Paul Newsome
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"Paul Newsome" is a gold selling musician originally from Royton, Oldham, Gtr Manchester, England and living in Los Angeles. He is the guitarist/songwriter for UK rock group Proud Mary (band)/Proud Mary. He has written several films scores including the movie "Hide Away". "Blackbird" and "Mind Games" starring Robert Evans Paul has recorded and toured extensively with artists including Neil Young, The Who, David Bowie, Stereophonics, The Black Crowes, Ryan Adams, Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene, The Happy Mondays and Oasis (band)/Oasis to name a few (Proud Mary were the first signings to Noel Gallagher's Sour Mash label and Gallagher produced their first album.)

Paul started his career with Manchester band The Ya Ya's who were touring buddies with a then unknown Oasis (band)/Oasis. They played their first London gigs together and continue their friendship until today. Noel Gallagher described Paul's songs as "a cross between the Stones, Neil Young and the Band. It's a lesson in songwriting."

Paul can be seen playing piano in the videos for Noel Gallagher's High flying Birds single "In the heat of the moment" and "The Ballad of the Mighty I"

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I think you have to question the consistency of these one-time items.

Rate increases is one of a number of questions that personal lines companies, like Allstate, will face.

People are selling on the good news of the 10-K coming out.

They still haven't developed their skills to the extent that they are substantially more profitable than their competitors, ... If they develop the skills and manage their claims better, they can go to the big insurers and demonstrate that they (Midland) should write the business, not them.

The third quarter is clearly an anomaly, ... I think to a certain extent Allstate will get a pass this time because everyone is expecting a huge loss.

We expect it to be a really big loss in the quarter but Allstate hasn't come out with an estimate and its hard to tell how big of a loss it will be, ... That's pretty unusual and it makes me a little nervous that they might post a bigger loss than expected.

Comments about pricing on conference calls will be very important for the insurance stocks.