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...South Africa appeal court dismisses case against Wal-Mart’s Massmart deal Regulators’ approval of Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...German department store chain, and Prisa, the Spanish media group that publishes El País....
...The UFCW also points to its effort to represent a group of 10 Wal-Mart meat workers in Texas who voted to unionise in 2000. Wal-Mart subsequently closed its store meat-cutting counters....
...Only a handful of US retailers reported year-on-year comparable sales gains in February, although Wal-Mart, the low-cost discounter, said sales at stores open at least a year rose by 5 per cent....
...Wal-Mart was not the only retailer to disclose downbeat December sales figures this week....
...The sector took some comfort from Wal-Mart, which rallied 5.3 per cent to $49.63 after the group disclosed that same-store sales rose 2.1 per cent last month, better than expected....
...The leading indices opened lower after US Department of Labor data showed unemployment benefits unexpectedly jumped last week to a fresh 26-year high....
...In addition to attempting to slow expansion of Tesco’s small neighbourhood stores, it has also staged an effective campaign against Wal-Mart, using its local political and community relationships to obstruct...
...Costco Wholesale reported a 9 per cent rise in same-store sales in May, while Wal-Mart reported a 3.9 per cent rise. Wal-Mart rose 3.7 per cent to $59.80 and Costco added 3.8 per cent to $73.50....
...In economic news, initial jobless claims fell to 365,000 last week, down from a revised 383,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said....
...It has just won approval to open its 100th store in China. “We intend to continue our aggressive, organic growth in China,” Terrence Cullen, a vice-president at Wal-Mart, said....
...The report cites interviews with 41 current and former Wal-Mart employees and managers as well as National Labor Relations Board rulings, and supports previous published accounts of the company’s efforts...
...We finally reached Zurich just after 8:30 p.m. local time—still early afternoon in the United States....
...The Starter Pro line, made by Nike and sold at Wal-Mart for around $40, is backed by Brett Favre, quarterback of the Green Bay Packers....
...Many of Brinkley’s heroes are those who cut through the bureaucracy, including the US Coast Guard, the only government agency to emerge from Katrina with credit; Wal-Mart, which moved supplies into the region...
...While US employers added a smaller-than-expected 108,000 new jobs in December, the Department of Labor also sharply revised up the figures for the month of November....
...Meanwhile, a Labor Department report showed that productivity rose at a revised 1.8 per cent during the second quarter, down from the 2.2 per cent initially reported....
...The success of the visit will help determine the ability of US companies such as Wal-Mart Stores to open up one of the last great emerging markets....
...On Wednesday the US Labor Department said initial jobless claims fell to their lowest level in two months a sign that demand for labour may be strengthening....
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