Fresh questions about the strength of the economic recovery sent stocks lower today as a disappointing report on job creation weighed heavily on investor confidence. All three major indexes lost ground for the week.

Wall Street was unable to shake its malaise over interest rates today, closing mixed despite a rally in technology stocks and a series of upbeat earnings reports from companies, including 3M and Eli Lilly. The Nasdaq composite index broke a four-day losing streak.

New York: Intel Corp this week may demonstrate its first chip that can run both personal computers and the most- powerful server machines, in a bid to stem customer defections to Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

New fears of terrorism sent stock markets tumbling around the world today and extended Wall Street’s sell-off into a second week.