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...steps up Argentina pressure * Rusal’s $43bn seven-year Glencore deal feeds feud * Embraer warns on US Air Force contract * Egypt halts gas supplies to Israel * Big fine for Hong Kong IPO sponsor * Wal-Mart...
...South Africa appeal court dismisses case against Wal-Mart’s Massmart deal Regulators’ approval of Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...Jamie Dimon’s also in the NY Observer disguising JPMorgan as Wal-Mart. Second — Wal-Mart has a return on equity north of 20 per cent. JPM’s is 10.55 per cent....
...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...
...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-23/wal-mart-bribery-probe-may-exposes-retailer-to-u-s-fines.html Bahrain F1 race completed amid tight security Bahrain’s Grand Prix passed off without major incident...
...Times Hungary: Interview: Pál Schmitt, Foreign Policy In Colombia, digging for gold comes at a price, Global Post Abu Dhabi property market has a model, The National Economics Journal: Who’s Afraid of Wal-Mart...
...No surrender on India retail initiative: Singh India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to overcome opposition to opening the country’s retail industry to companies like Wal-Mart, saying his two-decade...
...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...
...Sources said that Wal-Mart has hired Barclays Capital to advise it on the deal, which could be worth up to $1bn....
...The retailer, which operates over 1,100 bookshops in the US, Australasia and Singapore, has been struggling to reposition itself in the face of low-cost competition from rivals including Wal-Mart and Amazon.com...
...Brambles, the world’s biggest maker of pallets, fell by 4.7 per cent to A$8.28 after the retail giant Wal-mart said it would review its pallet policy....
...offered the French retailer, already the second largest chain in Turkey, the chance to consolidate its position in the market – one also reportedly eyed by other international names, such as Tesco and Wal-Mart...
...“We need this foreign presence,” said de Castro, pointing out that Italy does not have a Wal-Mart, Carrefour or Tesco to promote its brands abroad....
...Home Depot, the second largest US retailer, has also been looking for possible partners in China, while Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, has been steadily expanding its presence there....
...“Wal-Mart’s an important customer,” he said, adding that retailers and suppliers need one another and should work together. “Our customers and their shoppers are the same people.”...
...They suggest that the packaging of many consumer electronics products lacks sophistication and is “unlikely to be acceptable to Wal-Mart”....
...Albertson’s latest quarterly results, announced yesterday, reflected the continuing pressures on the retailer and other conventional supermarkets in the US from Wal-Mart and other discounters....
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