How the major stock indexes fared on Friday (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:43:44 GMT AP - Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report.

Wall St. rises 3 percent for week on Friday's slim gain (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:33:55 GMT Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)

SEC probing Florida state investment fund (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:14:33 GMT Reuters - U.S. federal regulators have launched a fraud investigation into the state agency that runs Florida's $110 billion pension system and another fund hit by a 2007 depositors run, according to government documents.

SEC sees evolution in insider trading (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:24 GMT Reuters - A top U.S. securities regulator said some funds may now view insider trading as a central tenet of their business models, rather than as a one-time opportunity for big rewards as sometimes happened in the 1980s.

A look at economic developments around the globe (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:32:49 GMT AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday:

FTSE 100 ends the week on a high (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:34 GMT The leading stock exchange has ended on a high recovering from earlier lows that followed news the US jobless rate had climbed to a 26-year high.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

Ex-hedge fund boss charged in stock scam (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:55 GMT AP - A former hedge fund manager arrested earlier this year has been indicted on federal charges he participated in a $7 million insider trading scam.

World stocks fall as US jobless rate hits 10.2 pct (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:51 GMT A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The KOSPI rose 20.22 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,572.46. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Market Divide (BusinessWeek) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:41 GMT BusinessWeek - The stock market's surge ended in October. After seven months of gains the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed at 1036.18 Oct. 30, down 2% for the month. Investors are left to ponder whether this is a pause or prelude to a deeper dive. In other words: Is the market overvalued or undervalued? As these experts show in their analysis of the market's price-earnings ratio, the answer depends on whether you're looking back or looking ahead.

Report: Fla. investment agency under investigation (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:24:43 GMT AP - The Florida agency that manages $132 billion in pension and local government investments is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.