Epstein and Jann Wenner.
Reopening after a $143 million renovation, which removed a thousand seats, Cincinnati’s stately Music Hall offers a model for Lincoln Center.
Risky bonds issued by poorer countries are all the rage among investors. Some bankers worry the frenzy will end badly.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 11, 2017, covering October 17, 2017.
The Killers
Macklemore
Lil Uzi Vert
Kevin Gates
Jhene Aiko
2017Gord Downie, Canadian musician (born 1964)[†]
Gordon Edgar Downie was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, poet, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its formation in 1984 until his death in 2017. He is revered by many as an inspiring and influential artist in Canada's music history.
2017Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa.[†]
The Syrian civil war began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring. The Assad regime responded to the protests with lethal force, sparking a civil war. The Syrian revolution lasted almost 14 years and culminated in the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Many sources regard this as the end of the civil war.
In 2017, the world population was approximately 7,645,617,954 people[†]