Top Five
Reasons this Blog is late:
1).
BUS 635 Online
2).
Meetings
3).
BUS 390
4).
Maker’s Mark
5).
Writer’s block
Top Five
Stocks to Watch:
1). Mondelez: The packaged food and beverage seller
topped quarterly profit targets and said it sees good momentum in emerging
markets.
2). Boeing:
Shares of the aerospace giant fell 6.6% Monday, their largest one-day drop
since February 2016, shaving more than 160 points off the Dow Industrials.
3). KLA-Tencor: The maker of semiconductor
equipment reported a larger-than-expected increase in quarterly sales.
4). Chegg:
The education technology company gave strong full-year revenue targets for 2018
and 2019.
5). Rambus: The technology licensing company gave
downbeat fourth-quarter projections and appointed interim CEO Luc Seraphin to
the role permanently. Mr. Seraphin took over for Ron Black, who was fired in
June.
Top Five
operas:
1). Carmen (1875) Bizet
2). Don Giovanni (1787) Mozart
3). La Traviata (1853) Verdi
4). The Magic Flute (1791) Mozart
5). The Barber of Seville (1816) Rossini
Top
Five
NFL Broadcast Teams:
1). Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon (CBS)
2). Ian Engle and Dan Fouts (CBS)
3). Kevin Burkhardt and Charles Davis (Fox)
4). Joe Buck and Troy Aikman (Fox)
5). Kenny Albert and Rondé Barber (CBS)
Top
Five of what is wrong with higher education:
1). Elitism
2). Business Model
3). Other people’s money
4). Transparency
5). Tenure
Top
Five NFL Team Valuations:
1) Dallas Cowboys—$5 billion
2) New England Patriots—$3.8 billion
3) New York Giants—$3.3 billion
4). Los Angeles Rams - $3.2 billion
5). Washington Redskins - $3.2 billion
Top
Five of what is right with higher education:
1). Students
2). Liberal Arts
3). Diversity
4). Community service
5). Tenure
Top
Five jobs that grew the most in the past year:
1). Personal Care Aide: +295%
2). Genetic Counselor: +222%
3). Transportation Supervisor: +204%
4). Fashion Designer: +148%
5). Video Game Designer: +102%
Top
Five Birthdays this week:
1). Carrie Lewis
2). Ted Turner (80)
3). Traci Attman
4). Larry King (85)
5). Norman Greenbaum (76)
Top
Five Los Angeles entertainment venues:
1). Hollywood Bowl (1922)
2). Dodger Stadium (1962)
3). Staples Center (1998)
4). Microsoft Theater (2007)
5). Rose Bowl (1921)
Top
Five vacation spots:
1). Home
2). Maui, Hawaii
3). Nauset Beach, Mass.
4). Walloon Lake, Michigan
5). Home
Top
Five Veterans:
1). Gene Hasse
2). Carl Hasse
3). Richard Lewis
4). Bill Bigglestone
5). Geoff Ball (not really, still in active service)
Top
Five signs of the times:
1). 103.5 FM in Los Angeles began playing non-stop Christmas music
on November 10
2). Costco began selling Christmas decorations on November 1
3). Alibaba raked in a record $30.8 billion in sales in just 24
hours.
4). America’s divisive politics and the sheer math of cutting
heat-trapping emissions indicate the world’s prospect of substantively tackling
climate change is getting out of reach.
5). After working to undermine the legitimacy of the press and the
Mueller investigation, President Trump is now targeting the electoral process
as insurance against possible Republican losses in too-close-to-call races in
Florida and Arizona.
Top
Five reasons for the economy slowing into 2019:
1). A fading fiscal stimulus boost
2). Rising inflation
3). Tightening monetary policy
4). Increasing protectionism
5). Slowing global activity
Top
Five sports movies:
1). Slap Shot (1977)
2). Rocky (1976)
3). Caddyshack (1980)
4). Hoosiers (1986)
5). Bull Durham (1985)
Top
Five Bullies:
1). Vladimir Putin
2). Bashar al-Assad
3). Kim Jong-un
4). Donald Trump
5). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Top
Five NHL Teams:
1. Nashville Predators
2. Tampa Bay Lightning
3. Minnesota Wild
4. Boston Bruins
5. Winnipeg Jets
TOP FIVE SWAMI’S
WEEK TOP PICKS –
1).
NFL – Los Angeles Rams (9-1) 40 vs.
Kansas City Chiefs (9-1) 35
2).
College Football - #3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (10-0) 38 vs. #13 Syracuse Orange (8-2) 24
3).
DIII Football Playoffs – #10 Whitworth Pirates (9-0) 45 Claremont-Mudd Republicans (7-3) 20
4).
NHL – Vancouver Canucks (10-7-2) 5 vs.
Montreal Canadiens (9-5-3) 2
5).
NCAA Hockey - #17 Cornell Big Red (4-2) 6
vs. #15 Princeton Tigers (3-1-1) 4
Season to
Date (52 – 35)
Next Blog: Pickleball
Until
next time, Adios
Claremont,
California
November
12, 2018
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