Serious doubts about the health of the job market and the pace of the US economic recovery put markets on edge last night.

Wall Street was mixed in an erratic session today after a flurry of merger news failed to erase investors’ concerns that a recent run-up has left US stocks overbought.

Four policemen were hacked to death today after protesters demanding the closure of a US-owned gold mine in Indonesia’s Papua province clashed with security forces.