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Newspaper Page TextED BUSINESS Jeff Gill | Business reporter 770-718-3408 | jgill@gainesvilletimes.com The Times, Gainesville, Georgia Thursday, November 22, 2018 CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES TV, commercial production disrupted Shooting locations suffer extensive damage, engulfed with smoke, inaccessible to film crews BY DAVID NG Los Angeles Times Netflix’s teen drama series “13 Reasons Why” was in the midst of shooting its third season in Vallejo when the massive Camp fire and other blazes broke out in Northern California. The sets, which include a sound stage on Mare Island, weren’t touched by the conflagra tions, but the pervasive smoke that has shrouded much of the Bay Area has forced the show to temporarily halt shooting. The Paramount-produced series is one a number of TV and commer cial shoots that have experienced disruptions because of the fires that have devastated California in recent weeks. Some prime shooting locations — including Paramount Ranch, which serves as a set for HBO’s “Westworld,” and the Peter Strauss Ranch in Agoura Hills — have experienced extensive dam age, rendering them inaccessible to crews. Large swaths of Malibu that are popular filming sites are also closed to production. Location managers are used to natural disasters in California, but the scale of the fires and their effect on production is unprecedented, according to industry veterans. The Woolsey fire in Malibu destroyed more than 97,000 acres and killed three people, while the Camp fire in Butte County has consumed about 151,000 acres and killed 77 (hun dreds of others missing). “I don’t recall anything like this,” said Amy Lemisch, execu tive director of the California Film Commission. She said the commission, which oversees filming permits for state- owned lands, is currently unable to issue permits for such popular outdoor locations as Pacific Coast Highway, Will Rogers State Historic Park and numerous Malibu locales such as Malibu Creek State Park and Leo Carrillo State Park. Leo Carrillo has served as a location on numerous Hollywood films and TV series, including the 1960s sitcom “Gidget” and recent blockbusters such as Universal’s “Furious 7.” The commission said it had to cancel about 30 filming permits for TV shows, commercials and other projects as a result of the fires. Production insurance will typi cally cover costs that resulted from the cancellation of a film permit by the local government, said Peter Williams, global product lead at Allianz Entertainment, which provides film- and entertainment- related insurance products. In recent days, he said, “we have had claims for loss of permit or access to locations, particularly in the Mal ibu region.” Many productions were affected even before they filed their official permit applications. The upcoming Netflix series “Dead to Me” was scouting loca tions around Malibu and Hidden Valley in Ventura County when the fires broke out. “All five of the locations we scouted that afternoon (and) eve ning were under mandatory evacu ation by the time we got back to the studio,” said Debbie Page, a