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Wall Street may find it hard to rally this week as Greece's new and untested coalition begins the process of ratifying a 130 billion-euro lifeline and the fate of Italy's government hangs by a thread.

Unexpected job losses pushed Canada's unemployment rate higher in October as the European debt crisis and U.S. weakness buffeted the exporting nation's economy and weakened confidence.

The Jarrow march has become extremely relevant to new generation of Britons.

U.S. stock investors have had to take their own self-help course on living with uncertainty due to Europe's crisis, and they may need to draw on that next week because it is completely unclear when the next upheaval will come.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Wednesday it will soon give fans a sneak peek at its Black Friday deals and will hold a sale this Saturday, as the world's largest retailer and other U.S. chains make an early effort to win over fickle shoppers this holiday season.

Hiring slowed in October but the unemployment rate hit a six-month low and job gains in the prior two months were stronger than previously thought, pointing to some improvement in the still-weak labor market.

The U.S. Labor Department announced 80,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October. The consensus among economic experts? We're not out of the woods yet.

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.