Stocks closed higher for a fourth straight day on Wall Street yesterday after a report on hiring provided another encouraging sign that the US economy is emerging from its winter slump.

Asian stock markets fell today after disappointing jobs figures from the US and Europe dimmed confidence in an economic recovery.

US stocks climbed today after strong manufacturing data and encouraging reports about the Greek debt crisis.

A better-than-expected US employment report distracted traders from eurozone woes and boosted markets on both side of the Atlantic.

The London market closed in the red today after disappointing jobs data in the US reignited fears over the strength of the global economic recovery.

The London market was dragged down today by fears over the impact higher oil prices will have on inflation and global economic growth.

Paris’s main airport got an early Christmas gift flown in from the United States today – a supply of de-icing fluid to get planes airborne.

WORKERS opposed to a higher retirement age blocked roads to airports around France yesterday, leaving passengers in Paris dragging suitcases on foot along an emergency breakdown lane.

France will be plunged into more strike chaos tomorrow with the threat of fuel shortages, street protests, and disrupted public transport and air travel.

An unexpected rise in new claims for unemployment benefit pushed Wall Street stocks slightly lower today as investors remained worried about a lack of hiring.

Broadcaster BSkyB was centre of attention on the London market today after a better-than-feared verdict from regulator Ofcom over the amount it can charge rivals for premium sports.

Wall Street closed narrowly mixed today as investors traded cautiously ahead of the Labour Department’s Friday reading on December employment. Inflation jitters remained high as oil prices set a new trading record above 100.

The takeover battle for the UK’s biggest dentistry group intensified today after a private equity firm increased its offer for the group.

The UK’s biggest dentistry group Oasis Healthcare today switched its allegiance and gave its support to a £85m (€126.4m) takeover offer from its largest shareholder.

American stocks slipped today as investors awaited the US Labor Department’s jobs report and reacted to Yahoo Inc.’s announcement of its biggest management shake-up in more than five years.

Many flights at Orly airport in France were halted early today as air traffic controllers launched a surprise strike in a protest over wages, the airport authority said.

New cracking sounds were heard today in the terminal at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport where a deadly roof collapse killed four people yesterday.

Air traffic controllers at Paris’s second-largest airport began a strike today, forcing the cancellation of nearly 60% of flights.

Hundreds of flights were cancelled today as air traffic controllers across France walked off the job.