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...Consumer staples – which had led the market lower in the previous session, when the latest batch of glum corporate earnings took in erstwhile defensive food companies – took comfort from Wal-Mart’s sales...
...Etat c’est Moi.’...
...It has introduced solar power into its stores, and says it is recycling the grease from rotisserie chickens to heat stores in Texas....
...THE WAL-MART EFFECT: How an Out-of-Town Superstore Became a Superpower by Charles Fishman Allen Lane ₤12.99, 304 pages A brave attempt to provide a balanced account of the retail giant....
...“I can go to Wal-Mart and get everything I need to cook a batch of meth,” he says. The ingredients to make about 12g would come to about $260, not bad when the stuff sells for $120 a gramme....
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