 Monday news at 10 and 40 past the hour. Here's Dan Ronan. And the retail sales numbers that came out this morning from the Commerce Department are fueling a rally on Wall Street. We'll get to that in just a second. The data came in better than expected, which could ease the concerns that consumers are backing off. The June sales came in unchanged, while economists polled by the Wall Street Journal were predicting a decline. As we come into the final two hours on Wall Street, the Dow is up 666 points. The Nasdaq is in negative territory.