Citywire FTSE holds its ground as Europe slides | Britain’s FTSE 100 outperformed eurozone markets on Friday as unemployment in the crisis-stricken region reached a record high and upbeat US jobs figures failed to raise the mood. | The UK ... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis) Europe Eurozone Markets Photos Wikipedia: FTSE 100 Index Skynews US Unemployment Rate Nears Three-Year Low | US employers across the economy are hiring again Unemployment in the US - the world's largest economy - has fallen to its lowest level in nearly three years. | The jobless rate has dropped to 8.5% i... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT) Economy Photos Rate Wikipedia/Unemployment World Top Stories STL Today Stocks mixed despite strong December jobs report | Stocks were mixed in midday trading Friday despite a government report that the unemployment rate dropped in December to the lowest level in nearly three years. | Conce... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) Jobs Photos Trading Wall Street Wikipedia: Dow Jones Industrial Average The Times Of India US stocks, oil retreat as jobs data foreseen NEW YORK: Another round of strong US economic data lifted the US dollar on Friday, but oil prices fell and equities retreated as the upbeat figures were not entirely unex... (photo: AP / Jin Lee) Dollar Photos Prices Wall Street Wikipedia: Economy of the United States The Daily Mail Pound holds sway over euro as eurozone crisis grinds on and recession threat mounts | Sterling is riding high against the euro, hitting a fresh 16-month high as more bad news assails the eurozone on several fronts. | The toll that the region's financial ... (photo: Creative Commons / a.drian) Business Finance Market Photos Wikipedia: Pound sterling Al Jazeera Eurozone debt doubts drag euro down | The euro has sunk to a more than one-year low against the dollar and hit an 11-year low versus the yen amid concerns over Europe’s debt crisis as Italy and Spain ... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis) Debt Europe Eurozone Photos Wikipedia: European sovereign debt crisis STL Today South Africa's ANC party celebrates 100 years | Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were res... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell) Celebrates Mandela Photos Wikipedia/ANC Years CNN Obama unveils plans for pared down military January 5, 2012 -- Updated 1601 GMT (0001 HKT) Assessing impact of a smaller Army | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama traveled to the Pentagon Thursday to unveil... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Business Military Pentagon Photos Wikipedia: Barack Obama