What a big change, because at one point the dow, remember, was down 628 points. So this is really a different story. The nasdaq right now down 96 and the s p is down 11 points. The twoday selloff, by the way, in the nasdaq so severe this morning, it was actually within 25 points of correction territory. Since wednesdays record high of 12,056, the techheavy index is now down, as you can see right now, 103 points. Both snapping a fiveweek winning streak, the s p and the nasdaq. Were going to have our floor show trade thers ready with instant reaction for all of you. Now, the record selloff completely discounting a pretty positive august jobs report that showed an increase in 1. 37 million jobs with the Unemployment Rate dropping to 8. 4 . One company is helping to fill all those vacancies left behind by the coronavirus pandemic. Were going to introduce you to the ceo of shift pixie, helping big business find qualified workers in the gig economy. Plus, colleges struggling with infection r
Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has said he wont be rushed to making a decision about the h52 high speed rail link, after widespread reports that he is planning to axe the birmingham to Manchester Leg of the project. He told the bbc today he wants to take time to consider what to do next. Lets get the latest now from our Political Correspondent nick eardley at the conservative Party Conference in manchester. Talk about hst has dominated conference this week. The Prime Minister wants conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to talk conference this week. The Prime Minister wants to talk about minister wants to talk about long term decisions at this conference, trying to tell us across the country that he is prepared to make big, difficult decisions, but these conferences see the normal intensity of politics dialled up. Every single comment you make is scrutinised for what it might or might not mean. What has been fascinating over
Congress and nonfiction books. Here is what is happening on cspan2. Janet yellen tells lawmakers the outlook for in the rates part of her second day of testimony on capitol hill. Then democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton talks about her corporate Profit Sharing proposal at a town hall in dover, New Hampshire. And Congress Asks us soccer officials why they didnt expose the scandals in fifa. Janet yellen was back on capalitalol hill today saying it is likely the fed will raise Interest Rates. She highlighted improvements in the Labor Department as well. This is an hour and 45 minutes. These hearing are among the new opportunity we have for public discussion with the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve. They manage the supply of money and monitoring the health of the system. Through the special programs the feds Balance Sheet expanded to an unprecedented size of 4. 5 trillion trillion. 20 of all treasury securities are hailed on the feds Balance Sheet. Furthermore, rather than
A tremendous amount of alarm precisely because of where it is next to the Victorian Albert Museum and that full History Museum in the Science Museum on a saturday this is a part of london that is heaving with tourists heaving with locals and of course the city is no stranger to Violent Attacks that have led to fatalities so what we have seen is an incredibly rapid Police Response we saw armed units here weve seen in the last couple of hours forensic teams combing the site picking up possible evidence but what we have now established according to the police was that this was an unfortunate incident eleven people are being treated according to the London Ambulance service nine people have been hospitalized and it does look like as if this cordon is about to be lifted possibly within the next half an hour or so to allow this part of london to return to normal people are wondering why there was such a big response to what is essentially now a traffic incident we must remind people that the
Hunted and nate ahead of his expected landfall on saturday night evacuation orders have been in place along coastal areas of Louisiana Mississippi and alabama on saturday the mayor of new orleans has declared a state of emergency those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after inside story life and. Saudi arabia and russia have been rivals for decades and on opposite sides on many issues the saudi king says story is it suggests a new relationship why now and what does it mean for the middle age this is inside story. A welcome to the program and hasnt it is the first visit by a saudi king to russia and a recognition of new realities and Shifting Sands in the middle east he said man and president Vladimir Putin have a number of issues at stake from the war in syria to the global price of Oil Investment deals worth billions of dollars have also been signed some argue to visit reflects the growing russian influence in the middle east theyve agreed on the importance of fi