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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

'Walmart was never a major buyer': salmon producers

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"Representatives of the American retail giant Wal Mart sharply denied it had stopped buying salmon originating from Chile due to produc...
Friday, July 10, 2009

PMH in talks with Walmart

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"Public Mobile Holdings Inc., a new Canadian wireless carrier, is talking to Walmart Stores Inc. about selling phones with unlimited ca...

Ben Stein Weighs in on Battlefield Walmart

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"RICHMOND - Another nationally known figure has taken a stand on Wal-Mart's plan to build a Supercenter near a Civil War battlefiel...
Thursday, July 09, 2009

$17.5M Settlement in Walmart Truckers Suit Final

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"Little Rock - A federal judge has given final approval to a $17.5 million settlement reached after black truck drivers sued retail gia...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Miley Cyrus 'stoked' over Walmart fashion line

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"Miley Cyrus is "stoked" with her new clothing line.The 'Hannah Montana' actress has teamed up with designer Max Azri...

Walmart Foundation Awards $400,000 to BPW Foundation for Green Initiatives

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"Business and Professional Women’s (BPW) Foundation and the Walmart Foundation announced a partnership today to launch the “Moving from...
Monday, July 06, 2009

Walmart: Sam’s 10 business rules and job seeking

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"Sam Walton started a little business. He developed that little business into a global empire that withstands economic downturn, grows ...

Walmart Foundation Expands Hunger Relief Efforts, Donates More Than $7.8 Million to Support Summer Feeding Programs and U.S. Food Banks

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"Grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of America Provides Healthy Meals for More Than 93,000 Children This Summer."-- Walmart Foundatio...
Friday, July 03, 2009

Why Is Wal-Mart Endorsing Employer Mandated Healthcare?

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"Wal-Mart and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) sent a joint letter to President Obama on Tuesday telling him they endor...
Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Walmart and the Government: Same Page on Health Care?

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"Something VERY strange happened yesterday and I have a feeling there is more to it than meets the eye."-- Walmart and the Governm...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Wal-Mart Gets Behind Idea of Employers Helping to Expand Health Care

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"Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation’s largest private employer, announced Tuesday that it would support a mandate on businesses to help e...
Sunday, June 28, 2009

The Hidden Cost of Walmart's $4 Prescriptions

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"Walmart has made its $4 prescription program — in which customers can get 30‐day supplies of a range of common medications for $4 — a ...
Friday, June 26, 2009

Wal-Mart unveils new fashion line with Miley Cyrus

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"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Major retailer Wal-Mart unveiled plans on Wednesday to launch a fashion line with Miley Cyrus, linking itself ...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Wal-Mart bike suit comes back to St. Clair again

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"A product liability suit stemming from a boy's bike accident in 2006, is back in St. Clair County after unsuccessful attempts by d...

Wal-Mart gives $7.8M for hunger relief

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"Wal-Mart is contributing $7.8 million to programs in states that help provide meals to children during summer break and during the sch...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Mother Not Charged After Abandoning Baby In Wal-Mart Toilet | Baby Chums

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"A Canadian woman who left her newborn baby in a Wal-Mart toilet has been found not guilty of abandoning her child."-- Mother Not ...

Sask. judge overturns Wal-Mart union certification

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"A Saskatchewan judge has overturned the union certification of a Weyburn Wal-Mart store, saying workers should be allowed to vote on t...

Brazil Meatpacker JBS Signs Sustainability Deal With Wal-Mart

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"SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian meatpacker JBS S.A. (JBSS3.BR) has signed a sustainability deal with retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc....

Decision Wednesday in case of woman who left baby in Wal-Mart bathroom

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"A judge in Prince Albert, Sask., will release a decision Wednesday morning in the high-profile case of a woman who gave birth in a Wal...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Wal-Mart To Invest BRL1.6 Bln In Brazil During 2009

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"SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) will invest 1.6 billion Brazilian reals ($800 million) in Brazil during 2009 in the ...

Wal-Mart helping N.J. municipalities go green

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"Fourteen New Jersey cities and towns Monday were awarded a total of $200,000 from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to help them fund green energy ...

Wal-Mart opens new front for battle-hardened Metro

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"In the six years that it has been in India, Metro Cash & Carry has faced many hurdles, including a sustained ‘Quit India’ movement...

Wal-Mart's New Doyenne of Diversity

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"Wal-Mart’s new CEO Mike Duke took another step towards delivering on his promise to promote diversity at the Bentonville-based retail ...

How much can you save? Wal-Mart not allowed to tell

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"The Better Business Bureau has a beef with Wal-Mart's ad claims that it saves shoppers $700 a year."-- How much can you save?...

TSCC,WMT Wal-Mart Enhances Customer Centric Merchandising Capabilities in the UK

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"CHICAGO, Jun 23, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) --  Galleria Retail Technology Solutions, today announced that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. has success...
Monday, June 22, 2009

The Church of Wal-Mart: New books depict the retailer as a triumph of Christian conservative politics.

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"New books depict the retailer as a triumph of Christian conservative politics."-- The Church of Wal-Mart: New books depict the re...

Wal-Mart should modify Unbeatable ads: group

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"SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) needs to make its price-matching policies clearer and stop claiming in a televis...

Wal-Mart's Scott Says Retail Jobs Are Good Jobs

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"New York, June 21 - Lee Scott, the former chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores Inc has a regret about his time at the helm of th...

To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise

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"According to a pathbreaking new book, Wal-Mart’s success in reframing traditional gender roles, bending the curricula of business scho...
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