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• Dow rises after jobs report
  The Dow gained Thursday, with recently battered blue chips bouncing back, but the broader market was mixed as investors considered a weak June jobs report and a rise in interest rates in Europe.

  

  
  
• Banks: Everything must go!
  If it's not bolted down, you can bet that troubled financial firms are thinking of putting a price tag on it.

  

  
  
• Bonds mixed on economic reports
  Bond prices were mixed Thursday after the government's June payroll report came in largely as expected, allaying some fears about the health of the economy, but a survey showing weakness in the service sector tempered gains.

  

  
  
• Dollar rises sharply on jobs, ECB
  The dollar rose against the euro Thursday after a government report on the labor market came in largely as expected despite persistent rumors that a much bleaker number was in store.

  

  
  
• Crude nears $146 as supplies get tighter
  Crude prices surged Thursday to a new trading record near $146 a barrel as the summer maintenance season for the North Sea oil fields begins to squeeze European supplies.

  

  
  
• Stock markets decline across Asia
  

  

  
  
• Dollar drifts ahead of ECB rate call
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• How online videos can make you rich
  More and more data go speeding along the information superhighway every day. Only trouble is, the roads in the U.S. are too narrow, and they're getting clogged. Unless carrying capacity increases rapidly, Internet users will experience more and more traffic jams in the form of slower service.

  

  
  
• Hard times for the smart money
  It has been a tough first year for the Blackstone Group since its initial public offering. But other newly public alternative asset managers have also struggled.

  

  
  
• Fireworks for the dollar
  It's appropriate, as we head into a long holiday weekend to celebrate America's independence, that the dollar rallied a bit Thursday.

  

  
  
• Bad news is good news
  Maybe traders really want to get to the beach. How else to explain the action on Wall Street this week?

  

  
  
• Now is not the time to panic
  Oil's above $143 a barrel. The dollar continues to weaken. Second quarter earnings, especially in the financial sector, are going to stink. And the employment report for June, due out this Thursday, is expected to show another month of job losses.

  

  
  
• Bear Market Guide: Relax, make money
  Worst month for stocks since the Great Depression. A bear market. Oil blows past $140. These are the times that try long-term investors' souls.

  

  
  
• Watch what the Fed says...
  The Fed's words will speak louder than its actions this afternoon.

  

  
  
• Stocks we love: 5 big earners
  Second-quarter earnings are likely to be ugly. But here are five stocks we think will shine this quarter and for the long haul.

  

  
  
• Betting the farm on agriculture stocks
  Who needs Google and Apple? Agriculture companies are the new "it" stocks.

  

  
  
• Gold: Don't count on $1,000
  Don't look now but the price of gold is back above $900 an ounce.

  

  
  
• Ignore the Lehman takeover chatter
  Is Lehman Brothers on the shopping block or not?

  

  
  
• Bond yields spiking on inflation fears
  Inflation fears have taken center stage as the weak dollar and surging prices for oil, corn and other commodities have clearly spooked bond investors.

  

  
  
• 6 bank stocks worth buying
  Banks have got investors running scared.