loca tion manager on the CBS-produced series. “Fortunately for us, we are going to be able to shoot in Hidden Valley at one of the chosen locations, but the director’s favorite choice in Mal ibu seems like a pipe dream now.” ISRAEL Airbnb pulls out of West Bank, prompting calls for a boycott SHADI HATEM I Tribune News Service A Jewish rights organization has called for a worldwide boycott of Airbnb for pulling its services out of the West Bank, seen above. ‘We don’t expect Airbnb to be geo political experts, but today’s draconian and unjust move, which only empowers extremists and terrorists, merits only one response — taking our community’s business elsewhere.’ Rabbi Marvin Hier and Rabbi Abraham Cooper Simon Wiesenthal Center BY HUGO MARTIN Los Angeles Times Airbnb, the hugely popu lar home sharing operation, pulled its services from the disputed West Bank in Israel, prompting a call by a Jew ish rights organization in Los Angeles for a worldwide boycott. Airbnb announced its deci sion Monday to pull the plug on about 200 listings for hous ing in the West Bank, saying the company had to consider whether keeping the listings puts guests and hosts at risk and if the listings there con tributed to “existing human suffering.” Israel took over the West Bank in a 1967 war. The settle ments there are now consid ered illegal by international law, though Israel disputes this. Human Rights Watch released a report in 2016, criti cizing businesses that operate in the West Bank, saying they contribute to the violation of Palestinian rights. A representative for the Palestinian Authority on Monday praised the decision by Airbnb, according to pub lished news reports. But Airbnb’s move was quickly blasted by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, which responded by calling for a boycott of Airbnb by its 400,000 members and “Jews the world over.” “We don’t expect Airbnb to be geo-political experts, but today’s draconian and unjust move, which only empowers extremists and terrorists, mer its only one response — tak ing our community’s business elsewhere,” Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the center, and Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean and director of the center’s Global Social Action Agenda, said in a statement. Hier and Cooper called Airbnb’s decision “double standard anti-Semitism pure and simple,” and noted that Airbnb has listings in territory controlled by the Palestin ian Authority, “which names schools and shopping centers in honor of mass murderers who have killed innocent civilians.” Airbnb announced its move on its blogpost, saying it had struggled with the deci sion for a while and had spo ken to experts on both sides of the debate. “We know that people will disagree with this decision and appreciate their perspec tive,” Airbnb said in the blog post. “This is a controversial issue. There are many strong views as it relates to lands that have been the subject of historic and intense disputes between Israelis and Palestin ians in the West Bank. Airbnb has deep respect for those views.” Contract talks on American Airlines agenda for 2019 BY CONOR SHINE The Dallas