Monday, November 12, 2018

Top Five


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
#IX-14-382


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