Penn State Football Is Quietly Turning Into A Feel-Good Story

Penn State Football

What Bill O'Brien has done with the Penn State football program is nothing short of amazing. When the Nittany Lions and their first-year coach lost their first two games, it only appeared to confirm our suspicions that the program was dead in the water after the Jerry Sandusky scandal. And people stopped paying attention.

But then something strange happened. Despite losing scholarships and some of their best players who chose to transfer, Penn State has rattled off five straight wins, including two on the road in the Big Ten over Illinois and Iowa, and one at home against top-25 foe Northwestern.

All of a sudden Penn State is 5-2 (3-0 in the Big Ten) and have a huge matchup this weekend against Ohio State with first place in the Leaders division on the line.

What happened to Penn State had nothing to do with the players that are still there. And many of those kids showed a lot of courage sticking with the program. If they can beat Ohio State at home this weekend, people will start paying attention again. And some might even start rooting for what is turning into a great story.

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Consumer Confidence Falls, Misses Expectations

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UPDATE: University of Michigan Consumer Confidence is out.

The index decreased to 82.6 from 83.1 last month, below expectations of an 83.0 reading.

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ORIGINAL: Minutes away from the last datapoint of the day: University of Michigan Consumer Confidence at 9:55 AM ET.

Economists expect a slight tick down on the index in October to 83 from 83.1 last month.

The release follows the big Q3 GDP report that came out earlier this morning and will provide a key reading of consumer sentiment just ahead of the presidential election.

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Posing Problems For PreCheck: Smartphones Can Scan Boarding Pass Barcodes

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17 Actors In Tiny Background Roles Before They Were Famous

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Before they were headlining movies and TV shows, these celebs were just like everyone else trying to make it in Hollywood: thrilled to call home to report that the “Flight Attendant #3” role was totally in the bag.

Check out a few of today’s big names back when they were cast as no-names.

Jason Segel as 'Watermelon Guy' in 'Can?t Hardly Wait'

Lucy Liu as a waitress on 'Beverly Hills 90210'

Alexis Bledel as an unnamed student in 'Rushmore'

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Ryan House Named Winner of Humana Communities Benefit $100,000 Grant in Phoenix

Ryan House Named Winner of Humana Communities Benefit $100,000 Grant in Phoenix

Grant winner will give families of terminally-ill children a chance to tell the ?Story of Me? in a new multi-media room

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ryan House has been awarded a $100,000 grant as the winner of this year?s Humana Communities Benefit program in Greater Phoenix. The grant was funded by the Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM  ) .

Founded in 2007, Ryan House is a nonprofit organization that provides respite and palliative care to children with life-threatening conditions and, as needed, end-of-life care. Ryan House is the only facility of its kind in the Southwest and one of two in the entire country.

With the $100,000 grant, Ryan House will transform an existing, yet underutilized, computer room into a state-of-the-art multimedia space with video journaling equipment, voice recording technologies, and therapeutic media opportunities. The ?Story of Me Room? will give children with life-threatening conditions and their families different modalities for storytelling to promote healthy communication across the family generations. In addition to the room, there will be a mobile version so children who do not feel well enough to utilize the room can also benefit from these activities.

According to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, ?the idea of capturing the ?story? of the dying infant or child was felt to be important by families as it helped them to make sure that parents and children didn?t forget.? Families will have the opportunity to create tangible recordings and memories that they can hold onto when their child is no longer with them.

?The digital age has transformed the way we tell stories. For families who know they will lose their loved one, the Story of Me Room will allow them to enjoy the time they have with their child and to hold onto their memory,? said Matthew Winter, Board Chair of Ryan House. ?We anticipate serving more than 200 children with life-threatening conditions this year. With the help of the Humana Communities Benefit grant, we will make a positive impact on the well-being of these families.?

In its seventh year in the Greater Phoenix area, the Humana Communities Benefit program, funded by the Humana Foundation, gives 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations in Maricopa County the opportunity to receive a one-time gift of $100,000 to create new programs or enhance ongoing activities that have a positive transformational impact on the organization and the community. The grant enables the nonprofit to reach new milestones in its effort to improve health and well-being experiences or build healthy communities. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Humana Communities Benefit program which is now active in eight cities across the country.

?Each of the three finalists had such impactful projects benefiting the communities they serve that it was hard to pick one winner,? said Mike Franks, West Region President for Humana?s Senior Products division. ?Our hope is that this grant will not only create a transformational change for Ryan House but also for the families it serves by keeping the memory of their children alive.?

?Humana and the Humana Foundation are excited about the positive impact the Story of Me Room will have on the well-being of Ryan House families and children,? said Curt Howell, Humana?s Arizona Commercial Market President. ?This room will truly be multi-media and multi-functional, giving families the opportunity to journal through the mode that works best for their child, whether by video, voice or art.?

Humana associates selected three finalists from 55 applications. Humana then worked with a panel of local judges comprised of community leaders, public officials and business representatives to select Ryan House as the recipient of the annual grant, which was awarded at a celebratory dinner on Oct. 25 at the Arizona Biltmore, 2400 E. Missouri Avenue, Phoenix. The other two finalists, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Phoenix and Foundation for Blind Children, each received donations of $7,500.

