[at The Wall Street Journal] - Caterpillar, IBM Lead Gains Stocks climbed, with J.P. Morgan Chase, Caterpillar and IBM leading the charge as a better-than-expected jobs report for August helped the market snap a three-week losing streak.

[at The Wall Street Journal] - Small Stocks Extend Streak The Russell 2000 rose 4.31% for the week, extending its three-week streak of gains for the longest run since the five-week period that ended April 23. Take-Two Interactive was up 7.3%.

[at Reuters] - Mid- and small cap stocks rose on Friday after the latest data on U.S. employment raised hopes that the economy may not be weakening as feared.

[at MarketWatch] - The U.S. financial sector finishes on a high note Friday as better-than-expected jobs data fuel hopes the economic recovery isn t being derailed.

[at CNBC] - Following are the week s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Take Two and SanDisk popped while Campbell Soup dropped.

[at CNBC] - Considering the S&P has climbed about 5% over 4 days, along with the hurricane, has the market pessimism finally moved out to sea?

[AP] - The stock market had its first winning week in a month thanks to better news on the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 128 points Friday, its fourth straight day of gains.

[at Forbes] - Staffing and outsourcing services stocks gain on Friday with luxury stocks.

[at CNBC] - The Dow and S&P snap a 3-week losing streak as both benchmarks managed their best first trading week of September since 1982 and all ten main sectors of the S&P rose for the week, with four up by more than 4% led by Financials.

[at CNBC] - Stocks closed higher for the fourth straight session Friday after a better-than-expected jobs report gave investors another reason to think the U.S. economy is beginning to turn around.

[AP] - The stock market had its first winning week in a month after news on the economy started getting better. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 128 points Friday, its fourth straight day of gains.

[Reuters] - Wall Street closed a stellar week on Friday after recent economic data, including a stronger-than-expected labor market report, bolstered optimism that the economy would not fall back into recession.

[at TheStreet.com] - Stocks rose after the government offered a much less dour assessment of the labor market than had been expected.

[at Financial Times] - US stocks rose on Friday, extending this week s rally, after a better-than-expected August jobs report eased fears about a slowdown in the pace of the economic recovery.

[at Reuters] - * Payrolls better than expected, double-dip fears ease * Financial, tech shares lead advance as risk returns * Dow up 1.2 pct, S&P 500 up 1.3 pct, Nasdaq up 1.5 pct