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Optimism about an improving labor market and corporate profits could propel U.S. stocks higher this week as earnings season approaches.

Optimism about an improving labor market and corporate profits could propel U.S. stocks higher next week as earnings season approaches.

President Barack Obama hailed new signs of an improving U.S. labor market on Friday as proof that we are beginning to turn the corner but warned it would still take time to achieve sustained job growth.

Optimism over corporate profits and an improving labor market could propel U.S. stocks higher next week as earnings season approaches.

The White House welcomed an encouraging monthly jobs report on Friday but warned of a bumpy road ahead and called for further action to ignite job creation in the private sector.

Increasingly confident about the job market, U.S. workers expect higher pay in a economic recovery or many of them will be hunting for new jobs, according to research released on Friday.

Stock index futures rose slightly on Friday after the government said nonfarm payrolls increased by 162,000 in March, pointing to potential gains when stock trading resumes next week.

Stock index futures rose slightly on Friday after the government said nonfarm payrolls increased by 162,000 in March.

The number of workers filing new claims for jobless aid fell last week and factory activity in March hit its highest level in more than 5-1/2 years, strengthening hopes for continued economic growth without government support.

A monthly gauge of online labor demand in the United States edged up in March and is near 6 percent above the reading from a year ago, a private research group said on Thursday.

Private employers unexpectedly shed jobs in March, dampening hopes about the strength of the recovery two days before the more closely watched government payrolls report.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as a report showing a surprising drop in private- sector employment stoked concerns about the health of the labor market two days before the government's key jobs data.

Private employers unexpectedly shed jobs in March, dampening hopes about the strength of the recovery two days before the government employment report.

U.S. private employers unexpectedly shed jobs in March, dampening hopes about the strength of the recovery two days before the government employment report.

Wall Street was poised for a lower open on Wednesday after a report on private-sector employment in March dented hopes of a stronger economic recovery in the United States, and a rating downgrade of Greek banks heightened concerns about the debt-laden country.

Stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited a report on private-sector employment to assess the strength of recovery in the jobs market.

Stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited a report on private-sector employment to assess the strength of recovery in the jobs market.

The Dow industrials could hit 11,000 this week as investors bet the U.S. labor market had a significant turnaround in March, showing the economic recovery is in good shape.

Swiss banking giant UBS AG has slashed about 200 jobs in its U.S. brokerage unit, a source told Reuters.

The number of workers filing for jobless aid fell sharply last week and a gauge of underlying labor market trends hit a 1-1/2 year low, boosting hopes the economy is on the verge of creating jobs.

Stock index futures rose on Thursday as sovereign debt concerns remained in focus ahead of a meeting of European leaders to help Greece, while investors awaited data on first-time U.S. jobless claims.