Wall Street opens slightly higher, driven by solid earnings

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening modestly higher on Wall Street as investors found some things to like in the latest batch of company earnings reports. The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in the early going Thursday. The benchmark index has been bouncing between gains and losses this week as attention remains focused on Washington, where talks are still stymied on delivering more aid to the economy. Tesla, AT&T and Coca-Cola rose after reporting results that came in better than analysts were