(1)US-RETAIL SALES-RISE

(091116) — NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2009 (Xinhua) — A woman carrying shopping bags walks past a shop on the Fifth Avenue in New York, the United States, Nov. 16, 2009. Retail sales in the U.S. rose 1.4 percent in October, much better than a gain of 1.0 percent economists had expected, the Commerce Department reported Monday. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)