By Al Norman

This week, Wal-Mart President and CEO Mike Duke told the Arkansas Morning News, "We have a lot to be thankful for this year."

Compared to the rest of Wall Street, Wal-Mart's stock drop of 1.5% over the past year must seem like up to President Duke. The corporation was feeling so thankful, it told its 1.4 million workers they would be receiving an average of $667 as a 'bonus' payment. That computes...