Wal-Mart's sales boost Wall Street

Courtesy MSN Money Latest Articles  Thu, 06/05/2008 - 11:45

Stocks jump on some good May same-store sales reports; Wal-Mart and Costco do well. Continental, the latest airline to cut jobs and jets because of high oil prices, says the industry is in 'crisis.' Weekly unemployment claims fall.


 

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