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NAME OF NEW HEDGE FUND INSPIRED BY WHO SONG
1 Jul 2009
Three traders from Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP and RBS Greenwich Capital Markets started a government-bond hedge fund named for one of their favorite songs by the Who, writes Tom Cahill of Bloomberg. 5:15 Capital Management LLC, taken from […]
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DUCHESS OF YORK OPENS WALES’ FIRST TEENAGE CANCER UNIT
29 Jun 2009
Sarah, Duchess of York, Roger Daltrey C.B.E. and Stereophonics lead singer Kelly Jones, visited the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff today where they officially opened a £3.5m purpose-built unit designed specifically with the needs in mind of teenagers with […]
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CLASSIC DALTREY AT CLASSIC SHOW
22 Jun 2009
“The indomitable Daltrey came loaded for bear,” writes RICHARD S. GINELL in VARIETY, “with ‘Pinball Wizard’ and ‘See Me Feel Me/Listening to You’ — in heroic voice, gleefully whipping his microphone lariat around as always. Yet the bombastic backing by […]
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ROGER DALTREY ATTENDS CRICKET MATCH TO SUPPORT TCT
14 Jun 2009
The village of Carlton, near Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, saw the famous Bunburys celebrity cricket team take on a Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) team to raise money towards the Cambridge News’ £1 million appeal to help fund a new TCT unit in […]
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THE WHO MAKE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY
9 Jun 2009
Twenty five culturally significant recordings — including Etta James’ At Last!, The Who’s My Generation and George Jones’ He Stopped Loving Her Today — have been selected for preservation in a special sound archive. To read the full article […]
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‘WHO ARE YOU: THE LIFE OF PETE TOWNSHEND UK PAPERBACK EDITION RELEASED
6 Jun 2009
“…intriguing… extraordinarily detailed… the best Townshend research tool ever.” – Pat Gilbert, Mojo **** – Q magazine ****- “…endlessly revealing and fascinating. …A weighty and articulate study that such a distinguished and monumental musical figure warrants.” – Record […]
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