CORRECTED-GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks surge after U.S. jobs report; dollar slips
February 07, 2014 at 17:03 PM EST
(Corrects to show government debt rose, not fell, in paragraph 24) * Investors shrug off disappointing jobs report, citing weather impact * Unemployment rate falls to five-year low of 6.6 percent * Bond prices rise on the jobs report, economic softness feared By Herbert Lash NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Global equity markets surged on Friday as investors set aside any fear of economic softness in a weak U.S. jobs report, but bond yields and the dollar fell as the data showed