For more information on the Humana Communities Benefit program in Greater Phoenix, visit www.humana.com/resources/about/corporate/hcb/arizona.aspx.

About The Humana Foundation

The Humana Foundation was established in 1981 as the philanthropic arm of Humana Inc., one of the nation?s leading health care companies. Located in Louisville, Ky., the site of Humana?s corporate headquarters, the Foundation?s mission is to promote healthy lives and healthy communities. The Foundation?s key funding priorities are childhood health, intergenerational health, and active lifestyles. For more information, visit www.humanafoundation.org.

Humana and the Humana Foundation are dedicated to Corporate Social Responsibility. Our goal is to ensure that every business decision we make reflects our commitment to improving the health and well-being of our members, our associates, the communities we serve, and our planet.

About Humana

Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Ky., is a leading health care company that offers a wide range of insurance products and health and wellness services that incorporate an integrated approach to lifelong well-being. By leveraging the strengths of its core businesses, Humana believes it can better explore opportunities for existing and emerging adjacencies in health care that can further enhance wellness opportunities for the millions of people across the nation with whom the company has relationships.

More information regarding Humana is available to investors via the Investor Relations page of the company?s web site at www.humana.com, including copies of:

  • Annual reports to stockholders
  • Securities and Exchange Commission filings
  • Most recent investor conference presentations
  • Quarterly earnings news releases
  • Replays of most recent earnings release conference calls
  • Calendar of events (including upcoming earnings conference call dates and times, as well as planned interaction with research analysts and institutional investors)
  • Corporate Governance information

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Marina Renneke, 480-515-6435
mrenneke@humana.com

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There are value stocks, and then there are stocks that simply act like value stocks. Take RadioShack (NYSE: RSH  ) , for instance. The company is down 78% from its 52-week high, it's a household brand that everyone knows, and it has all sorts of assets that could be liquidated in a fire sale. That's the start of a great value play. But, as yesterday's earnings release highlighted, RadioShack isn't a value stock; it's a death trap.

Bad news stacked on bad news
The beginning of the fall is always in same-store sales. RadioShack had a 1.6% drop in comparable sales last quarter. Management said that one of the biggest problems for the stores was the delayed purchasing of the new iPhone. Last year, the iPhone came in at Q4, which meant that people who needed to upgrade in the middle of the year probably went ahead and did it. This year, the iPhone 5 came out in September, so mid-year upgraders may have held off. Either way, sales were disappointing.

The company is also losing money on its Target (NYSE: TGT  ) arrangement. Under that plan, RadioShack manages the postpaid mobile sales in 1,500 Target locations. That means that RadioShack is selling low margin phones and missing out on accessory sales, one of its best categories. On its conference call, RadioShack said that it was trying to work out a new deal with Target, but that right now, it was planning on breaking off the deal in April of next year.

Finally, the combination of lower sales, shrinking margins, and poor relationships with Target resulted in a $0.47 loss per share. That's a huge decline from last year's break-even result, and EPS fell well short of the $0.16 that analysts had been expecting.

The market reaction was odd, to say the least. With an earnings miss, a failed plan in place, and no CEO at the helm, early trading slapped RadioShack on the hand, and shares fell 14% in early trading. Then -- and this is conjecture -- word got out that now RadioShack was an even better value play, and the shares rebounded by midday. I can think of no other explanation for the company surviving a horrible earnings report on a bad day for the market.

The rumor of value
Looking back, over the past week, RadioShack has outperformed the S&P 500 by almost 7%. A lot of that stability came from one line in the conference call. Interim CEO Dorvin Lively said, "We have total liquidity of $938 million, including the $546 million of unrestricted cash." That's a strong position, and the company looks like a great value play on paper.

Current assets are sitting at $1.9 billion, while total liabilities are only at $1.6 billion. Just using that rough math, the company is worth about $345 million, but its only valued at $250 million on the stock market. It's easy to see why investors could be excited about RadioShack, just looking at the headliner numbers. But as Fitch Ratings has alluded to, the company is still in cash burning mode. The turnaround may be just ahead but, if it's not, then the company is just going to hemorrhage cash.

RadioShack is also facing the growing specter of irrelevancy. As companies like Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN  ) and Best Buy (NYSE: BBY  ) diversify offerings, RadioShack's niche is disappearing. I can't remember the last time I talked to a person who raved about the selection and prices at RadioShack. Until the company gets some traction with customers, there's no reason to expect a turnaround.

The bottom line
There is one option that I haven't discussed yet, and it's more likely than some grand RadioShack renaissance ? it's a buyout. RadioShack has a good(ish) brand, good locations, and a lot of potential. All of those combine to make for a nice private equity buyout target. I wouldn't be surprised if RadioShack went on the auction block and promptly sold out over the next year. That could be a great return for investors, if it happens soon enough. If, however, the company languishes over a few quarters, and spends the cash they have on hand, I can't imagine the buyout price would be at all rewarding.

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The Steve Jobs Betrayal
You may already know that in the final year of his life, Jobs revealed a stunning betrayal ? and told his biographer, "I will spend my last dying breath... and every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank to right this wrong." What was it that made Jobs so irate ? and why could it make a few in-the-know investors some major profits over the coming months and years?

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