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The 10 Biggest Milestones in Wal-Mart History
These are the 10 biggest milestones in Wal-Mart's rise to the top of the worldwide retail industry.
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Retail
Walton Family Sells Walmart Shares
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Last Friday the Walton family, heirs of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) founder Sam Walton, announced that the family business, Walton Enterprises LLC, would would distribute about 6%…
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Energy
Ballard on Track With New China Deal
Ballard Power Systems has announced that the world's first hydrogen fuel cell powered, fixed-rail electric tram was successfully demonstrated at a facility of CSR Qingdao Sifang company.
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Companies and Brands
Fees for Prepaid Cards Vary Widely — and Wildly
A survey of prepaid cards revealed wide variation in both the types of fees charged on the cards and the amount of those fees.
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Retail
The 10 States With the Most Wal-Mart Stores
Wal-Mart has 4,953 locations in the United States. But a look at Wal-Mart store locations shows just how regional the company is.
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Companies and Brands
Wegmans, Publix, Trader Joe’s Big Winners in Supermarket Survey
In a recently completed survey of more than 62,000 supermarket customers, Consumer Reports rated Wegmans Publix and Trader Joe's at the top.
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Jobs
Job Growth Gets Slaughtered in March
The U.S. Department of Labor released its March payroll and unemployment data Friday morning, and it is hard to imagine how it could have been much worse.
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Technology
Why This Analyst Is Even More Bullish on Facebook Now
Citigroup's Mark May gave an updated call on Facebook after analyzing the most recent F8 Facebook Developer Conference.
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Services
McDonald’s Pay Hike Covers a Fraction of Employees
For the 90,000 or so employees who work in its 1,500 company-operated U.S. stores, McDonald's plans to boost the average pay to $10 per hour.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Dragged the DJIA Down on Wednesday
thinkstockApril 1, 2015: Markets opened lower on Wednesday on mixed economic news. The ADP employment report came in well short of expectations, the dollar weakened a bit, and crude oil rose sharply…
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Retail
Can Wal-Mart Compete With Amazon in Drone Delivery?
How will the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, respond to Amazon's expanding Prime Now delivery service and, potentially, a Prime Air delivery service using drones?
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Investing
5 Top Picks From the Credit Suisse 32 Contrarian Stock Ideas
Five top picks from among Credit Suisse's plethora of contrarian ideas include Nokia, U.S. Steel and Wal-Mart.
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Technology
Should Analyst Upgrades Value Facebook as Much as Wal-Mart?
A couple of investment banks have weighed in on Facebook. Should the social media powerhouse be valued the same as Wal-Mart?
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Technology
Google Tops Exxon in Market Value
Exxon Mobil, which has its roots in John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil from well over a century ago, has had its market cap eclipsed by Google, which was founded in 1998.
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Retail
Wal-Mart Is Largest Employer in 20 States
An institution of that size, breadth and economic power of Wal-Mart cannot help but wield an outsized influence, both economically and socially.
Paul Ausick