to the release of the movie, director Andres Muschietti talked about one controversial scene from Stephen King's original It novel involving a ritual.

"My emotional experience with the book did not regard that scene at all, and I think in general it's an unnecessary metaphor at the end of the story of a rite of passage," he said. "That actually was talked about during the whole story, but it was a bit unnecessary. It's great in the book. I love Stephen King's style, his way of shocking people with those tonal swings and unexpected intensity, but I think while it was jarring in the book, it wasn't necessary in the movie adaptation. For me it was about engaging the audience from an emotional point of view with the characters."

InTreasurys fall as QE clouds market

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Treasury market turned a morning rally into an afternoon slump Monday as the benchmark U.S. government debt yield rose to its highest since mid-March.

Market chatter about how and whether the Federal Reserve may taper its bond-purchase program—known as quantitative easing, which artificially holds down interest rates—continued to dominate the market during a week of public appearances by Fed officials.

The benchmark 10-year note
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yielded 1.965%, 1 basis point higher on the day, to its steepest level in two months. The 30-year bond
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yield traded up half a basis point at 3.174%, while the 5-year note
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yield traded up slightly at 0.837%. Yields move inversely to prices.

“We are sitting in a situation here of pretty emotional markets,” said David Keeble, head of interest-rate