Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday. News that the nation's unemployment rate rose above 10 percent last month for the first time in 26 years didn't derail the stock market's strong gains in the week, which lifted major indexes more than 3 percent.
Wall Street manages gains at the end of an upbeat week, with the Dow topping 10,000. Unemployment spikes to a 26-year high. Oil prices slump as dollar churns.
A reality show miniseries about the Jackson family will premiere Dec. 13 on A&E, the network says. Back-to-back hour episodes will air that night at 9 p.m. EST.
Gains by Starbucks, General Electric and the world's biggest video games company helped Wall Street shrug off disappointing jobs data and move back in to positive territory in early trading on Friday.
Word is Comcast has mulled the idea of pushing back Jay Leno's not-good talk show to make local-news affiliates happy. The biggest loser in this situation? Conan O'Brien, again.
U.S. stock market futures turned lower after the latest jobs figures showed the U.S. unemployment rate had moved above 10% for the first time in 26 years.
GE Capital Retail Corporate Finance, a finance arm of General Electric Co., said Friday it is renewing for four years its private-label credit card program with retailer J.C. Penney Co.
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