Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks open higher; jobs outlook brighter

pursue a plan to build a theme park in Shanghai. Read about China's Disney approval. Shares of Alcoa Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!aa/quotes/nls/aa (AA 13.08, +0.45, +3.56%) jumped 3%. Other components of the Dow that rose more than 2% included Merck...