By MarketWatch MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Nonfarm payroll employment slowed to 96,000 in August from a revised 141,000 in July, Labor Department data show. Details of the report come in uniformly soft. See full story. Obama vows revival of U.S. economy President Barack Obama on Thursday night used his prime-time speech to the Democratic National Convention to lay out specific goals for the U.S. economy and offer voters a choice between ‘two fundamentally different visions for the future.’ See full story. From Obama to Gabby Giffords, final night of DNC See the photos from the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. See full story. Mitt Romney and the 12 million jobs fantasy Republican presidential candidate’s proposal doesn’t add up, writes Howard Gold. See full story. Stocks to watch Friday: Dell, Accuray, Infoblox MarketWatch’s rundown of corporate headlines of interest to investors early Friday. See full story. MARKETWATCH COMMENTARY Microsoft’s launch of its new mobile software was highly consumer focused. But it should be focusing more on the obvious customer target: the corporate BlackBerry crowd, stuck waiting until next year for anything new. See full story. MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE Since the recession, companies avoided hiring new employees by pushing existing staff to work longer and harder. But experts say employers may have squeezed everything they can out of their workforce—and now have no choice but to start hiring. See full story.

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