Morning News Two of American Airlines’ largest workforces are looking to get a head start on negotiations for their next contracts, with unions represent ing pilots and flight attendants triggering early- opener clauses to initiate talks in December and January. The requests set up a critical stretch for American as it negotiates a new round of con tracts outside the shadow of its 2011 bankruptcy and 2013 merger with US Airways. Since the start of 2014 American has seen a record run of profits totaling $16.2 billion, but the carrier will have to balance higher employee wages and benefits with rising costs. Leaders from the Allied Pilots Association, which represents 15,000 American pilots, deliv ered a letter to the company’s headquarters Monday formally requesting the start of nego tiations a year before its contract becomes amendable in January 2020. The Association of Professional Flight Atten dants, which represents 27,000 American flight attendants and whose contract becomes amend able in December 2019, made a similar request earlier this month. Of particular focus for the unions will be work rules affecting everything from schedul ing to sick leave to hotel accommodations on layovers. American’s pilots and flight attendants have raised concerns in recent months about the company’s scheduling policies. Pilots have questioned increasingly frequent changes to their set schedules. The pilots union told Bloomberg in a recent report that the schedule changes _ which are allowed under the current contract _ are caus ing more pilot fatigue and hurting morale. Monday’s announcement by the Allied Pilots Association cited “improved schedule integ rity” as one of the union’s top wishes in a new contract. TOM FOX I Tribune News Service American Airlines will head into the new year ready to discuss contract talks with pilots and flight attendants. The Market in Review Stock Exchange Highlights A NYSE S 12,123.34 +74.69 1 Nasdaq 6,972.25 +63.43 Gainers (S2 or more) Gainers ($2 or more) Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Qudian n 5.87 +1.58 +36.8 CalifRes rs 25.10 +3.93 +18.6 FootLockr 52.96 +6.87 +14.9 NLInds 5.01 +.58+13.1 JonesEngy rs2.35 +.27 +13.0 OiSAC 2.25 +.24 +11.9 GameStop 13.71 +1.43 +11.6 KosmosEn 5.84 +.57 +10.8 Puxin n 5.71 +.51 +9.8 CheetahM 9.36 +.82 +9.6 Losers ($2 or more) Ability rs 5.55 +2.73 +96.8 TizianaLf n 10.59 +2.24 +26.8 KodiakSc n 9.77 +2.00 +25.7 KiniksaPh n 20.29 +3.95 +24.2 EssaPhgs 3.11 +.46+17.4 QAD A 46.61 +6.83 +17.2 BeacnRfg 32.81 +4.75 +16.9 Gamida n 11.47 +1.63 +16.6 QAD Inc B 35.00 +4.84 +16.0 TandmDrs 32.63 +4.18 +14.7 Losers ($2 or more) Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg USCF ShOil 8.88 -.95 -9.7 CastlightH 2.49 -.26 -9.5 Caleres 28.29 -2.74 -8.8 DBGIbHY23150.81 -13.74 -8.4 DxRsaBr rs 17.77 -1.52 -7.9 DxSPOGBr rs10.15 -.87 -7.9 DirDGIBr rs 29.98 -2.52 -7.8 DxGlMBr rs 68.55 -5.60 -7.6 DrxNGBear rs29.92 -2.38 -7.4 Cementos 9.21 -.72 -7.3 Most Active ($1 on more) Name Vol (00) Last Chg GenElec 843860 781 +46 BkofAm 403459 27.27 -.11 AT&T Inc 303001 29.77 +.35 EnCana g 299459 7.39 +.33 FordM 258791 9.11 +.05 ChesEng 254794 3.26 +.06 Vale SA 250586 14.35 +.28 SwstnEngy 238805 5.25 +.20 Cemex 229823 4.68 -.20 Petrobras 204586 14.37 +.39 Diary 2,103 713 66 2,882 15 138 3,187,472,878 Sphr3D grs 4.20 -2.41 -36.5 AquestTh n 10.22 -2.97 -22.5 TenaxTh rs 2.90 -.70 -19.4 l-AMCap n 8.86 -1.14 -11.4 Onconvars 3.51 -.42 -10.7 FullHseR 2.32 -.25 -9.7 Dynatronic 2.56 -.27 -9.4 SilvrSun n 2.88 -.28 -8.9 NuCanan 17.67 -1.71 -8.8 Hexindai n 4.95 -.47 -8.7 Most Active ($1 or more) Name Vol (00) Last Chg AMD 814496 18.73 ^48 Ability rs 334131 5.55 +2.73 Apple Inc 310893 176.78 -.20 JD.com 291499 20.34 +.85 Microsoft 281219 103.11 +1.40 Nvidia 256129 144.71 -4.37 Facebook 253655 134.82 +2.39 SiriusXM 230875 6.04 +.17 MicronT 224130 36.38 +.26 Cisco 199096 44.89 +.40 Diary 2,151 731 178 3,060 9 106 1,811,434,948 Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows Volume Stocks of Local Interest YTD YTD Name Ex Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg Name Ex Div Yld PE Last Chg %Chg AFLAC S 1.04 2.3 14 44.39 +.10 0.0 Hershey 2.89 2.7 23 106.16 -.32 -6.5 AT&T Inc 2.00 6.7 6 29.77 +.35 -23.4 HomeDp 4.12 2.4 18 169.30 +.25 -10.7 AbbottLab 1.12 1.6 29 68.53 -.53 +20.1 Intel 1.20 2.6 18 47.03 -.36 +1.9 Ability rs 5.55 +2.73 +26.1 IBM 6.28 5.3 9 118.57 +1.37 -22.7 AMD 18.73 -.48 +82.2 JohnJn 3.60 2.5 20 141.99 -4.46 +1.6 Altria 3.20 5.9 17 54.39 -1.24 -23.8 Kinross g 21 2.69 +.08 -37.7 Apple Inc 2.92 1.7 21 176.78 -.20 +4.5 Lowes 1.92 2.2 19 88.37 +2.19 -4.9 ATMOS 1.94 2.0 18 97.72 -.48 +13.8 McDnlds 4.64 2.5 28 182.72 -.99 +6.2 AutoZone 18 819.21+26.10 +15.2 Merck 2.20 2.9 28 74.79 +.01 +32.9 AveryD 2.26 2.4 26 92.42 +.12 -19.5 MicronT 3 36.38 +.26 -11.5 BB&T Cp 1.62 3.2 15 50.42 -.52 +1.4 Microsoft 1.84 1.8 43 103.11 +1.40 +20.5 BP PLC 2.38 5.8 12 41.27 +1.17 -1.8 NorflkSo 3.20 1.9 25 166.25 +3.50 +14.7 BkofAm .60 2.2 13 27.27 -.11 -7.6 Nvidia .64 .4 27 144.71 -4.37 -25.2 BarnesNob .60 8.6 6.94 +.44 +3.6 OfficeDpt .10 3.2 9 3.16 +.28 -10.7 BarrickG .12 .9 75 13.46 +.43 -7.0 Penney 1.32 +.03 -58.2 Boeing 6.84 2.2 30 317.32 -.38 +7.6 PepsiCo 3.71 3.2 33 115.28 -.72 -3.9 BrMySq 1.60 3.0 53 53.20 -.32 -13.2 Pfizer 1.36 3.2 17 43.10 -.43 +19.0 CSX .88 1.3 10 70.21 +.99 +27.6 PhilipMor 4.56 5.4 20 83.95 -2.60 -20.5 CampSp 1.40 3.5 14 39.52 -1.03 -17.9 Primerica 1.00 .9 14 114.90 +2.34 +13.1 Caterpillar 3.44 2.8 12 123.87 +1.60 -21.4 ProctGam 2.87 3.1 23 91.41 -.69 -.5 ChesEng 5 3.26 +.06 -17.7 RegionsFn .56 3.5 14 15.82 -.01 -8.4 Chevron 4.48 3.8 24 117.57 +1.47 -6.1 SiriusXM .05 .8 34 6.04 +.17 +12.7 Cisco 1.32 2.9 23 44.89 +.40 +17.2 SnapIncAn ... 6.35 +.26 -56.5 Citigroup 1.80 2.9 11 62.87 +.34 -15.5 SouthnCo 2.40 5.3 22 45.63 -1.03 -5.1 CocaCola 1.56 3.2 92 48.73 -.65 +6.2 SwstnEngy 6 5.25 +.20 -5.9 Comcast s .76 2.0 18 37.51 +.75 -6.0 Square n 62.62 +.80 +80.6 ConAgra .85 2.6 16 32.89 -.34 -12.7 SunTrst 2.00 3.2 11 61.90 +.17 -4.2 Cummins 4.56 3.1 40 145.00 +1.83 -17.9 SynovusFn 1.00 2.8 13 36.29 +.36 -24.3 Disney 1.68 1.5 15 113.03 +1.16 +5.1 3M Co 5.44 2.7 27 198.69 -.46 -15.6 DowDuPnt 1.52 2.7 18 56.97 +.60 -20.0 Torchmark .64 .7 7 86.10 +.43 -5.1 EnCana g .06 .8 13 7.39 +.33 -44.6 Twitter 31.61 +.55 +31.7 Equifax 1.56 1.5 17 101.00 +.50 -14.3 Tyson 1.20 2.0 11 58.91 +.09 -27.3 ExxonMbl 3.28 4.2 14 77.56 +.59 -7.3 UtdCmBks .64 2.5 15 25.21 +.11 -10.4 Facebook 25 134.82 +2.39 -23.6 UPS B 3.64 3.3 18 108.77 +.26 -8.7 FordM .60 6.6 5 9.11 +.05 -27.1 VerizonCm 2.41 4.1 8 59.16 -.30 +11.8 FrptMcM .20 1.8 7 11.41 +.53 -39.8 Vodafone 1.74 8.9 19.52 +.56 -38.8 GenElec .48 6.1 7.81 +.16 -55.3 WalMart 2.08 2.2 54 94.17 +.01 -4.6 GenuPrt 2.88 2.9 22 100.01 +.49 +5.3 Weathflntl .68 +.03 -83.7 HP Inc .64 2.8 8 22.66 +.05 +7.9 WeisMk 1.24 2.7 11 45.82 +.01 +10.7 Haverty .72 3.3 22 21.59 +.31 -4.7 WellsFargo 1.72 3.3 13 52.43 -.11 -13.6 HeliosM rs .02 +.00-100.0 YumBrnds 1.44 1.7 31 87.03 -.16 +6.6 Stock Footnotes: g = Dividends and earnings in Canadian dollars, h = Does not meet continued-listing standards. If = Late filing with SEC. n = New in past 52 weeks, pf = Preferred, rs = Stock has undergone a reverse stock split of at least 50 percent within the past year, rt = Right to buy security at a specified price, s = Stock has split by at least 20 percent within the last year, un = Units, vj = In bankruptcy or receivership, wd = When distributed, wi = When issued, wt = Warrants. Fund Footnotes: m - Multiple fees are charged, usually a marketing fee and either a sales or redemption fee. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial. Stock Market Indexes Dow Jones industrials Close: 24,464.69 Change: -0.95 (flat) 27,200 26,400 25,600 24,800 24,000 52-Week Net YTD 12-mo High Low Name Last Chg %Chg %Chg %Chg 26,951.81 23,344.52 Dow Industrials 24,464.69 -.95 -1.03 +3.99 11,623.58 9,456.16 Dow Transportation 10,365.53 +152.59 +1.49 -2.33 +7.68 773.78 647.81 Dow Utilities 718.69 -8.96 -1.23 -.65 -5.15 13,637.02 11,820.33 NYSE Composite 12,123.34 +74.69 +.62 -5.35 -2.16 8,133.30 6,630.67 Nasdaq Composite 6,972.25 +63.43 +.92 +1.00 +1.53 1,309.73 1,118.69 S&P 100 1,171.29 +1.35 +.12 -1.00 +2.34 2,940.91 2,532.69 S&P 500 2.649.93 +8.04 +.30 -.89 +2.03 2,053.00 1,769.25 S&P MidCap 1,827.87 +19.95 +1.10 -3.83 -1.62 30,560.54 26,293.62 Wilshire 5000 27,345.48 +142.55 +.52 -1.61 +1.25 1,742.09 1,436.43 Russell 2000 1,488.28 +19.27 +1.31 -3.08 -1.88 26,280, 25,320 24,360 10 DAYS Mutual Funds Total Assets Total Return/Rank Pet Min Init Name Obj ($Mlns) NAV 4-wk 12-mo 5-year Load Invt Vanguard 500ldxAdmrl LB 247,729 245.40 -4.1 +3.9/B +10.3/A NL 3,000 Vanguard TtlSMIdxAdmrl LB 199,057 66.12 -3.9 +3.3/B +9.9/A NL 3,000 Vanguard TtlSMIdxInv LB 127,316 66.09 -3.9 +3.2/B +9.8/B NL 3,000 Vanguard TtlnSIdxinv FB 126,316 15.89 -2.1 -9.5/C +2.0/B NL 0 Vanguard TtlSMIdxIns LB 119,661 66.14 -3.9 +3.3/B +9.9/A NL 5 000,000 Vanguard Insldxlns LB 116,372 242.11 -4.1 +3.9/B +10.3/A NL 5 000,000 Vanguard InsidxInsPlus LB 101,648 242.13 -4.1 +3.9/B +10.3/A NL100,000,000 Vanguard TtlnSIdxinsPlus FB 94,240 106.30 -2.1 -9.4/B +2.1/B NL100,000,000 Fidelity Contrafund LG 91,385 12.14 -6.9 +1.3/D +10.8/B NL 0 Vanguard TtBMIdxAdmrl Cl 85,528 10.28 +0.4 -1.7/C +2.0/C NL 3,000 Fidelity 500ldxlnsPrm LB 84,712 92.87 -4.1 +3.9/B +10.3/A NL 0 Vanguard WlngtnAdmrl MA 84,654 70.86 -0.8 +2.4/A +7.3/A NL 50,000 Cl -Intermediate-Term Bond, FB -Foreign Large Blend, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Momingstar.