Summary Box: Dow ends wild week with day of gains (AP)

AP – WILD WEEK: Friday capped a week when the Dow Jones industrial average had four 400-point swings in a row for the first time in its 115-year history.

Dow finishes wild week on an up note (AP)

AP – The wildest week in Wall Street’s history is ending on an up note.

Stocks: A higher, calmer day

Stocks are moving higher Friday. That’s the second day in a row.

Stocks: A higher, calmer day

Stocks are moving higher Friday. That’s the second day in a row.

Stocks: A higher, calmer day

Stocks are moving higher Friday. That’s the second day in a row.

Ex-Nasdaq executive gets 42 months for insider trading (Reuters)

Reuters – A former Nasdaq OMX Group Inc executive on Friday was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty for making hundreds of thousands of dollars by trading on confidential information.

Ex-Nasdaq executive gets 42 months for insider trading (Reuters)

Reuters – A former Nasdaq OMX Group Inc executive on Friday was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty for making hundreds of thousands of dollars by trading on confidential information.

Ex-Nasdaq executive gets 42 months for insider trading (Reuters)

Reuters – A former Nasdaq OMX Group Inc executive on Friday was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty for making hundreds of thousands of dollars by trading on confidential information.

J.C. Penney posts flat 2Q profits (AP)

AP – J.C.

European regulators ban short selling

Regulators imposed a temporary short-selling ban in four European nations, effective Friday, in order to tame the wild market volatility that has taken markets throughout the world on a roller coaster ride.