Reuters - With stocks mired in multi-year lows and the fate of General Motors and banks hanging in the balance, investors are unlikely to curb their flight from risk this week, putting Wall Street on track for another brutal sell-off.

Reuters - U.S. stocks mostly rose on Friday, with the Dow and S&P rebounding late in the day to end higher as surging oil prices lifted energy stocks and offset a sell-off in technology shares on bets that the slowing economy will sap consumer spending on gadgets.

Reuters - President Barack Obama tried to highlight some good news and tout his economic plan on Friday, but the grim reality of plunging employment and faltering stock markets once again stepped on his message.

AP - Stocks ended a volatile session mixed Friday after the government reported that employers cut 651,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate jumped to 8.1 percent. The government also revised its December and January job loss figures higher. But many market participants had been bracing for even worse readings. The major indexes remain down sharply for the week and near 12-year lows.

AP - Investors have gotten used to bad news, but layoffs topping 600,000 a month still made for a volatile day on Wall Street.

Reuters - With stocks mired in multi-year lows and the fate of General Motors and banks hanging in the balance, investors are unlikely to curb their flight from risk next week, putting Wall Street on track for another brutal sell-off.

AP - European markets were mixed Friday ahead of the publication of what is expected to be an especially bleak U.S. jobs report.

AFP - Asian stocks fell sharply Friday on fresh economic gloom after Wall Street hit a fresh 12-year low, but Europe steadied ahead of the weekend and a key US unemployment report, traders said.

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AFP - The FTSE 100 index of leading shares proved resilient to more bad news from the United States on Friday to finish flat at 3,530.73 points.

Reuters - President Barack Obama tried to highlight some good news and tout his economic plan on Friday, but the grim reality of plunging employment and faltering stock markets once again stepped on his message.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday as a bearish brokerage view on Apple Inc ignited a sell-off in shares of big-cap tech companies, while fears over the fate of the banking system persisted.

AP - Wall Street gave up an early gain and edged lower Friday as the severity of U.S. job losses began to register with investors.

AFP - Stock markets around the world took a beating Thursday from a spate of bad recession news, worries over the financial sector and a deafening silence from China on much hoped-for new stimulus measures.