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Wal-Mart tops view; key sales down 1.1 percent

Wal-Mart Stores Inc's U.S. same-store sales have fallen for two straight years, as customers struggle with high unemployment and wages that are not keeping up with rising prices for food and other basics.

Dow drops 1 percent as HP, weak data weigh

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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, with the Dow dropping more than 1 percent as a disappointing outlook from Hewlett-Packard Co and weak U.S. data added to growing doubts on the strength of the economy.
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S&P, Nasdaq fall below 50-day moving averages

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq falling below their 50-day moving average, as a negative outlook from Hewlett-Packard Co and weak U.S. economic data raised jitters about the state of the recovery.
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Wal-Mart to spend $759 million in Brazil this year

Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's biggest retailer, will invest 1.2 billion reais ($759 million) in Brazil this year to tap buoyant consumer demand in Latin America's largest economy, the unit's top executive said on Tuesday.

Fake Recovery: 29 Percent of Americans Say 2011 Economy in Depression

According to a Gallup poll, over half of Americans belief that US economy is in Recession or Depression. More and more people are even preparing themselves and their families to become independent from the system, in order to survive a coming economic collapse, where the distribution of food and energy will break down.
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American Pharmacies Says Medicare Part D Laws Not Enforced (FULL TEXT)

American Pharmacies, a member-owned independent pharmacy cooperative based in Texas, is taking on Humana and Walmart via the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for discriminating against some pharmacies in Humana’s new Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP).
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Wal-Mart CEO seeing progress in the U.S. business

Wal-Mart Stores Inc is making progress bringing items and shoppers back to its U.S. stores, and turning around U.S. sales remains its top priority, President and Chief Executive Mike Duke said on Tuesday.
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Target store near Wal-Mart HQ gets top-level spies

When the guy who runs the rival store up the road drops in for a visit, a lot of shop talk can be expected -- especially if that guy is Wal-Mart Chief Executive Mike Duke and you are running the only Target store for miles around.
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Wal-Mart settles ethnic harassment suit

Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Sam's Club settled an ethnic harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which alleged several employees of Mexican descent endured slurs.
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Best Buy to shrink big boxes; concerns linger

Best Buy Co Inc said it will boost its Web presence, shrink some larger stores and open more of its smaller U.S. stores to try to win back market share from the likes of Amazon.com Inc and Wal-Mart Stores.
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Best Buy to chase more online shoppers

Best Buy Co Inc plans to boost its Web presence and open a greater number of small stores in the United States targeting mobile customers in an effort to win back market share from the likes of Amazon.com Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Best Buy to open more online, mobile stores

Best Buy plans to boost its Web presence and open a greater number of small stores in the United States targeting mobile customers in an effort to win back market share from the likes of Amazon and Wal-Mart.
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New Wal-Mart vendor? First, head down the street

It all starts with Walmart 101.Companies trying to sell goods to Wal-Mart Stores Inc often find it difficult to figure out the best ways to work with the world's largest retailer, as each buyer has his or her own style and there are vast amounts of sales data to decipher.
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Family Dollar posts bigger Q2 profit

Family Dollar Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit, as shoppers flocked to its stores for low-priced holiday items and basic goods such as food.
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Wal-Mart gets sympathetic court bias case hearing

Wal-Mart got a sympathetic hearing from several Supreme Court justices on Tuesday as the retailer sought to prevent female employees from bringing the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history.
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Supreme Court questions big Wal-Mart sex-bias suit

U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned on Tuesday whether more than a million female employees can join together against Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history.
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Wal-Mart opposes big sex-bias case at Supreme Court

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned on Tuesday whether female employees at Wal-Mart Stores Inc can proceed with the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history that seeks billions of dollars.
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Wal-Mart to reopen 12 quake-hit stores in Japan

Wal-Mart Stores Inc will re-open 12 of its Seiyu stores in Japan which were affected by the earthquake, and is hoping to open the remaining 12 impacted stores as soon as possible, a spokesman for the U.S.-based retailer said.

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