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Stocks Edge Down From Records After Oil Prices Climb 5%

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market edged down from its all-time high on Monday, while oil prices rose on uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen and get the global flow of crude going again. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% from its record set on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 60 points, or 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3%. Momentum slowed for stocks following a rally powered by soaring profits for big U.S. companies. Reports are on track to show earnings per share leaped 50% in the spring from a year earlier for companies in the S&P 500, ...

A Failure To Communicate

The issues raised about structural deficits in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program since May and the pivot to accusations of fraud in the School Clothing Allowance program could be taught as a masterclass in how not to communicate. Let's start with May when Gov. Patrick Morrisey first announced the TANF structural deficit. I've frequently written about this, but in short: an influx of federal COVID-era dollars flooded into state TANF programs, causing TANF-funded programs to expand and creating sizable TANF carryover funds to accumulate. When the federal COVID ...

Local Sports Schedule

Monday, Aug. 10 BOYS GOLF Brooke, Oak Glen and Weir at Highland Springs GC, 1 p.m. Indian Creek and Harrison Central at Cadiz CC, 3 p.m. Wheeling Central and Shady Springs at Jones Course, 3:20 p.m. Barnesville, Bridgeport, Union Local, St. Clairsville and Shadyside at Belmont Hills CC, 4:15 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Shadyside at Wheeling Park, 3:45 p.m. John Marshall, Shadyside, Wheeling Central, Wheeling Park and University at Wheeling Park GC, 4 p.m. Brooke and Harrison Central at Cadiz CC, 4 p.m.

U.S. Stocks Edge Lower As Oil Prices Rise, Earnings Reports Roll In

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged further away from their recent records on Thursday as Wall Street faced pressure from rising oil prices and mixed company earnings. Wall Street opened the week soaring higher and notching records, but has calmed over the last two days. Markets are dealing with uncertainties over the ongoing U.S. war with Iran and its impact on inflation. Companies from a variety of sectors reported their latest financial results, adding to an already busy round of corporate earnings. The S&P 500 fell 13.59 points, or 0.2%, to 7,709.96. It pulled further away from its ...

Local Sports Schedule

Friday, Aug. 7 BOYS GOLF Barnesville, Shadyside, River and Union Local at Moundsville CC, noon GIRLS GOLF All BOMAR Schools at Brooke Hills, 11 a.m.

Local Sports Schedule

Thursday, Aug. 6 BOYS GOLF Circle K Invitational at Eaglesticks GC, 8 a.m. Buckeye Local, East Liverpool and Edison at BecWood, 10 a.m. Brooke, Trinity, Toronto and Madonna at Highland Springs GC, 1 p.m. Harrison Central at Indian Valley, 1 p.m. GIRLS GOLF Wheeling Central and Wheeling Park at Wheeling Park GC, 4:30 p.m.