NEW YORK - WALL Street shares opened higher on Thursday after data showing a rise in US retail sales and lower unemployment claims helped the market set aside fears of rising oil prices and interest rates.
PARIS - THE world auto sector, after suffering a sharp decline this year, is set for a 5.0 per cent sales rebound in 2010, a study forecast on Thursday.
WASHINGTON - NEW claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week for the fourth consecutive week but the insured unemployment rate held steady, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
WASHINGTON - US RETAIL sales rose in May, for the first time in three months, fueled mostly by higher gasoline prices, the government said on Thursday amid signs a prolonged recession is easing.
