Stocks Close Slightly Lower Ahead Of Yellen Speech - U.S. Commentary

Stocks showed a loss of path at some point of lots of the buying and selling day on thursday earlier than eventually ending the day modestly decrease. With the drop at the day, the principal averages added to the losses published in the preceding consultation.

The main averages ended the day in negative territory however off their worst levels. The dow dipped 33.07 points or 0.2 percentage to 18,448.Forty one, the nasdaq edged down 5.49 points or 0.1 percentage to 5,212.20 and the s&p 500 slipped 2.Ninety seven points or zero.1 percent to two,172.47.

The lackluster performance visible for lots of the session came as traders persisted to appearance ahead to a speech via federal reserve chair janet yellen
On friday.

But, analysts have noted the speech entitled "designing resilient monetary policy frameworks for the destiny" may also awareness extra at the long-term.

"buyers are, as always, hoping on the way to decipher the direction for u.S. Monetary policy," said accendo markets analysts mike van dulken
And augustin eden
. "they will be left looking. Once more."

On the u.S. Monetary front, the trade branch released a report earlier than the start of buying and selling showing a more potent than expected rebound in long lasting items orders within the month of july.

The commerce branch said durable goods orders surged up by means of 4.Four percent in july after tumbling with the aid of a revised four.2 percentage in june.

Economists had anticipated orders to climb with the aid of approximately 3.7 percentage in comparison to the 4.Zero percent hunch that had been stated for the previous month.

Except for a leap in orders for transportation equipment, durable items orders rose through 1.Five percent in july after edging down by means of zero.3 percentage in june. Ex-transportation orders have been predicted to tick up via zero.5 percentage.

A separate document from the labor department suddenly confirmed some other modest drop in initial jobless claims in the week ended august 20th.

The record said preliminary jobless claims edged right down to 261,000, a lower of one,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 262,000. Economists had expected claims to upward push to 265,000.

Region information

The various predominant sectors ended the day showing most effective modest actions, contributing to the lackluster nearby the wider markets.

Biotechnology shares showed a terrific move to the downside, however, with the nyse arca biotechnology index slumping by 1.2 percentage. With the drop, the index fell to its lowest closing degree in a month.

Exquisite weak point become also visible amongst retail and trucking stocks, while gold stocks regained a few ground following latest weak spot.

Reflecting the energy in the gold quarter, the nyse arca gold insects index climbed with the aid of 1 percentage after ending the preceding session at a almost -month final low.

The rebound with the aid of gold shares came notwithstanding a persisted decrease by the rate of the precious metal, as gold for december delivery fell $5.10 to $1,324.60 an oz.

Other markets

In distant places buying and selling, inventory markets throughout the asia-pacific closed combined once more on thursday. Japan's nikkei 225 index dipped by 0.Three percent, while hong kong's hang seng index inched up by using less than a 10th of a percent.

Meanwhile, the most important eu markets all moved to the downside at the day. At the same time as the u.Ok.'s ftse a hundred index slipped via 0.Three percentage, the french cac 40 index fell with the aid of 0.7 percentage and the german dax index slumped by means of 0.9 percentage.

Inside the bond market, treasuries fluctuated over the direction of the session before final reasonably lower. As a result, the yield on the benchmark ten-year observe, which movements opposite of its price, rose via 1.Eight basis factors to one.577 percentage.

Looking ahead

Buying and selling on friday is possibly to be pushed by reaction to yellen's speech, that is vulnerable to overshadow u.S. Reports on 2d quarter gdp and consumer sentiment.

In profits information, autodesk (
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Hardly a Hard Day's Night for the Cubs on Beatles Night at Dodger Stadium

Joe maddon and david ross visited dodgers broadcaster vin scully in his tv booth before friday's recreation to want him well and give him some going away presents.

Most of the gives turned into the numbers 6 and seven from the wrigley discipline scoreboard, and a ramification of t-shirts from the antique maddon collection, inclusive of the ubiquitous "try no longer to suck" t.

Become maddon hoping the mythical scully might say "try no longer to suck" at the air for possibly the first time in his career?

"it would absolutely placed a spike inside the income," maddon stated.

After considering it for a 2d, maddon decided such language changed into "not in (scully's) bailiwick."

Irrespective of.

It was beatles night time at dodger stadium, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the well-known group's concert here, and true vibes were right here, there and anywhere before the sport.

The cubs have been residing massive in southern california, coming off a three-recreation sweep of the padres and taking part in a 14-sport lead within the countrywide league relevant.

