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...Wal-Mart Stores (Retail) 48. Home Depot (Consumer Goods) 49. Yahoo! (Technology) 50. Morgan Stanley (Finance) 51. Discovery Communications (Media) 52. Colgate-Palmolive (Consumer Goods) 53....
...lobbying India’s Cabinet approved a retired judge to probe claims that Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...South Africa appeal court dismisses case against Wal-Mart’s Massmart deal Regulators’ approval of Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/115447dc-92c9-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a.html WalMart workers freed after mislabeling charges Authorities in Chongqing, China, released two Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees jailed...
...Tesco is also the third-largest supermarket chain in the world, behind US giant Wal-Mart and French supermarket group Carrefour....
...Walmex fourth-quarter profit jumps 26% Wal-Mart de Mexico, Mexico’s largest retailer, reported a 26 per cent leap in fourth-quarter profits as improving consumer confidence and aggressive store expansion...
...Wal-Mart may open India retail stores Wal-Mart and Carrefour may gain access to the retail market of the world’s second most-populous country after an Indian government panel was said to have recommended...
...Li & Fung sources everything from T-shirts and anoraks to furniture and beauty products for western retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores and Toys R’ Us....
...Wal-Mart Stores is expected to compete in an auction against South Korea’s Lotte Shopping and private equity fund Carlyle Group to buy Indonesian retailer Matahari’s hypermarket busines, Reuters reports....
...Carrefour, the world’s biggest supermarkets group after Wal-Mart of the US, is planning to sell its operations in Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore to focus on countries in which it is market leader....
...Wal-Mart pulled out in 1998 after an ill-fated foray into Indonesia in the late 1990s, ended in a dispute with its partner Lippo Group, an Indonesian conglomerate....
...The index excludes Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, which no longer reports monthly sales numbers....
...drive to neutralise the price challenge from Wal-Mart and other discounters....
...Wal-Mart, the US retailer, has opened an office in Moscow, but unlike Carrefour is seeking to enter the market by acquiring a stake in an established local retailer....
...Retail Metrics, which tracks the monthly figures, says the consensus of analyst estimates points to a 6.6 per cent decline in its monthly index, excluding data from drug store chains and from Wal-Mart, which...
...Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, no longer reports monthly sales numbers. JC Penney, the mainstream department store, also raised its earnings guidance after sales fell less heavily that expected....
...Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, opened a partly-owned cash-and-carry warehouse store in Punjab last month in a joint-venture with Bharti Enterprises, while Tesco and Carrefour are also planning joint...
...As Mr Muller says: “When a big chain opens next door, we can help [convenience store owners] fight off the competition” – which will be bad news for Wal-Mart if he is proved right....
...It has also strengthened its focus in Asia, opening a new Asia division last year headed by Vicente Trius, the former head of Wal-Mart Brazil, who has indicated interest in exploring new south-east Asian...
...Hang Seng Bank, HSBC’s subsidiary, fell 9 per cent to HK$67.00 and Bank Of East Asia shed 7.4 per cent to HK$12.34. Li & Fung, a supplier to Wal-Mart Stores in the US, fell 4.1 per cent to HK$17.02....
...Mr Schoewe said that Wal-Mart had also seen an increase in store visits during the month, with greater increases continuing to come at more affluent stores, suggesting that the retailer is gaining market...
...While his rivals Auchan, Metro, Wal-Mart and Carrefour all take position for battle in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, Tesco’s chief executive is resolutely sitting this one out....
...It has been two years since the first union was established at one of Wal-Mart’s 105 China stores – something the world’s largest retailer had long resisted....
...At Christmas, Wal-Mart turned its attention to satellite navigation units, the latest hot category to move rapidly towards market saturation, adding to downward pressure on pricing for the units....
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