澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-11-06（在线收听）

US President Barack Obama has cautiously praised the country's latest jobs figures. The unemployment rate remained steady at 9.6 per cent in October, but the government says 151,000 positions were created. The jobless rate matched the expectations, but the number of new jobs more than doubled the initial forecast by most analysts.

The European Commission wants tighter controls on credit ratings agencies after their role in the Eurozone debt crisis came under fire. During the crisis, every credit downgrade for a country caused turbulence in markets and the borrowing costs for the country rose further. The Commission has therefore released a set of proposals to try to curb the influence of rating agencies.

And the automotive giant Toyota says it's returned to profitability. The company posted a net profit of 3.6 billion dollars from April to September, compared with a loss in the same period last year. Toyota's had to contend with a number of vehicle recalls in the last year.

And let's look at the market numbers now. And US stocks have closed higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added nine points. The S&P 500 put on five. European shares have closed higher, London's FTSE put on 13 points.  And Australian stocks made strong gains yesterday, boosted by optimism about global growth. And the Australian dollar is buying just over 101 US cents.