Stocks rebound after worst day since June

Stocks opened modestly higher Thursday after suffering the biggest rout since June amid a continued stream of corporate earnings and mixed data on the job market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 6 points to open near 26,526, while the S&P 500 gained 10 points, 0.3%, to trade near 3,281. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 74 points, 0.7%, and was near 11,079. The most widely-watched measure of first-time claims for jobless benefits declined in the most recent week, but that's in part...