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Various stories have begun appearing in the business media with rumors of Microsoft buying Netflix.

This prompted a buying opportunity for investors who helped push Netflix's stock up a staggering 9.2%, to $67.19 on Friday. A popular speculation as to the roots of these rumors has to do with the recent announcement that Netflix's CEO, Reed Hastings, would be stepping down from Microsoft's board of directors.
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More Black Friday criticism emerges as we approach what has been dubbed "the busiest shopping day of the year", a title many would disagree with. Time Magazine reported that the Sunday before Christmas is actually the busiest shopping day of the year, which means that not everyone finishes their Christmas shopping a month in advance. Some retail analysts have even gone as far as to call Black Friday "irrelevant". This may sound shocking, especially since sales figures show that more and more people spend money shopping on Black Friday, each year.

Time has put together a short list of reasons why Black Friday is losing terrain, in spite of the growing number of people who shop on this day. One important reason is that most doorbusters and significant discounts apply only to a limited number of products, and usually run out before everyone interested has purchased an item. In the grand scheme of retailing, doorbusters have a relatively small significance, and many shoppers who came for the product in question will actually end up buying something entirely different, and obviously, more expensive.
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On October 13, 2012, actor and TV host Gary Collins passed away of natural causes at the Biloxi Regional Medical Center in Mississippi. The 74-year-old moved to the state in 2011 as it was the birth place of his wife, actress Mary Ann Mobley. The couple would have been wed for 45 years this coming November 24.

His first big splash on the TV screen was as Lt. Richard P. 'Rip' Ripley, the role originally played by Jack Lemmon in the movie version of The Wackiest Ship in the Army. The 1965 series only last a season, however. He had a bit more luck the next year, in 1966 when the Dale Robertson western, Iron Horse, hit the airwaves. He was the number two man in this two-season series.
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Popular TV host and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres was honored on October 22nd with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

The fete took place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and was attended by many other comics, including Glee's Jane Lynch and Jimmy Kimmel, both of whom spoke about the quirky DeGeneres during the event. In fact, Lynch gave her peer credit for changing the view of many toward performers who are homosexual. DeGeneres came out of the closet while starring in her own TV series, a groundbreaking event that is still discussed today.
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