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(11/13/12 11:35pm)
• Time Warner’s networks division, which has stations like TNT, TBS and HBO, reported its strongest quarter in the company’s history on Nov. 7, thanks to popular shows like “The Voice,” and “Revolution.” The CEO is also optimistic for the company’s release of “The Hobbit” in December, according to The New York Times.
• This holiday season, shoppers are looking to buy more practical gifts for one another. Sales of gifts in the “home” category (furniture, appliances and decorative items) are expected to jump over 7 percent, according to CNBC News.
• An entrepreneur financed by the musician Sting invented a durable soccer ball that children in poverty stricken nations can play with. The soccer balls that are normally donated rip and pop quickly on the rocky dirt roads used as soccer fields, but the One World Ball is made from a material similar to Crocs and can last 30 years, according to The New York Times.
• Hurricane Sandy is expected to take 0.2 percentage points off the GDP of the October-to-December quarter this year. The storm is not, however, expected to affect holiday sales, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food chain, reported its first drop in monthly sales in nine years. The company attributes the decline to a slow economy and consumers, especially young ones, not eating out as much, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• Pet owners are spending more money in their homes to make houses more pet friendly. Homeowners are including features such as dog baths, built-in food dishes and miniature pet rooms, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• Governor Christie’s administration announced that college students and families will have an extra month to provide information to complete State financial aid applications and additional time to make loan payments that were by New Jersey’s Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, according to the Office of the Governor.
• The Business School’s third Wednesday event “Go Global: London Calling!” will be held on Monday, Nov. 19 due to the holiday break. Alumni will be speaking to students via video chat from India and Brazil, as well as in person. Refreshments will be served.
(11/09/12 4:39am)
Hands fell to laps, mouths quieted, bodies became still in their seats. Steven Thompson began to play the guitar resting against his knee. His eyes were locked on the strings and his head moved with the notes through the entire piece. The silence of the audience only broke at the conclusion of Thompson’s performance for a thunderous applause to start off the afternoon’s recital series.
Students from the College’s music department performed on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at the Wednesday Afternoon Recital Series in the Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall.
The performance continued with Emma Peterson, a soprano, and Nick Gatto playing the piano for two pieces. During the second piece, “El Majo Timido,” Peterson’s voice took the audience on a journey to Spain. Smiling with her hands on her hips, she gave the piece life and animation.
Flutist, Kacie Miller, along with Kathy Shanklin on the piano, played Hungarian Pastorale Fantasy. The piece looped fluidly through different emotions and sounds, and Miller played ebulliently through the entire piece.
Miller left the stage but Kathy Shanklin remained on the piano to accompany the next performer, Sara Zuccarino, on the bassoon. At the end of the performance, Shanklin and Zuccarino turned and smiled at one another before each taking their bow to an applauding audience.
After the music stand was removed from the stage, James Tucker and Sally Livingston emerged from the side doors and walked out to face the audience. Tucker’s horn intertwined with the Livingston’s piano and filled every corner of the concert hall.
Replacing the power of Tucker’s horn, Katelyn Saxton, a mezzo-soprano, took the stage along with Livingston on the piano. Saxton was smiling for her entire performance — her voice was bright and graceful.
Finally, to bring the show to a close was Eden Roberts, a mezzo-soprano, and James Lubrano on the piano. Roberts’ voice was commanding and elegant, and her performance looked effortless and natural.
The hall fell silent once again and the audience filed out of the room.
“I like to see my peers play,” Cory Nickerson, junior music education major said. “(The recital) was awesome, very good.”
(11/09/12 1:47am)
• The New York Stock Exchange was closed for a historic two consecutive days following Hurricane Sandy. The last time the Exchange closed for that long because of weather was in 1888 following a blizzard that hit New York City, according to CNN.
• Gov. Chris Christie signed an executive order on Friday, Nov. 2 that says, in an effort to conserve fuel and reduce lines at gas stations, 12 counties will move to odd-even rationing of gasoline. The calendar day and the final number on a license plate determine odd and even days and vehicles, according to the Office of the Governor.
• Gov. Chris Christie signed an Executive Order on Nov. 4 suspending Sunday sales restrictions in Bergen County due to the State of Emergency caused by Hurricane Sandy. Normally Bergen County has a blue law that restricts stores from opening on Sunday, according to the Office of the Governor.
• Disney bought Lucasfilm on Oct. 30 for $4 billion. Disney plans to release the first of a new “Star Wars” series in 2015. George Lucas will still serve as a creative consultant for Disney as they continue the legendary saga, according to NPR News.
• The lumber market experienced a jump as devastation from Hurricane Sandy creates a new need for lumber and building materials, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• Starbucks’s new promotions including holiday drinks and the return of the treat receipt gave a significant boost to Starbucks’s earnings this quarter, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• Retail sales were up 2.7 percent when compared to last October, a positive sign for the upcoming holiday season. Some of the top earning companies were Nordstrom, Costco Wholesale Corp. and Macy’s, according to the Los Angeles Times.
• Homes that had previously been housing projects in London during the ’70s and ’80s are now some of the most desirable pieces of real estate in London. Prices in London are soaring as foreign investors see London real estate as a safer alternative to other European cities, according to the Wall Street Journal.
• Businessweek will send emails asking business students at the College to participate in the undergraduate business survey starting Nov. 7. The results will be published in March, just months before graduation. Response codes are a factor in being ranked. As compenstation for time that could be spent in others ways, the School of Business is awarding iPads to two students chosen at random from among those who complete the survey. To be included, email Patty Karlowitsch at karlowit@tcnj.edu.