Week Ahead

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If you think MRI tests are expensive, try buying a magnetic resonance imaging machine. Some health care providers invest millions in technology to help diagnose patients.Today 3:00 am

Week Ahead

Today•U.S. stock market is closed for Memorial DayToday 3:00 am

Pension fund to oppose Wal-Mart board

The nation’s largest public pension fund says it plans to vote against nine members of Wal-Mart’s board at this week’s shareholders’ meeting amid allegations of a $24 million bribery scheme in the company’s Mexican operations.Today 3:00 am

Today

•The European Union’s competition regulator will decide whether to approve Google’s takeover of cellphone maker Motorola or take more time to scrutinize the deal more closely

Tuesday

•Commerce Department releases retail sales data for January

•Commerce Department releases business inventories report for December

Wednesday

•Federal Reserve reports on industrial production for January

•National Association of Home Builders releases housing market index for February

•Federal Reserve releases minutes from January interest-rate meeting

Thursday

•Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims report

•Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for January

•Commerce Department reports on housing starts for January

•Freddie Mac releases weekly mortgage rates report

Friday

•Labor Department releases Consumer Price Index for January

•Conference Board releases leading indicators for January