Jobs data poor but shares stay up

European shares climbed on Friday and Wall Street looked set for a positive start as investors sought to balance a new era of lower interest rates with signs of a deteriorating world

Europe leaders urge action, U.S jobs data grim

European leaders will propose new rules for global finance on Friday to help counter an economic slump underscored by fresh figures showing U.S. unemployment at a 14-year high. The U.S. Labor Department

Europe shares trim gains after US jobs data

European shares pared gains on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy lost more jobs than expected in October in the tenth consecutive month of declines, which exacerbated concern over the severity

October job losses worse than feared

US employers cut payrolls by 240,000 in October, much more severely than expected, while the US unemployment rate shot up to 6.5 percent from 6.1 percent in September, the highest since March