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...With streets empty, Amazon, Wal-Mart and local grocers sold out of key household items, networks jammed across the globe, SMB’s shuttered, and millions working from home, forced changes will have a lasting...
...By that point Wal-Mart had taken over as by far the most important retailer in the country, with a revolutionary business model....
...The S&P 500 gained 0.82 per cent to 2,585, led in part by a 10 per cent rise for Wal-Mart and a 5.8 per cent advance for technology giant Cisco on the back of their latest earnings report....
...The benchmark index was boosted by gains for retail chain Wal-Mart and technology company Cisco, which both cheered Wall Street with their latest earnings reports....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average, however, was largely flat at 23,387, held back by early losses for Nike and Wal-Mart....
...cent L Brands up 4.3 per cent Gap up 3.6 per cent Best Buy up 2.6 per cent Macy’s up 2.4 per cent Urban Outfitters, Target and Hanesbrands all up 2.3 per cent Wal-Mart up 1.6 per cent The quick turnaround...
...Best Buy each fell 3 per cent, Wal-Mart was off 0.5 per cent, Target declined 1.4 per cent, Kohl’s was down 2 per cent and Nike dropped 1.46 per cent....
...Among them, however, is the world’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, along with department stores like Macy’s, Kohl’s and TJX Cos....
...But the S&P 500 consumer staples index fell 1.5 per cent following a sharp sell-off in shares of Hormel Foods and Wal-Mart....
...Retailers Wal-Mart, Ross Stores and Gap report quarterly earnings....
...There are some major retailers reporting quarterly results, led by Wal-Mart, Home Depot and TJX, whose chains include TJ Maxx and Marshalls....
...Wal-Mart’s annual meeting is at noon UK time....
...(Financial Times) Wal-Mart unlikely to bid (Bloomberg) Online ad company AppNexus became one of only a handful of NY start-ups to crack a valuation over $1bn after a new round of investment....
...Financial Times) Bullard warns on low rates stance (Financial Times) Unless Congress acts, the feds will say that all large financial firms pose a ‘systemic’ risk and need bank-like regulation (WSJ) Wal-Mart...
...Nearly three months after putting its restaurant chain, Vips, up for sale, Wal-Mart de México y Centroamérica has finally found a taker: Alsea, Mexico’s largest fast and casual-restaurant operator, as well...
...(WSJ) “Wal-Mart was cleared of allegations that it violated a prohibition on foreign investment in supermarkets, two senior officials familiar with the probe said....
...(Reuters) “Wal-Mart has sued Visa for more than $5 billion, claiming the card network charged unreasonably high fees when the retailer’s customers paid with plastic.”...
...(WSJ) “The National Labor Relations Board said it is prepared to file complaints alleging Wal-Mart violated workers’ rights to protest—unless Wal-Mart and the parties settle matters first.”...
...By comparison the country’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart, has around 140,000 staff....
...(Reuters) “J.P....
...lobbying India’s Cabinet approved a retired judge to probe claims that Wal-Mart Stores Inc....
...Now let’s suppose that in the US, the chairman of Wal-Mart could become the chairman of Procter & Gamble. That would be an obvious case of conflict of interest and there would be no denying it....
...But major US retailers including Wal-Mart, Sears, and JC Penney have so far demured, while Gap said it wouldn’t sign the agreement in its current form....
...(Financial Times) COMMENT AND CURIOS: - How Wal-Mart got its foot in the door of India’s retail market. (Reuters) - Some Greek hospitals can’t afford gloves, gowns or alcohol wipes....
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