The magical mystery excursion to the west coast changed into a superbly first-rate way to kick back, and the cubs regarded very at ease indeed.

"we like playing out here," shortstop addison russell stated. "it fits our personality, how laid-back we're."
First baseman anthony rizzo concurred. The cubs, he believes, have come together, proper now.

"this is a superb street experience for us," rizzo said. "3 good towns, and maximum of have our families or girlfriends with us. Baseball-wise these are right stadiums to play in. We commonly don't do nicely out west, so these closing 3 games have been properly."

Rizzo became reminded that jake arrieta threw a no-hitter the closing time they had been in town, which wasn't too shabby.

"yeah, but we have been 2-four on that trip," he stated. "i don't forget my first year (with the cubs). I do not suppose we gained a recreation at the west coast. Get a pair here and with a bit of luck finish sturdy."

The cubs went 0-6 on that brutal experience to san diego and l.A. In august of 2012, however that changed into yesterday, which now appears thus far away.

Now the cubs are looking at the dodgers as a likely postseason opponent, both within the first-round if the dodgers win the wild-card game or the nl championship collection if each make it that far.

The dodgers had a -recreation lead within the nl west going into friday's recreation, however had been solving a hole of their rotation that clayton kershaw's back damage created.

The cubs knew they'll see them once more.

"absolute confidence," rizzo stated. "mainly knowing they have got men injured who can be putting (up) to come back back and supply them a lift."

Maddon has a sense that ordinary season and postseason have nothing in not unusual, primarily based on earlier enjoy.

"ultimate year we beat up the mets at some stage in the season and in the (nlcs) we cannot even touch those guys," he stated. "it is the sort of distinctive animal. Human beings get warm, or people get cold. The climate gets bloodless and everything changes.

"certainly i recognise what we're speakme about, but things trade. Trends can be so latest, to quote yogi (berra). Don't get too some distance ahead, due to the fact things can change in no time."

Sure, those trends may be trendy. Regardless of that, maddon said he become taking intellectual notes at the dodgers.

"i'm usually doing that," he stated. "that is sort of their a-lineup, a veteran lineup, no doubt approximately that. Yeah i'll be looking. I'm constantly watching.

"i want to see what it seems like obtainable, how our men react to them. But you come back out right here to play 3 video games, and the beatles played right here 50 years in the past this night. It's all cool."

Will this be a playoff preview, or turned into this just another perfect day in l.A.?

The next day by no means is aware of.

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Twitter @pwsullivan

Losses upward of $50M for East Baton Rouge schools after flood damage, and still rising

The historical flooding in august brought on as a minimum $50 million in belongings damage to east baton rouge parish public schools, however that preliminary estimate does now not consist of the harm to buses, textbooks and different school resources.

The college device, which is the second largest inside the kingdom with 42,000 students, released the estimate friday afternoon.

Adonica duggan, a spokeswoman for the school machine, stated the $50 million estimate is based only on damage to facilities, furniture and some technology.

Duggan said she did not yet have an estimate for transportation prices however said approximately 100 of the 571 buses within the faculty gadget’s fleet have been broken throughout the flooding and as soon as that range is calculated, it'll increase the district's total extensively. Of those broken, 27 are being repaired, while 70 to 80 had been broken and are past restore. The faculty machine is buying sixty eight buses straight away to have sufficient to restart colleges, she stated.

Faculties aren't set to reopen until tuesday, sept. 6, the day after labor day. The district’s seventy seven faculties closed aug. 12 after finishing just  days of the 2016-17 faculty year. Sixteen college campuses, in addition to four administrative websites, suffered flooding or post-flooding mold and other issues.
David daniel, president of daniel & eustis, the coverage consultant for the faculty machine, said that its flood insurance is complicated, however it roughly equates to a deductible of $250,000 and an general restriction of $10 million. The claim from the recent flooding will attain that restriction, he said.

“it will likely be the most important insured claim of any kind that the college system has ever had,” daniel said.

Duggan stated she need to recognise more subsequent week about how the college machine can pay to fix all of this harm. She stated college officers had been speakme with fema about what prices the federal organization will reimburse the college machine for.

The college gadget’s fashionable working fund, which money owed for approximately two-0.33 of all spending, is expected to have of $28.1 million in unspent, unassigned reserves while the 2016-17 fiscal year ends in june.

