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Amid Bribery Scandal Walmart Encourages 'Integrity' At Employee Rally

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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* Wal-Mart international executives cheer on employees * Talk of Mexico bribery scandal largely avoided * Wal-Mart share...

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Walmart Shareholders Urged To Kick CEO Off Board

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.21.2012

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NEW YORK -- Two leading proxy adviser firms are telling Wal-Mart shareholders to vote against certain board members up for re-election next week, sayi...

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Walmart's Internal News Wire Reveals Tactic That Could Spell Trouble

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Walmart, Labor, Walmart Internal News Wire, Economy, Walmart Labor, Mike Duke, Public Relations, Walmart Public Relations, Jobs, Walmart Unions, Business News

Walmart is famously aggressive in protecting its public image, particularly when it comes to accusations that it's treating its workers unfairly. Now,...

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Walmart To Double Budget Dedicated To Working With Women

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Retailers, Women, Gender Equality, U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, Construction Firms, Video, The U.S. State Department, Farms, Mike Duke, Sex-Discrimination Lawsuit, Count Me in for Women's Economic Independence, Manufacturing, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Business News

(Jessica Wohl) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc will double the money it spends with women-owned businesses, train women around the world and push major supp...

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Dancing on Wal-Mart's Grave

Al Norman | Posted 10.20.2011

Read More: Shopping Behavior, Dead Stores, Wal-Mart at Fifty, Mike Duke, Wal-Mart International, China-Mart, Business News

As Wal-Mart's U.S. operation loses momentum, and lack-luster same store sales performance from its overbuilt domestic inventory continues to disappoint, shareholders will suffer from Wal-Mart fatigue, and look for more nimble, faster-growing competitors.

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Wal-Mart's Museum: Let Them Eat Art

Al Norman | Posted 10.02.2011

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It's regrettable that Wal-Mart does not exhibit the same passion for American-made products as its Museum does for the acquisition of American-made art.

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Walmart Execs Spy On Target Behind Enemy Lines

Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Competition, Walt Disney Co, Minnesota, Consumer Prices, Apparel, Home Goods, Mike Duke, Coca-Cola Co, Target, Ceo, Electronics, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Business News

ROGERS, Arkansas (Jessica Wohl) - When the guy who runs the rival store up the road drops in for a visit, a lot of "shop talk" can be expected -- ...

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Walmart CEO Gets A (Small) Pay Cut

AP | By MAE ANDERSON | Posted 06.19.2011

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NEW YORK -- The CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. received a pay package in 2010 worth $18.7 million, a 4 percent dip from the year before, according to an ...

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Walmart To Give Big Money Back To Shareholders

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Thursday that it is increasing its annual dividend 21 percent on the back of strong earnings. The...

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Wal-Mart Plans To Hire 500K In Five Years

AP | By CHUCK BARTELS | Posted 05.25.2011

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s CEO told shareholders Friday that the company is positioning itself for 20 years of worldwide growth and ...

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Consumer Reports Trashes Wal-Mart

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wal-Mart's self-serving hyperbole about efficiency has become a mainstay of its culture, and is taken for granted by the media. But this week, Consumer Reports readers kicked a little dirt on that shiny exterior.

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Walmart Will Cut 20 Million Tons of Greenhouse Gases From Supply Chain By 2015

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. wants its suppliers to reduce 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2015. The world's la...

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Walmart Layoffs: Arkansas HQ To Cut 300 Jobs

AP | CHUCK BARTELS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is cutting 300 administrative jobs at its headquarters as it completes a yearlong series of changes to ...

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Walmart Superstores: Urban expansion in US

ft.com | Jonathan Birchall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Walmart has stepped up efforts to mobilise local political support for new store openings in US cities and urban areas that were last month identified...

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Why Wal-Mart's Health Care Letter Matters

Doug Schoen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medicare, Service Employees International Union, Center for American Progress, John Podesta, Mike Duke, Wal-Mart, President Obama, Andy Stern, Business News

The company made famous for low prices just helped further solidify cost control as a requirement for entry in the health care debate.

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Wal-Mart CEO Has a Problem With Gays

Marc Gunther | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Wal-Mart, Arkansas, Mike Duke, Business News

If you believe, as I do, that equality for LGBT people under the law is a civil rights issue, then there's no reason to put it up to a popular vote.

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Wal-Mart CEO: I See A 'Lot of Stress,' Slow Recovery for U.S.

bloomberg.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Wal-Mart and Recession, Wal-Mart and Economy, Mike Duke, Wal-Mart, Recession, Business News

The U.S. economy won't "just bounce out and come back" from the current recession, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Duke said in an i...

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Will Mike Duke Help Wal-Mart Workers Live Better?

David Nassar | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, Wal-Mart introduced Mike Duke as its new CEO. Regrettably, there is little evidence that he bring new ideas with him.

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Mike Duke, Wal-Mart CEO

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, unexpectedly announced Friday that its chief executive will retire in February an...

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