Wal Mart Profits

Wal-Mart Sales Rise, Profits Slip

CNN Money | Aaron Smith | Posted 03.20.2009 | Business


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Wal-Mart Stores reported Tuesday that sales increased in the fourth quarter while earnings fell. Wal-Mart reported sales o...

More Mayhem and Death At Wal-Mart

Al Norman | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business


Al Norman

Reading reports of suicide, rape, and larceny every week, one gets the impression that shopping at Wal-Mart is like taking a stroll through Fallujah.

Wal-Mart's Low Prices Mean Big Profits In Crisis

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.14.2008 | Home


NEW YORK — Wal-Mart officials sounded an upbeat tone for the holidays as the retailer posted a 10 percent increase in third-quarter profits on T...

Retailers Get a Reprieve in February

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Consumers gave the nation's stores some relief in February, spending a little more freely although they mostly gravitated toward disc...

Wal-Mart Sees Profitable Low-Price Year

AP | MARCUS KABEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Defying the gloom that many retailers are feeling, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expects a more profitable year selling to penny-pinching shoppers after its re...