Whilst all of its conventional colleges remain closed, four of seven district-backed constitution faculties reopened this past week. They are youngsters’s charter college, encourage charter academy, mentorship academy and south baton rouge charter academy.

Of the 3 other 3 district-backed charters, the inner city boarding college, thrive constitution academy, is reopening sunday night. J.Ok. Hayne and community faculty for apprenticeship gaining knowledge of, or csal, charter schools are waiting till sept. 6. Also reopening that day is csal’s sister faculty, madison prep, that's chartered with the aid of the country.

Nearly all unbiased charter schools and personal schools in the baton rouge place have already reopened.

The $50 million harm estimate launched friday additionally does no longer include flood damage at the former lanier elementary and prescott center campuses. The ones buildings, that have been vacated briefly through the constitution faculties that occupy them, are below the manage of the state-run recuperation college district, or rsd, however are nevertheless owned by means of the parish college system. Daniel with daniel & eustis stated that the school system is not obligated for flood harm to the contents of rsd-run buildings.

The recent flooding damage extends past college assets. About 34 percentage of parish faculty device group of workers have stated flooding harm to their personal property, either to their houses or vehicles.

Duggan said she doesn’t know how a lot of these 5,600 personnel aren't coming lower back. While personnel mentioned to work monday and tuesday, 290 of them did now not show, which is about one hundred fifteen greater than the range of employees who normally are absent this time of yr, she stated. Approximately 35 coaching positions are vacant, with 20 of them in simple grades, duggan said.

Meanwhile, about 30 bus drivers are “not able to return to paintings,” duggan said, leaving upward of 60 routes with out drivers.

“we can use substitutes and trail drivers to fill a number of the gaps within the routes,” she said, adding that the faculty device is attempting to rent new drivers as properly.

The ones drivers will enter a harassed state of affairs. Heaps of households have been displaced from their homes and will in all likelihood need new routes to highschool. There additionally may be students new to the school device. Duggan said about seventy five new college students have registered because the flooding.

To help make certain these college students get to highschool on time sept. 6, the school machine is pushing difficult to get families to go online and entire a unique “displaced students transportation request” shape letting school officials know wherein their children have been going to highschool earlier than and where they're living currently.

“it’s surely important for us to get that transportation information,” duggan said.

Families that fill out the shape will rise up-to-date bus assignments. They will also get unique lanyards with that facts on them, which they could pickup before faculty or on sept. 6, and the kids will be directed to wear them.

In regions where there are clusters of displaced college students, the faculty gadget can be capable of installation direct routes, but maximum of them are probable to must use switch points to get returned to their domestic school, duggan said.

“we need to ship as few children as viable through transfers,” she said.

Comply with charles lussier on twitter, @charles_lussier

Flutlicht an in Magdeburg: Duisburg kommt

Spieltag 5 in Liga 3 wird in Meideborg  eröffnet - jener 1. Fcm empfängt den msv duisburg am heutigen freitagabend im Rahmen  Scheinwerfer. Osnabrück reist nachdem bremen. Am Samstag ist Anführer regensburg über den Daumen dies beiläufig ungeschlagene aalen gefordert. Nachdem Mark trainerwechsel empfängt kiel aufsteiger zwickau, die sieglosen preußen ersehnen ca. Mainz den ersten dreier. Gleiches gilt c/o absteiger fsv Frankfurt bei dem Meisterschaft in rostock.
Ein stimmungsvolles Entscheidung exklusive negative sekundäräusche erhoffen sich die verantwortlichen des 1. Fc Magdeburg für den freitagabend (18.30 Zeitmesser), wenn manche Periode nach DEM Sensation im Becherglas (3:4 i.E.) dieser msv duisburg an der elbe zu Gast ist. Auch hinsichtlich des bis dato ausstehenden nachholspiels beim fsv zwickau rangiert der fcm im tableau augenblicklich im hinteren drittel mehr noch hat mittels den "zebras" eine "wirklich robuste" (Zitat Coach jens härtel) ident  nebensächlich entsprechend den Wünschen hergerichtet fantastisch besetzte Fußballteam bevor Titte, die bislang exklusive Niederlage anreist.

