TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s dollar firmed versus the greenback on Thursday after data showed the pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector picked up modestly in October, while consumer confidence rose to its highest level in more than four years. The currency rallied to as high as C$0.9962 to the U.S. dollar, or $1.0038, from around C$0.9982, or $1.0018, immediately before the data releases. It had already been reversing early losses on positive signs on the U.S. labor market a day before closely watched North American employment data is released. …
Libya: armed protesters occupy parliament vicinity
Around 200 mostly armed protesters have occupied an area near Libya's parliament building, blocking nearby roads and beating up journalists in protest of the country's new Cabinet. 
Tens of millions of people in the Northeast U.S. confronted traffic, gas lines and patchy public transit Thursday after Sandy's destructive passage, while many others sought only to create a semblance of modern life without electricity, running water and hot … 
People walk among debris at the site of a fuel truck explosion in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday. (Photo: AP). Story Highlights. No immediate suspicion of terrorism; Buildings and cars were engulfed in flames; Explosion was in industrial area of Riyadh … 
(Reuters) – Chrysler Canada said on Thursday its sales in October rose 3 percent over a year before, continuing its nearly three-year run of stronger sales largely on the back of higher passenger car sales. Chrysler Canada, a who lly-owned unit of Fiat SpA's Chrysler Group LLC affiliate, said last month's increase to 17,049 units sold was its 35th consecutive month of year-over-year sales increases. That represents the longest sales streak in the company's history, it said in a statement. Chrysler Canada's sales are up 6 percent year-to-date to 212,076 units. …