(AP:LONDON) U.S. and European stock markets were steady Friday after further depressing news on the U.S. jobs front further reined in any market euphoria from the previous day's meeting of the Group of 20 world leaders.
Though the Labor Department reported that the U.S. shed 663,000 jobs in March _ more or less what the market was anticipated, it revised up its figure for the number of jobs lost in January by nearly 100,000 more than previously anticipated. In addition it said the unemployment rate rose to a 25-year high of 8.5 percent in March from 8.1 percent in Fe
