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Forget about the quarterly earnings. Just look at what’s in their treasuries. An IBTimes compilation of 10 of the top technology leaders determined they are sitting on a record $301.3 billion in cash and investments.

Gold fell on Friday in one of the quietest trading day, as the metal tracked riskier assets on fresh worries about the euro zone bailout fund and a mildly encouraging U.S. nonfarm payrolls report.

The unemployed protesters who staged a sit-in in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's Capitol Hill office on Thursday were forced to leave the building before meeting with the senator.

President Barack Obama's approval rating increased to 49 percent, up from 47 percent, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Stocks retreated on Friday after two days of gains as wealthier nations appeared to pull back from a European Union plan to broaden funding for a plan to deal with the region's sovereign debt crisis.

Here's the full text of the final communique issued at the Group of 20 summit in Cannes, France.

The U.S. economy added a modest 80,000 jobs in October -- below what economists expected -- but job gains for the prior two months were revised higher: September to 158,000 from the initially-released 103,000; and August to 104,000 from 57,000. And the latter suggests a job market that continues to heal.

Stocks were set to drop at the open on Friday, and a mixed report on the U.S. labor market could make trading volatile.

The low-down on the U.S. economy in October? A modest job gain, as 80,000 new jobs were created. However, job gain totals for September and August were revised substantially higher: September to a gain of 158,000 from the initially-estimated 103,000-job gain, and August, up to 104,000 from 57,000.

U.S. employment rose less than expected in October, but a drop in the jobless rate to a six-month low of 9.0 percent and upward revisions to prior months' job gains pointed to underlying strength in the labor market.

Canada's economy unexpectedly ditched in October almost all the jobs gained the month before as a sluggish economy led to layoffs in manufacturing and construction, according to Statistics Canada on Friday.

U.S. employment growth was likely too weak in October to pull down the nation's lofty jobless rate, though it may have been strong enough to suggest some economic momentum is building.

Last month, the Obama administration announced a partnership with Facebook intended to help Americans find jobs and employers find employees via social media. Experts say it could make a dent in the unemployment rate.

U.S. employment growth was likely too weak in October to pull down the nation's lofty jobless rate, though it may have been strong enough to suggest some economic momentum is building.

October retail sales missed Wall Street expectations, with companies reporting weak numbers as the holiday season approaches.

Fewer Americans filed new claims for jobless benefits last week while the country's vast service sector continued to grow last month, according to data on Thursday that showed the U.S. recovery was on track, though not speeding along.

The question arises as pressure mounts on Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to step down after an odd couple of days in which he announced then withdrew a proposal to put the latest Eurozone rescue deal before the Greek citizenry as a referendum vote.

With a gleam in his eyes, Sidney Hamden recalls the glory days of Kirkland Lake, the little Canadian mining town in northern Ontario that was long ago dubbed The Mile of Gold.

Bob Barker, former host of popular daytime game show The Price is Right, was on Capital Hill yesterday to protest mistreatment of circus animals.

Just when you think the United States economy is about to tip back into a recession -- the dreaded double-dip -- up pops the unexpected -- modestly encouraging economic news, in the form of worker productivity and unit labor costs.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell below 400,000 last week for the first time in five weeks and a trend reading also edged lower, suggesting a modest improvement in the still-moribund labor market.