A massive sex-discrimination class-action lawsuit cannot move forward in its current form against Wal-Mart, the Supreme Court rules — a decision that legal observers expect to have wide-ranging ramifications.
The central question going into Fed chief Ben Bernanke’s press conference is whether he has the bedside manner to help get the economy back on its feet.
The U.S. market is in its historically worst six-month stretch between the beginning of May and the end of September, and Jeffrey Hirsch, editor-in-chief of the Stock Trader’s Almanac, says stock investors should take no chances.