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When Medford actor August Gabriel tries to recall a performance early in his life that may have moved him to aspire to a career in the performing arts, it isn’t something from Shakespeare, Chekhov or ...

From tear-jerkers to star-making pop anthems

Gramophone's reviewers choose their personal favourite classical albums of 2021

The upcoming semi-finals introduce Chopin’s two mature piano sonatas and his Preludes Op 28 into the competition’s repertoire mix, along with groupings of Mazurkas by opus number.

The Chopin Competition, day nine: programme choices

Colin Kahl is the target this time.

Sabbaticals are a new corporate perk The Week Staff Todays best articles Daily business briefing Sabbaticals are a new corporate perk Citigroup is the latest big company to recognize that workers need an improvement in work-life balance, said Elisa Martinuzzi at Bloomberg. The Wall Street bank announced last week it will begin offering three-month sabbaticals (at 25 percent pay) to staff with at least five years of service. Citigroup also promise...

Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Our critics each choose a favourite recording from the past 12 months. If you’re after the perfect gift guide for Christmas, look no further! Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Gramophone and making use of our archive of more than 50,000 expert reviews, features, awards and blog articles. Why not register today and enjoy the following great benefits: Free access to 5 subscriber-only reviews per month Unlimited ac...

Federal bank examiners considered levying fines and sanctions when JPMorgan Chase informed them last year that faulty overdraft charges caused by a software glitch had impacted roughly 170,000 customers. But the bank urged the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, its chief regulator, to take less severe action, according to two people directly involved in the probe and internal documents reviewed by ProPublica and The Capitol Forum. Rather than openly penalizing Chase, the nation�...

Patrick Rucker (The Capitol Forum) 15 December 2020  0 Documents and records show that US bank examiners have avoided penalizing at least six banks that incorrectly charged overdraft and related fees to hundreds of thousands of customers.   Federal bank examiners considered levying fines and sanctions when JPMorgan Chase informed them last year that faulty overdraft charges caused by a software glitch had impacted roughly 170,000 customers.   But the bank urged the Office of the Comptroller ...