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[at The Wall Street Journal] - Caterpillar, IBM Lead Gains Stocks climbed, with J.P. Morgan Chase, Caterpillar and IBM leading the charge as a better-than-expected jobs report for August helped the market snap a three-week losing streak.

[at The Wall Street Journal] - Small Stocks Extend Streak The Russell 2000 rose 4.31% for the week, extending its three-week streak of gains for the longest run since the five-week period that ended April 23. Take-Two Interactive was up 7.3%.

[at Reuters] - Mid- and small cap stocks rose on Friday after the latest data on U.S. employment raised hopes that the economy may not be weakening as feared.

[AP] - A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.: Apple Inc. rose 2.1 percent to $257.34 with 10,516,300 shares traded.

[at MarketWatch] - Airline stocks edge higher, poised to end the week in positive territory after August traffic reports and a clump of economic data direct market anxiety away from the threat of a second recession.

[at MarketWatch] - Tech stocks take to the high ground in recent activity, rising along with the broad market as investors get in a positive mood following a better-than-expected payrolls report and video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Inc. reports upbeat earnings.

[at The Wall Street Journal] - Stocks Pare Gains U.S. stocks climbed after slower job losses in August encouraged investors still struggling to figure out the economy s trajectory. Gains softened after a reading of service-sector data came in slightly weaker than expected.

[at MarketWatch] - Retail stocks trade higher as investors react bullishly to data showing the U.S. economy shed fewer jobs than expected in August, raising prospects for an improvement in consumer sentiment and willingness to shop.

[at MarketWatch] - Staffing stocks climbed across the globe Friday in reaction to news that private-sector employment in the U.S. improved in August, including a 17,000 gain in temporary help. This industry has added 392,000 jobs since a recent employment low in September 2009, the Labor Department said.

[at Financial Times] - US stocks rose in early trading on Friday after a better than expected August jobs report eased fears about a slowdown in the pace of the economic recovery.

[at CNBC] - Stocks rose but pared early gains after news the service sector activity fell in July tempered earlier enthusiasm over a better-than-expected August nonfarm payrolls report.Verizon and AT&T fell.

[at TheStreet.com] - Stocks rose after the government offered a much less dour assessment of the labor market than had been expected. But the indices came off their best levels after a report showed a service sector slowdown.

[AP] - Stocks extended their rally Friday after an encouraging report on jobs lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth. The Dow Jones industrial average about 74 points in morning trading.

[AP] - Stocks pushed higher Friday after a relatively upbeat U.S. jobs report for August eased concerns about the pace of the economic recovery in the world s largest economy.

[at Reuters] - U.S. stocks trimmed gains on Friday after data showed the non-manufacturing sector grew at a slower pace than expected in August.

[at MarketWatch] - Energy stocks embellish what s been a bullish week for the sector, trading broadly higher on the heels of the monthly U.S. jobs report.

[at MarketWatch] - Airline stocks edge higher in early activity, poised to end the week in positive territory after August traffic reports and a clump of economic data direct market anxiety away from the threat of a second recession.

[at MarketWatch] - Tech stocks rose Friday, joining in a broad-market rally that was fueled by a better-than-expected nonfarm jobs report for August. Among leading tech stocks, gains came from Apple Inc. , Cisco Systems Inc. , Intel Corp. and Google Inc. .

[at MarketWatch] - Retail stocks rose on Friday after the U.S. economy shed fewer jobs than expected in August while private-sector payrolls expanded more than economists anticipated. The S&P Retail Index rose 1.9% to 428.56.

[at CNNMoney.com] - Investors cheer upbeat jobs report. Stocks jump more than 1% extending rally into its third day.