News Snapshot:
U.S. stock futures zigzagged ahead of the open Friday as key government employment data kept investors on edge. The Labor Department will publish its jobs report for December at 8:30 a.m. ET. Economists expect a payroll gain of 200,000 jobs last month, per Bloomberg consensus estimates, while unemployment likely stayed at 3.7%. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) were just below the flatline, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose a modest 0.1%. Contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) were off by 0.2%. In specific stock moves, beleaguered Tesla (TSLA) shares resumed a downslide, falling...
