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Happy Friday! Only one for me this week and that is Richie Kotzen and Adrian Smith’s new Smith Kotzen album. Outside of that, nothing really I’m dying to hear, plus all the stuff I got last week I’m still diving in to and absorbing. Let me know what you want to hear this week or what we may have missed. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a great weekend.

On March 24, Canada’s newly appointed Prime Minister Mark Carney called a snap election for April 28. If the economic record of his Liberal Party, which has been in office since Justin Trudeau’s victory in 2015, is a major factor in voters’ decisions, bookies would be giving you pretty long odds on them.  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is a key metric of economic performance which tells us how much per person is available to be consumed, invested, or put to some other use. Under the Liberals, Canada’s performance relative to its G7 peers has been miserable. As Figure…

Some stuff I am reading today morning: US Markets crash ( CNBC ) US Congress begins anti-tariff movement ( The Street) The absurdity of Trump Tariffs ( Arnaud Bertrand ) US tariffs to hit India’s Gems & Jewellery exports ( Rediff ) India’s seafood exports at risk ( Fortune) India pins hope on US BTA ( FE ) Trump Tariffs push China closer to India ( MC ) INDIA alliance rolling out red carpet to Adani ( BW ) Two most dangerous words in investing ( BI ) Geopolitics doesn’t matter, until it does ( Klement )

The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will take on the Mumbai Indians (MI) in their next Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) match on Friday, April 4. Mumbai will be aiming for back-to-back wins, while Lucknow will look to recover from their opening home defeat at the Ekana Stadium.LSG vs MI Head-to-Head recordMatches played: 06 | LSG won: 05 | MI won: 01Match details: LSG vs MI, IPL 2025Date and Time: April 4, 07:30 pm IST / 2:00 pm GMTVenue: Ekana Cricket Stadium, LucknowEkana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report:The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow is known for…

Manchester United still struggles to get consistent results in the Premier League as they suffered a disappointing loss against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday.  Meanwhile, Arsenal keeping their title hope alive after grabbing a slender win against Fulham. Man United Stunned by Ex-Player against Forest The Red Devils have been picking up two straight victories in all competition and were looking for another positive result on Tuesday. However, playing away at the City Ground was far from an easy task for Ruben Amorin’s side. Man United found themselves trailing 1-0 after just five minutes when their former player Anthony Elanga burst…

John Tavares Will Likely Get a Three-Year Deal with Toronto Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Period was on Sirius XM NHL Network Power Play segment with Steve Kouleas and Martin Biron. Pagnotta was asked about John Tavares and the Toronto Maple Leafs and what type of contract he could get this summer. NHLRumors.com Transcriptions Steve Kouleas: “As we bring in Sirius XM Power Play, Fourth Period, NHL Network Insider, Mr. Dave Pagnotta. Dave, we were just talking about John Tavares, three years, four years, $7 million, $6 million hitting the open market. You’re the Insider. We just had a chat…

Tom EspinerBBC business reporterWatch: ‘The country is going to boom’ after tariffs, says President TrumpGlobal stocks have sunk, a day after President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs that are forecast to raise prices and weigh on growth in the US and abroad.The S&P 500, which tracks 500 of the biggest American firms, plunged 4.8% – its worst day since Covid crashed the economy in 2020. Earlier in the day financial markets fell from Asia to Europe.Nike, Apple and Target were among big consumer names worst hit, all of them sinking by more than 9%. At the White House, Trump…

Builder: Stu Language(s): Rust Contributes To: CTV Prototypes, Char Network Work(s/ed) At: ZBD Before Bitcoin, Stu spent his days working as a Windows System Administrator and in IT Support. His routine consisted of long boring days of sitting in a chair engaging in monotonous maintenance work, reconfiguring systems, and resetting passwords for users who’d forgotten them. It was the kind of job where a problem occurring that actually requires you to engage your attention in a meaningful way is so rare an occurrence that you wind up sitting around hoping for something like that to happen most of the time. …

Mark SavageMusic CorrespondentGetty ImagesThe star said he’d been able to finish dozens of tracks that were sitting in his vault during the pandemicBruce Springsteen is throwing open his archives to let fans hear seven completed, but never-before-released, albums.The recordings, which date from 1983 to 2018, will “fill in rich chapters of Springsteen’s expansive career timeline – while offering invaluable insight into his life and work as an artist,” said Sony Music.Among them are working tapes from the sessions that led to rock classic Born In The USA, and an album that experimented with drum loops and synthesisers from the early…

Venkatesh Iyer and Vaibhav Arora (BCCI Photo) NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) delivered a resounding performance, defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 80 runs in the 15th match of IPL 2025 on Thursday at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The victory was shaped by Venkatesh Iyer’s explosive batting and Vaibhav Arora’s fiery bowling, both playing key roles in KKR’s dominance.Batting first, KKR lost early wickets but found stability with a strong middle-order performance. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Venkatesh Iyer led the charge with a scintillating 60 off 29 balls, smashing seven fours and three sixes at an…