Wal-Mart Stores Inc. opened its annual shareholders' meeting Friday with the typical fanfare, from singers to dancers, as it plans to make the case it is improving the way it does business overseas and outline new growth opportunities at its annual shareholder meeting Friday.

Pension experts, an asset manager, and a national clearinghouse for state governments fielded questions Wednesday from a legislative panel scrutinizing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's pension-overhaul plan, providing an abundance of information but no clear direction on how to proceed barely a month before the Legislature is expected to take its...

Heineman said the additional funding was unsustainable, but would sign a short-term fix if lawmakers passed it as a standalone measure.