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Allied Irish Banks aimed to put the collective madness of a homegrown property bubble behind it on Tuesday with a jaw-dropping annual loss of 10.4 billion euros and a plan to axe over 2,000 jobs.

“President Obama’s policy has failed” at job creation, said 2012 presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs will allow best-selling author Walter Isaacson, who chronicled the lives of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, to publish his biography next year.

The authorized biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs is set to be published early next year.

Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday it is shedding about 1,900 jobs, or less than 1 percent of its total workforce, as mortgage refinancings slow.

A new research has found strong correlation between unemployment and mortality. The research by McGill Sociology Professor Eran Shor showed that unemployment increases the risk of premature mortality by 63 percent.

Last April 3rd marked the passing of a milestone in computing that a majority of laptop users would not be aware of. It was the 30th anniversary of portable computing and what a ride it has been. Thirty years ago, Adam Osborne's name was a by-word in emerging personal computer communities. His name rang more bells than an upstart named Steve Jobs who chose to name his small computer company after a fruit and lent the same name, perhaps appropriately to his first product.

U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday on strong jobs data. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 56.99 points, or 0.46 percent, to 12,376.72. The Standard & Poor's 500 advanced 6.58 points, or 0.50 percent, to 1,332.41. The Nasdaq Composite rose 8.53 points, or 0.31 percent, to 2,789.60.

Most leading economists do not expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to increase interest rates this year, despite forecasts of rising inflation and after further evidence of a recovering jobs market, a Reuters poll found on Friday.

Oil prices rose on Friday in choppy trading, with U.S. crude reaching a 2-1/2-year high as supportive U.S. jobs data reinforced economic growth expectations.

Oil prices rose on Friday in volatile trading, as stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data reinforced economic growth expectations but also the possibility it might trigger a pull back from loose monetary policy and strengthen the dollar.

The U.S. labor market is finally luring back some discouraged workers. They may find the most help wanted signs at bars, restaurants and doctor's offices.

Payroll gains in the US private sector for February and March 2011 is the largest since early 2006.

Spot Gold slumped 1.4% lunchtime Friday in London, falling back from its highest-ever monthly close as the Dollar jumped on news of stronger-than-expected US jobs hiring in March.

Stock index futures pointed to gains on Friday, rebounding from the previous session's falls, as optimism gathered pace that a key labor market report will confirm the view that the economy was on a solid path to recovery.

World stocks rose and the euro weakened slightly against the dollar on the opening day of the second quarter, ahead of U.S. jobs data expected to give further impetus to those investors betting on improving world growth.

World stocks rose and the euro weakened slightly against the dollar on the opening day of the second quarter, ahead of U.S. jobs data expected to give further impetus to those investors betting on improving world growth.

Brent crude was steady above $117, after earlier touching near a four-week high, as investors awaited an expected positive U.S. March payroll report due later on Friday for clues to demand prospects by the world's largest oil importer.

US stocks ended mixed in light volume as traders wait for Friday’s all-important Bureau of Labor Statistics obs report.

U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday, the final day of the quarter, as jobless claims fell less than expected but didn't change optimism about Friday's U.S. payrolls report for March.

Theories abound as to what Apple is packing into its next generation smartphone and more importantly, when will it come out. We help you wade through the deluge of fact and fiction.