AC/DC founder dead at 64
The soundtrack for this morning’s Edition: Everything AC/DC, following the death overnight of founding band member and guitarist Malcolm Young. See obits in Rolling Stone and the New York Times. We love how the faceless editors at Apple Music put it: “Their mechanized swing … is so elemental that it essentially serves as the root DNA of the unholy trinity: heavy metal, hard rock and punk.”
Among the most-clicked stories in Enterprise last week:
- Businesses need to help middle- and upper-income staff keep pace with inflation (Enterprise)
- Panelist tells off moderator at Sharm El Sheikh global youth conference (Youtube, runtime: 2:32)
- The upstart Saudi prince who’s throwing caution to the winds (for a cameo by a Mubarak-era minister said to be advising MbS) (New York Times)
- Egypt’s CIB to boost Tier 2 debt as it looks to African growth (Reuters)
- The Swiss photographer who rebranded Egypt (1843 magazine) (tie)
- Fears for Lebanese economy if Saudis impose Qatar-style blockade (Reuters) (tie)
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