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Elton John receives the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-31 10:17:27
British superstar Elton John and his longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin have been announced as the winners of the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, established by the Library of Congress in 2007 to honor artists with a distinct influence on popular song.
This announcement comes nearly two weeks following John won the first Emmy Award in his career, making him the 19th person in Hollywood to combine the 4 most important international awards.
On Tuesday, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden paid tribute to John and Taupin, noting that they wrote some of their most memorable songs, and that their careers were distinguished by the quality of their music, its broad appeal and its influence on fellow artists. She added: “I am proud to honor Elton and Bernie with the Gershwin Award for their incredible influence on generations of music lovers.”
For his part, Elton John said: “I have been writing songs with Bernie for 56 years, and we never thought that one day we might be given this award. It is a great honor for two British men to be honored in this way.”
John, 76, and Taupin, 73, first met in 1967 and have written songs together for more than 50 years. In 1973, the duo recorded their first US hit single, “Alligator Rock.” Some of their biggest collaborations include songs such as “Goodbye Yellow Paved Road”, “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”, “Your Song”, “Rocket Man” and “Little Dancer”.
John and Taupin will be celebrated with a tribute concert in Washington, D.C., on March 20, and the ceremony will be broadcast on PBS on April 8 at 8 p.m., People magazine reported.
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La Cuchilla is not in charge of the Puebla city council, responds mayor – El Sol de Puebla
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The municipal president of Puebla, Adán Domínguez Sánchez, separated the city council from the conditions that prevail in La Cuchilla, following the Office of the United States Trade Representative located said commercial area as one of the three places in the country where substantially facilitates trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy.
“It is a private place, it is not a municipal market, it is not in charge of the Puebla city council and the power to review the origin of the merchandise and the rights that have to do with copyright, intellectual rights, etc. does not belong to the city council of Puebla, it is of the federal order,” Domínguez responded when questioned on the subject.
The United States document indicates that La Cucha is “the largest trademark and copyright infringement market in southeastern Mexico, because it has at least 120 warehouses and 150 stores dedicated to activities related to piracy, However, the mayor pointed out that the federal government is responsible for prosecuting this crime and the city council can only collaborate in that regard.
“We as the Puebla city council are not the ones empowered for this purpose, it is the federation, we are always attentive and if the federation requires support from us to carry out an operation, we can do so if appropriate. We do not have the power to review whether what is sold is legal or illicit, whether it is pirated or not, as I have said, it is not a municipal market,” he insisted.
Although the president was questioned regarding the project that was being held with the state government to expropriate the properties where the La Cuchilla flea market is located, he briefly responded that this was the responsibility of the executive.
It is worth mentioning that in October 2023, the now former mayor, Eduardo Rivera Pérez, announced that the expropriation might not be carried out because the owners of the premises had acquired rights, in such a way that other strategies would be sought once morest criminal acts in coordination with the State.
Socialization of the pedestrianization of 21 South will continue
In another vein, the municipal president indicated that the pedestrianization of 21 South, between 13 and 19 Poniente, will continue to be socialized, following several neighbors continue to express rejection of the proposal.
“There is always that fear on the part of merchants that their sales might go down. Let them come and ask the merchants on Sweets Street, or come and ask the merchants on September 16. There is the result, the pedestrianization increases sales and increases the value of the real estate of those streets, so it is normal, it is part of this socialization process,” he said.
Semiconductor, an ‘export bonanza’ that shrunk last year… Largest cold wave in manufacturing industry in 25 years
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2024-01-31 10:49:41
Industrial activity trends in 2023
Manufacturing -3.9%, Semiconductor -5.3%
Retail sales and investment are both sluggish
▲ Page 16 As semiconductor exports fell into a recession last year, Korea’s manufacturing production decreased by the largest amount in 25 years since the 1998 foreign exchange crisis. Retail sales, an indicator of consumption, declined by the largest amount in 20 years due to high inflation. Even facility investment has decreased by the largest amount in four years, and the slump in domestic demand appears to be worsening.
According to ‘December 2023 and annual industrial activity trends’ announced by Statistics Korea on the 31st, last year’s overall industrial production index (2020 = 100) was 110.9, an increase of 0.7% from the previous year. The All-Industrial Production Index maintained an upward trend for three consecutive years following increasing 5.3% in 2021.
Service industry production increased by 2.9% and construction industry increased by 7.7%, leading the overall increase. However, the mining industry showed a sluggish performance, declining by 3.8%. The semiconductor recession in the first half of last year had a significant impact, with manufacturing production decreasing by 3.9%. This is the largest decline since the 6.5% drop in 1998.
Semiconductor production decreased by 5.3%, turning negative for the first time since falling 15.3% in 2001. The average operating rate of the manufacturing industry was 71.3%, the lowest since 1998. However, the semiconductor industry’s ‘up and down’ trend last year (sluggish first half, rebound in the second half) was clear. Semiconductor production turned to an increase, recording +4.7% in the third quarter, following -33.8% in the first quarter and -18.6% in the second quarter of last year. Production in the fourth quarter was provisionally calculated to be 35.6%, showing a U-shaped flow.
Due to the effects of high inflation and high interest rates, people’s wallets are tightly closed. Last year’s retail sales index decreased by 1.4% from a year ago. Sales of durable goods such as passenger cars increased by 0.2%, but non-durable goods such as foodstuffs decreased by 1.8% and semi-durable goods such as clothing decreased by 2.6%, dragging down the overall index.
Last year’s retail sales decline was the largest in 20 years since -3.2% in 2003. Gong Mi-sook, economic trend statistics reviewer at Statistics Korea, analyzed, “Considering that semi-durable goods and non-durable goods have decreased, the consumption pattern appears to be shifting from goods to the service industry.”
Sluggish investment also accelerated the slump in domestic demand. Facility investment recorded -7.2% in machinery and -0.4% in transportation equipment, down 5.5% from the previous year. Kim Gwi-beom, head of the economic analysis department at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, said, “We plan to focus policy efforts to ensure that the warmth of economic recovery centered on manufacturing production and exports can quickly spread to all sectors.”
Sejong Reporter Kwak So-young
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