Queen

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From Dairy Queen to Brooks Running, Berkshire Hathaway's ... (CNBC)

Executives from several of Berkshire's portfolio companies told CNBC how inflation is hitting their businesses.

"It's the biggest challenge that our franchisees face, and I would say it impacts us in three different fronts: one is our franchisees," he said. People are paying whatever they need to pay. Home furnishings was a boom industry during the pandemic, as Americans stuck at home redesigned their living spaces and adjusted to remote work. ... It's still at a high level, but you can definitely see a slowdown," Blumkin said. "We don't have unlimited pricing power, but have taken selective price increases where we think we can. - Irv Blumkin, the CEO and Chairman of Nebraska Furniture Mart, said that the higher prices were starting to chip away at the fundamentals of his business but things are in good shape overall.

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Brian May: 'Taylor Hawkins single-handedly made Queen cool again' (Far Out Magazine)

After the tragic death of Taylor Hawkins last month, Queen's Brian May was among those to pay tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer.

May elaborated, “He and Pat Smear gave us an award at some ceremony – I can’t even remember what it was now – but it became obvious at that point really early on that they knew everything. He brought much of his admiration for Queen to his own performance. During Foo Fighters’ last performance at Lollapalooza in Argentina, Hawkins took over singing duties for a cover of Queen’s ‘Somebody To Love’ while Grohl sat at the drums.

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Brian May Says Taylor Hawkins 'Seemed To Be A Lot Cooler Than ... (MetalCastle)

Brian May once again sent respectful words the late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins and said he seemed much cooler than his band Queen.

I hadn’t realized [it], but he’s the most vociferous and devoted Queen fan in the World. Brian then said Taylor Hawkins was the greatest Queen fan around the world. I don’t know what it was that he had in his body, but it’s extraordinary. So, he was excited to come in and play. And that was always a shock to me, because he seemed to be a lot cooler than we were, you know. I was excited to have him in there. It was clearly hard to accept for Brian that the person he played side by side on his solo album had passed away. Brian May came to world prominence as a member of his co-founded rock band Queen, which was released in 1970. He also revealed his honest opinion on Foo Fighters and said they were awesome. In 1992, he debuted with 12-track Back To The Light. Six years later, in 1998, Brian May added one more album to his catalog and released his second solo studio album, named Another World. He also performed with remarkable musicians such as Brantley Gilbert, Kerry Ellis, Fito Paez, and Fight Finger Death Punch. “It was wonderful,” Brian said. Over the years, as he has been one of the nicest people in music, Brian May built great friendships in rock.

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