| Earnings to set tone for stocks in week ahead
(Reuters)  Reuters - With Wall Street stuck in a range since May, the start of second-quarter earnings season next week could prove to be a decisive factor for determining how much faith investors should have in an economic recovery.
Jobless data sends stocks reeling; Dow loses 223
(AP) AP - The stock market found little to celebrate heading into the long holiday weekend.
The Dow Jones industrials' moves since Lehman fall
(AP)AP - How far the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen or advanced each trading day since Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Sept. 15. Since Lehman's fall, which touched off a paralysis of the credit markets and deepened the recession, the stock market has gone through an extended period of volatility before kicking into a big rally this spring. The numbers are the closing levels for the Dow:
Bleak payrolls report mauls Wall St; volume thin
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Thursday, driving the S&P 500 down to its third-straight weekly loss, as a steeper-than-expected slide in June non-farm payrolls revived caution about economic recovery prospects.
How the major stock indexes fared on Thursday
(AP)AP - A dour report on job losses in June sent stocks sharply lower Thursday.
TSX slides on weak oil, U.S. jobs data
(Reuters)
Reuters - Toronto's main stock index finished lower on Thursday as oil prices slid and a gloomy U.S. jobs report dimmed hopes for a quick economic recovery.
FTSE 100 shares fall sharply
(AFP)
 AFP - Stocks in London ended the session sharply down Thursday on the back of dire unemployment figures released in the US and in the eurozone, where the rate hit a 10-year-high.
CA-CANADA Summary
(Reuters)Reuters - More Canadians will be out of work in 2014 than prior to the recession, even if the economy recovers quickly and expands at a healthy clip for the next five years, a prominent economist forecast on Thursday.
World stocks down ahead of key US jobs data
(AP)
 AP - World stocks mostly fell Thursday as investors braced for a crucial U.S. jobs report that could set the tone in markets for the coming few days at least.
SEC lawyer raised alarm about Madoff: report
(Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer warned about irregularities at Bernard Madoff's financial management firm as far back as 2004, The Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing agency documents and sources familiar with the investigation.
SEC accuses former Beazer Homes official of fraud
(AP)AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission charges the former chief accounting officer at Beazer Homes USA with committing fraud and misleading company auditors.
SEC limits broker-dealer votes for directors
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. securities regulators narrowly adopted a rule on Wednesday that would bar broker-dealers from voting for corporate directors on behalf of their clients unless told to do so.
European stock markets surge
(AFP)
 AFP - European stock exchanges surged ahead Wednesday in line with a robust opening on Wall Street and in response to some positive US economic data despite worse-than-expected unemployment figures.
FTSE 100 shares rise
(AFP) AFP - The London stock market closed firmer on Wednesday as retailer Marks and Spencer reported strong sales and commodity prices spiked.
SEC approves rule on pay disclosure for TARP firms
(AP)AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved rules requiring greater transparency for executive compensation at bailed-out firms and all public companies.
World stocks begin new quarter on upbeat note
(Reuters)
 Reuters - World stocks began the third quarter on an upbeat note on Wednesday with European and emerging market shares rising around 1 percent and oil climbing on hopes for a recovery in demand.
Qwest CEO seeks judgment in SEC complaint
(AP)AP - Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio asked a judge Tuesday to decide in his favor in a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit, saying the company's stock plunge was the result of a telecommunications industry meltdown, not financial fraud.
SEC may tighten executive pay rules: sources
(Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. securities regulators are considering changing how companies are required to disclose stock options awarded to executives, people familiar with the Securities and Exchange Commission's thinking told Reuters on Tuesday.
SEC files lawsuit over excessive investment fees
(AP)
AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission says an Omaha investment adviser improperly charged at least $773,000 in fees to clients since last August, and about $250,000 remains missing.
SEC wants financier's assets frozen before trial
(AP)
AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to permanently freeze the assets of a California financier accused of bilking investors until his fraud trial is over.
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