Pushing Through

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A strong jobs report on Friday overcame concerns raised by the bombings in London and pushed the stock market up in a shortened week of trading. Most of the gains came on Friday, the day after the attacks, when a four-year-low unemployment rate of 5 percent was announced. Coupled with healthy June retail sales reports, the markets finished the week with a roar. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 146 points for the day and 1.5

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