AP - A disappointing jobs report couldn't stop the stock market from having a strong start to the new year. Stocks zigzagged for much of Friday but closed higher as investors took in stride the Labor Department's news that employers cut 85,000 jobs in December, far more than the 8,000 analysts expected. The disappointing numbers were offset by a pleasant surprise: November's report was revised to show the first job gains in nearly two years. -- read full article
Reuters - Toronto's main stock index was little changed on Friday as weak Canadian and U.S. employment reports and a lower oil price weighed on sentiment, even as consumer stocks rebounded. -- read full article
AP - Stock markets and the dollar bounced back from earlier losses Friday as investors said weaker than expected U.S. December jobs figures did little to alter predictions for ongoing economic growth this year.
AFP - A resurgent mining sector helped push the leading share index into positive territory on Friday as disappointing US employment figures revived investor concerns about the pace of economic recovery.
Reuters - The Dow and the S&P 500 edged lower on Friday from 15-month highs after hopes for a quick turnaround in the labor market were knocked by an unexpectedly weak employment report.
Reuters - A former McKinsey & Co director told a court on Thursday that Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam paid him $1.75 million in exchange for confidential information on clients to make illegal stock trades.
Reuters - Wall Street's confidence in the nascent U.S. economic recovery is about to be tested as fourth-quarter earnings season gets under way next week. -- read full article
AP - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: -- read full article
AP - A former director of a global management consulting firm pleaded guilty Thursday to securities fraud charges, admitting making $2.6 million by feeding inside stock information to one of America's richest men in history's largest hedge-fund insider trading case.
AP - Investors' cautious optimism about the job market gave stocks a modest lift Thursday, one day before the government's report on December employment.
AP - Cautious optimism about the job market gave stocks a modest lift Thursday, one day before the government's report on December employment. Stocks closed mostly higher after many retailers issued upbeat holiday sales figures and the Labor Department reported a leveling of the number of newly laid-off workers applying for unemployment benefits. -- read full article
