RIVERSIDE, Calif.—-Security Bank of California, wholly owned and sole subsidiary of Security California Bancorp , announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2009.

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The U.S. economy lost 20,000 jobs in January, the Labor Department said Friday, defying expectations for a slim gain. But the jobless rate…

Ongoing European debt concerns drive increased market uncertainty.

Bipartisan efforts on Capitol Hill to tighten financial regulation ground to a halt in the Senate on Friday, casting one of the top domestic policy priorities of the Obama administration in a stark political light.

The outlook for jobs became a bit less bleak Friday when the government released January’s unemployment rate showing an unexpected decline from 10 percent to 9.7 percent. It was the first drop in seven months.

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market:

Stocks erased a midday drop to end slightly higher on Friday, closing out a volatile week punctuated by mixed signals from the labor market data and growing anxiety over fiscal problems in Europe.

McClatchy Co. shares tumbled along with the broader market after the newspaper publisher agreed to pay steep interest rates to push back its deadline for repaying debt.