U. S. markets are closed in observance of the Labor Day holiday.

More jobs than expected were created by private employers last month to lift the markets to a higher close with Dow soaring 127 points to 10,447.

Oclaro Inc. (Nasdaq: OCLR) will present at the Citi Technology Conference next Tuesday, September 7, 2010 sending the stock price soaring $1.89 to close at $13.11....

SeaChange International Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAC) reversed year ago losses of a penny per share to post a profit of 11 cents per share but the results fell short of expectations and the company forecast disappointing current quarter results. The stock price...

Quiksilver Inc. (NYSE: ZQK) reported higher third quarter earnings of 6 cents per share compared with a penny per share last year but revenue fell to miss expectations sending the stock price down 47 cents to close at $3.63....

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian car maker Fiat SpA will hire Toyota Motor Europe's Andrea Formica to head sales at its four-brand automotive group, Automotive News Europe said, citing sources familiar with the matter.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Global banks will be required to hold Tier 1 capital of nine percent including a 3 percent so-called "conservation buffer," German weekly Die Zeit reported, quoting a draft proposal from the Basel Committee, the body tasked with drawing up global banking rules.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union finance ministers sought on Monday to make sanctions for EU budget rule breakers more automatic, but put off potentially difficult talks on a permanent mechanism to resolve euro zone crises.

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices slipped below $74 per barrel on Monday as the end of the U.S. driving season and high levels of unemployment in the world's biggest oil consumer raised concerns over the outlook for demand.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should not announce a limit on its actions if it resumes purchases of Treasury securities to stimulate the U.S. economy, the former vice chairman of the central bank said.

KABUL (Reuters) - Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and warnings have been issued from Tampico, Mexico to the mouth of the Rio Grande River and Baffin Bay, Texas, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Monday.

MIAMI (Reuters) - The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days on a westward track, U.S. forecasters said on Sunday.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well is secure with no threat of spewing crude again, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well is secure with no threat of spewing crude again, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan has requested another 2,000 troops for the foreign force fighting the Taliban insurgency, despite waning support for the war in troop-contributing nations, NATO officials said.

PARIS (Reuters) - France faces serious rail and air traffic disruption from strikes beginning late on Monday as trade unions seek to mobilize millions of protesters against plans to raise the retirement age.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran's total production of low-enriched uranium has risen by around 15 percent since May to reach 2.8 tonnes, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report said, showing Tehran is pushing ahead with disputed work despite tougher sanctions.

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he had not yet decided whether to run in the 2012 presidential election.

LONDON (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday he had canceled a book-signing in London this week to mark the launch of his memoirs, over fears the event would be hit by protests.