U.S. stocks: Futures edge up with Wal-Mart results on deck By: MarketWatch August 14, 2014 at 06:29 AM EDT U.S. stock futures slip Thursday before the release of a weekly labor-market update and quarterly figures from retailing heavyweight Wal-Mart. Read More >> Related Stocks: Amgen Cisco Systems J C Penney Company Inc Kohl's Corp Macy's Nordstrom S&P Retail SPDR Standard & Poors 500 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.