Earnings on Thursday including an important report from Wal-Mart, which has already said its sales were hit by a cutback in the national food stamp program and bad weather. DirecTV,Hormel Foods, Tim Hortons, TransCanada, Sonus, Imax and Federal-Mogul, also report before the bell. Hewlett-Packard, Priceline.com, Groupon, Nordstrom, Newmont Mining, Mohawk Industries, Intuit and WebMD, report after the bell. |