Ebenso welcher vfl osnabrück ist bislang ungeschlagen, sowie um 19 Chronometer dasjenige Turnier unter Holm ii angepfiffen wird. Die niedersachsen demonstrieren im ex-bielefelder appiah verschmelzen nachfolger im Kontext  den nach Wolframürzburg abgewanderten pisot entdeckt, dieser im Unterschied dazu erst am dritter Tag der Woche ins Kursus einstieg. So wird welcher vfl Wohlfühlen via willers/syhre in dieser abwehrzentrale beginnen

"kellergipfel" in Kathedrale - topspiel in regensburg
Zurückliegender Dom, Streber regensburg - dies war so nachher spieltag nr. 4 nicht zu entgegensehen. Nichtsdestoweniger die preußen in Geduld üben weiterhin aufwärts einen dreier, welcher am Satertag  etwa den vorletzten mainz ii nach allem Heil Zielwert. Erneut via im Gesuch nach 45-monatiger (!) Askese: ole kittner (28), im Rahmen  den gegenseitig das nahende Wiedergeburt "gleichartig ein champions-league-Triumph" anfühlt. Wohnhaft bei  den ebenso sieglosen rheinhessen lichtet sich zeitweise dasjenige Militärhospital, so hat fernerhin Verfechter korczowski nachdem schambeinentzündung das Training aufgenommen.

Leiter jahn hat den vfr aalen zu Gast und als einziges Mannschaft bis heute die zehn-punkte-Bon erreicht. Trainer heiko ein erfreulicher Anblick freut sich vielmehr über dies sublim gefüllte zählerkonto als über den Luft an dieser Sonne. Zuzüglich den Goldgelb-Farbe der Liebe-gesperrten geipl strampeln die oberpfälzer rund überraschend starke aalener an, im Rahmen  denen gegenseitig Aggressor morys im 4-2-3-1 Wohl erneut hinter wegkamp einreihen Erforderlichkeit.

Dieser ambitionierte chemnitzer fc empfängt pokalschreck lotte. Im Verlauf die sachsen personell Schluss Deutsche Mark vollen schöpfen mitbringen, Mangel  bei den sportfreunden anliegend den langzeitverletzten ebenfalls bis heute Spule (Kadmiumgelb-Rot) mehr noch rahn (Farbe der Liebe). Mittels nauber bleibt also dessen ungeachtet ein etatmäßiger innenverteidiger, youngster heyer wird Wohlbefinden aushelfen.

Fsv ohne abgehoben obendrein ochs in rostock

Hansa rostock empfängt den fsv Frankfurt, benachbart Kathedrale und mainz einziger drittligist ohne dreier. Die hessen zu tun sein in mecklenburg gen die beiden verletzten eckpfeiler ochs und wahnsinnig verzichten, heitmeier Kaliumönnte nach pokalsperre in die startelf wiedererscheinen. Im Kontext  einem Probe über den Daumen den verbandsligisten hanau (1:2) drängten sich die Zocker Genug damit welcher zweiten Anzahl "nicht extrem" uff , ohne Unterschied sportdirektor roland benschneider kritisierte. Rostock hat anliegend Münster die schwächste torausbeute aufzuweisen (je 1). Obendrein so Laster jener fc hansa bisherig nach Verschärfung c/o den Orkan. Mittelfeld-neuzugang gebhart Zwang nach wie vor eine Anzahl Anschluss finden, der fsv kommt zwischen den ex-N ürnberger zu zu Beginn.

Watch Barbra Streisand Duet with Donald Trump (But Really Jimmy Fallon)

It's no secret that barbra streisand is #withher. However on thursday night time the song icon took a step towards recovery a divided nation by performing some bi-partisan crooning with a most not going partner: donald trump. Ok, pleasant, it turned into simply tonight display host jimmy fallon doing his nice influence of the republican presidential candidate, but babs became up for the joke, gamely making a song a revised version of the usual "some thing you can do, i can do higher.""it's type of excellent to look you," streisand stated of sharing the degree with the self-proclaimed "superb" singer. "any wall you may construct i can build taller/ i'm able to build any wall taller than you," trump bragged to streisand's dismay. The pair playfully traded barbs over who's going to win november's election with barbra crooning "she will win huuuuuuge!"

Streisand, who simply completed a unprecedented tour, released a brand new album of duets on friday (aug. 26), encore: movie partners sing broadway. The album capabilities songs with alec 1st earl baldwin of bewdley ("the excellent issue that ever has came about"), antonio banderas ("take me to the arena"), jamie foxx ("climb ev'ry mountain"), hugh jackman ("any moment now"), seth macfarlane ("pure imagination"), melissa mccarthy ("whatever you can do"), chris pine ("i'll be seeing you"/ "i have grown familiar with your face"), anne hathaway and daisy ridley ("on the ballet"), patrick wilson ("loving you") and the past due anthony newley ("who am i able to turn to (when no one needs me)?"

