Upbeat jobs report jolts Wall Street

Sacramento Bee Saturday 4th February, 2012

It was just what the stock market needed. When one of the most closely watched data reports showed a generally strong picture of the U.S. economy Friday, stocks on Wall Street picked right up and surged throughout the day, sending the Dow to its best closing level since 2008. The catalyst for the gains, which extended the strong start to 2012, was ...

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