MARKET REPORT Jobs report propels stocks higher
Posted: August 8, 2009 at 2:15 a.m.
Major stock indexes jumped more than 1 percent Friday after the government said the nation's unemployment rate unexpectedly fell in July for the first time in 15 months and that employers cut fewer jobs.
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