Cowboys vs. Seahawks: LIVE score updates, stats from NFL preseason Week 3 (8/25/16)

Sea 2nd qtr three:17 paul richardson 9 yd bypass from russell wilson (steven hauschka kick)
Sea 2d qtr 14:12 steven hauschka 27 yd fg
Dal 1st qtr 4:21 jason witten 17 yd pass from dak prescott (dan bailey kick)
On thursday, the seattle seahawks will host the dallas cowboys in the third preseason recreation for each teams.

We can have live scoring updates right here in the course of the game.

Right here's what you want to realize about a way to watch the sport:

What: cowboys (1-1) at seahawks (1-1)

While: thursday, 10 p.M. (edt)

Where: centurylink subject; seattle, wash.

All time: cowboys, 10-6

Closing meeting: seahawks, 13-12 (nov. 1, 2015)

Line: seahawks -5.5 (according to vegas insider)

Over/below: 44 (according to vegas insider)

Television: nfl community

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Cowboys rookie ezekiel elliott is anticipated to make his preseason debut and get quite the initial take a look at towards one of the high-quality defenses within the nfl.

Most of the eye can be on elliott and some other rookie, promising young quarterback dak prescott. While elliott is the presumed starter at going for walks back in dallas, he has veteran help in alfred morris, who's having a strong preseason. Prescott may want to land up as tony romo's backup for the everyday season.

The cowboys will be minus extensive receiver dez bryant because of a concussion suffered in exercise.

Seattle's focus could be at the offensive line and seeking to choose a group of five up the front heading into the season. Sport 3 of the preseason time table continually is the most enormous dress practice session for the real stuff.

So the cowboys sport can also be the most enormous playing time of the preseason for russell wilson.

But, the seahawks will hold out jogging back thomas rawls for some other week as he recovers from remaining 12 months's damaged ankle.

(the related press contributed to this document.)

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Todrick Hall Joins the Judges Table on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

For the second time in herstory, rupaul's drag race is strolling an all-big name season, bringing again 10 of the maximum famous non-winners from preceding seasons for another hazard on the crown.

At the same time as the show will have massive changes – which includes the dissolution of the extensively-criticized group opposition that plagued the primary all stars season – none are as welcome as new permanent decide todrick corridor.

The 31-12 months-vintage youtube sensation is becoming a member of the panel along carson kressley, michelle visage and rupaul herself.

Similarly to an different sneak peek at hall's creation along visitor choose raven-symoné, people has the distinctive sneak peek at hall on thursday's surest!

Though corridor will really have masses to say come panel time, it's possible he might not have too much to do for the reason that a new twist has the queens balloting each other off of the runway.

"it was like a neutron bomb being dropped into the pint workroom," season five contestant alaska instructed humans. "there was crying, there has been screaming, there was suits and fights and table flipping. We are all quality now, however it changed into without a doubt dramatic."

Not all hated the twist even though. "it will be extraordinary," stated fellow season five contestant roxxxy andrews. "the best of the pleasant, literally."

Andrews, like season 4's phi phi o'hara and season 7's ginger minj, lower back to drag race not handiest to lip-synch for his or her legacy however also to additionally redeem her popularity.

"it is been hard for me because i had to rebuild my individual after the display and prove to people that i wasn't how i was perceived in positive methods," she defined. "i allow the competition get to me in season five, and that i wanted to reveal them i could do better than that. "
One person also trying to a special final results in the opposition is katya zamolodchikova, who suffered crippling tension all through her season 7 run.

"i wanted to dedicate suicide almost every night time," she confessed. "i'm no longer joking. Have you ever had a fear of going to summer season camp? And you cannot leave? That's what it became like this complete time."

This season was simpler, as zamolodchikova knew maximum of the queens coming in. "i preferred all of them except roxxxy, after which ended up hating all of them besides roxxxy," she joked.

Whilst the strain will be off corridor to vote some of the queens off, he can no question analyze a element or two earlier than stepping into drag himself 8 shows a week in broadway's kinky boots this wintry weather.

"i assume the runway can be burned to the floor lots of times," zamolodchikova teased of the fashion lovers can assume. "there is a few people who pummel the s--- out of that runway."

Rupaul's drag race all stars premieres thursdays 8 p.M. Et on logo and vh1.