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• Dow Closes Above 14,000 

  

  The Dow closed above 14,000 for the first time since 2007, with CNBC's Bob Pisani; Brian Kelly, Shelter Harbor Capital; Jim Iuorio, TJM Institutional Services; and James Pethokoukis, American Enterprise Institute. Also, Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), shares his opinions on today's jobs report.

• FOREX-Euro broadly stronger, U.S. dollar up on yen after jobs data

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- The euro hit a 14- month high against the U.S. dollar and 33- month peak against the yen on Friday, the beneficiary of stronger-than-forecast euro zone manufacturing data and expectations of easy monetary policy from Washington and Tokyo.

• Hopium on the Homefront? 

  

  Discussing whether positive data on jobs helped fuel the rally, with Dan Greenhaus, BTIG, and Michael Cuggino, Permanent Portfolio Funds.

• Why the Stock Rally?

  

  Today's rally: it's not about the January Nonfarm Payroll report. The January Nonfarm Payroll report was slightly below expectations and not very inspiring.

• FOREX-Euro broadly stronger; US dollar up on yen after jobs data

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- The euro hit a 14- month high against the U.S. dollar and 33- month peak against the yen on Friday, the beneficiary of stronger-than-forecast euro zone manufacturing data and expectations of easy monetary policy form Washington and Tokyo.

• Hiring at U.S. construction sites shifts into higher gear

  WASHINGTON, Feb 1- The outlook for U.S. construction workers brightened on Friday with a report that showed growing momentum in hiring at building sites. The U.S. Labor Department said 82,000 construction jobs were created between November and January, the biggest three-month gain since the three months ended April 2006.

• Dollar mixed after US jobs report

  The Labor Department said 157,000 jobs were added in January. The euro rose to $1.3662 in late trading Friday from $1.3574 late Thursday. The dollar fell to 0.9078 Swiss franc from 0.9098 Swiss franc and to 99.71 Canadian cents from 99.76 Canadian cents.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks gain on factory and U.S. jobs data; euro jumps, yen slumps

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Major world stockmarkets rose to their highest levels in nearly two years on Friday helped by manufacturing and employment data indicating the global economic recovery is on track.

• Two Overbought Sectors Revealed Now 

  

  Yahoo Finance's Michael Santoli warns that these two sectors are overbought and could pull back. (3:06)

• Nail the Number: And the Winner is.... 

  

  Adrian Teixeira, "tweeted" the winning "guestimate" in CNBC's "Nail the Number" contest.

• Santelli Goes Mythbusting  

  

  CNBC's Rick Santelli talks with James Bianco, Bianco Research, about his take on why he is not buying "conventional wisdom," on the fiscal cliff, rotation, and the Fed forecast.

• US Jobs vs. US GDP Number 

  

  Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, weighs today's positive jobs figures against yesterday's bad GDP number.

• FOREX-Dollar tumbles vs euro after U.S. jobs data; yen falls

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- The dollar tumbled to a more than 14- month low against the euro on Friday after U.S. jobs data reaffirmed expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulative policy and after euro zone factories had their best month in almost a year.

• TREASURIES-Prices seesaw after US jobless and manufacturing data

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Prices for U.S. The numbers were "quite encouraging for both output and employment prospects ahead," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist with Miller Tabak& Co. LLC.

• PREVIEW-Canadian job market seen flat in January, jobless rate up

  *WHEN: Friday, Feb. 8 at 8:30 a.m. ( 1330 GMT. OTTAWA, Feb 1- Canada's labor market likely came back to earth in January after gravity-defying job gains in the final months of 2012, with analysts predicting almost no new hiring in the month and a rise in the unemployment rate.

• What the Jobs Report Means For the Economy 

  

  CNBC's Steve Liesman provides his take on this morning's jobs data. And, Ward McCarthy, Jefferies chief U.S. financial economist, weighs in on jobs and where he sees the Dow headed.

• White House's Krueger: Main Risk We Face Is Gridlock 

  

  Alan Krueger, White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman, discusses today's employment report, adding 157,000 new jobs in January, with the unemployment rate rising to 7.9 percent.

• TREASURIES-Prices choppy as jobless rate up, manufacturing grows

  NEW YORK, Feb 1- Prices for U.S. The January ISM was quite encouraging for both output and employment prospects ahead, "said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist with Miller Tabak& Co. LLC.

• GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise on U.S. jobs data; dollar lower

  *U.S. and European stocks get a lift, MSCI world index higher. The MSCI world equity index was up 0.4 percent, having strengthened earlier on factory activity surveys for January in China and in the euro zone, which increased optimism over the global growth outlook. "

• CORRECTED-GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks up on U.S. jobs data; U.S. dollar falls

  *U.S. and European stocks get a lift, MSCI world index higher. The MSCI world equity index was up 0.4 percent, having strengthened earlier on factory activity surveys for January in China and the euro zone, which increased optimism over the global growth outlook. "