Reuters - U.S. employment probably fell for a second straight month in July as more temporary census jobs ended and private hiring remained too weak to boost a fragile economic recovery, according to a Reuters survey.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday as data showed the economy shed more jobs than expected last month, increasing worries that the path to economic recovery will be slow.

AP - Businesses hired a few more workers in July, but not nearly enough to bring down the unemployment rate, according to a Labor Department report released Friday.

AP - Exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Friday that its average daily trading volumes in July rose 11 percent for European derivatives and 27 percent for U.S. equity options compared with year-ago levels.