Shaw Industries has introduced the Associate Dependent Scholarship Program, which awards college scholarships of $1,000 go deserving students of Shaw employees.
“Fostering educational opportunities for this next generation of leaders is of paramount importance for our company,” says Deanna Mathis, director of community outreach and corporate giving for Shaw Industries. “This scholarship was very competitive, and we are proud to support these students as they pursue the next steps in their academic careers.”
This year, 55 students received this scholarship. Current high school seniors set to graduate with a high school diploma in 2019 and enrolled in full-time classes at an accredited institution in summer or fall 2019 were eligible to apply.
Netflix pulls ‘Friends’ in revamped lineup
AT&T is pulling “Friends” from Netflix to beef up its own upcoming streaming service. With new services launching, popular shows are splintering onto several different platforms.
The wireless company, which owns the WarnerMedia entertainment business, also said Tuesday that its service will be called HBO Max. It will launch in spring of 2020. As the name suggests, it will contain HBO content, other video from the Warner Bros. studio – like “Friends” – and new series and movies that are exclusive to the service. AT&T has not announced a price.
As more companies – Comcast, Apple, Disney – unveil their own streaming services, they’re trying to make them more appealing with exclusive shows and deep libraries. Entertainment companies are pulling some of their stuff from Netflix to stock their own services. It’s not clear, of course, how successful those services will be, and they are losing out on licensing revenue by pulling their content. It could also create a confusing and expensive situation for consumers, who have to decide which of all these existing and new video services is worth the cost.
AT&T’s decision follows Comcast’s NBCUniversal saying last month it would keep “The Office,” Netflix’s most popular show, for itself starting in 2021. Its service debuts in 2020. Disney’s upcoming service will be the exclusive streaming home for its big movies.
Airbus outsells Boeing in 2019
Deliveries of Boeing airliners tumbled 37% in the first half of 2019 as the company struggled to fix its best-selling plane after two deadly crashes, and Europe’s Airbus surged far ahead in the competition between the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers
Airbus said Tuesday that it delivered 389 planes in the first half, up 28% from 303 a year earlier. Shipments were strong for its more fuel-efficient A320neo family of planes.
Boeing reported that it delivered 239 planes in the first half of 2019, down from 378 in the same period last year. The drop-off has accelerated during the year, with the second quarter being worse than the first.
Deliveries of Boeing 737s, a work horse for short and medium-length flights, dropped to just 24 in the second quarter, down from 89 in the first quarter and 137 in the second quarter of 2018.
Tennessee home sales down 4% in June
Despite 2.1% gain in home sales during the second quarter, last month’s single-family home sales in Tennessee declined by 4% from a year ago, the Tennessee Realtors association said Tuesday.
There were 8,057 single-family home closings in Tennessee last month. The median price rose 8.1% from a year go to $254,000. The available inventory of homes on the market was down 18 percent from a year ago across Tennessee
Tennessee condominium sales were down 12.4% while the median condo price rose 16.9% to $180,000.