Walmart near Va battlefield challenged

Preservationists and residents filed a legal challenge Wednesday to block construction of a Walmart Supercenter near a famed battlefield where the Civil War began to turn in favor of the North.

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HSBC tags Wal-Mart Stores with 'Outperform' rating

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s expansion in fast-growing emerging markets will fuel earnings and revenue growth, an analyst said on Monday, while giving shares of the world's largest retailer an "Outperform" rating.

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Kiss to release new album at Wal-Mart, Sam's Club

Wal-Mart is being embraced with a Kiss. The veteran heavy metal group, Kiss, is joining a growing list of classic acts putting out new music through the world's largest retailer.

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Bharti Airtel, Wal-Mart Sign Tie-Up Deal

Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has signed a tie-up deal with Wal-Mart to open a chain of retail stores across the country, Sunil B. Mittal, Bharti Airtel's chief executive officer, said Monday.

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Chicago Council Passes 'Living Wage' Act

The City Council brushed aside warnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to approve an ordinance that makes Chicago the biggest city in the nation to require big-box retailers to pay a "living wage."

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Katy is a poster child for the benefits of direct deposit, as well as deposit receipt-keeping.

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If you bought or rented the new Fight Club blu-ray and brought it back to the store convinced you rented a faulty disc, you've been Punk'd by director David Fincher.

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Wal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.

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Black Customer Arrested for Dispute after She Switched Checkout Lines; Says Prosecution is Racially Motivated

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LITTLE ROCK — Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) said Wednesday it will keep its stores open 24 hours and take new crowd-control measures Thanksgiving weekend after a temporary employee was trampled to death in a Black Friday rush last year.

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Olson, who's been tracking annual Black Friday deals from Wal-Mart, Target, Sears and other chain stores for the past six years, said Target's deals look "pretty aggressive" this year.

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The former chief executive of Wal-Mart is joining a Lexington private-equity firm co-founded by Mitt Romney's son and others with ties to the former Bay State governor.

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With swine flu in full swing, Wal-Mart's punitive sick leave policy is discouraging employees from calling in sick, lest they earn enough demerits to be fired, according to a report by the National Labor Committee.

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LIHU'E, Kauai — Current and former Hawai'i Wal-Mart employees who were employed by the company from Nov. 1, 1999, to Feb. 27, 2009, have until Monday to file claims for back wages.

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The two Bic multipurpose lighters and a package of smaller lighters Joe Paolucci bought at the Niles Wal-Mart on Aug. 16 cost $15.84.

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On Oct. 28, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission cited Walmart (WMT) for improperly disposing of nuclear material. The items in question were exit signs that contained tritium, a hydrogen isotope, and Walmart had apparently been lax in its removal of 2,979 of them.

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Despite the fact that surveillance video shows that no wrong was committed, a gay couple with their two special-needs sons has been banned from any Walmart store anywhere. No apologies forthcoming from Walmart or the police. Read the story.

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For the Love of a Lammy.

I know you are probably thinking I need a spelling lesson on the word "Lamb" but no this is the was she spells it. When my oldest daughter was 1 year old she got a new wind up music playing Lamb for her birthday from Her auntie.

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Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is embroiled in a child labour scandal in the United States, after children as young as five were found working on a farm that supplies blueberries to the company.

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- With many families suddenly struggling to feed themselves, the big warehouse clubs known for king-size packages of steak and jumbo boxes of Cheerios are increasingly competing with grocery stores for the 36 million Americans now on food stamps.

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The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, now plans to hold on to customers even after they die - by selling coffins. Prices range from a "Mom" or "Dad Remembered" steel coffin for $895 (£540), to a bronze model at $2,899.

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Looking for a Casket? Walmart now provides it's online shoppers with several different kind of inexpensive Caskets that can be shipped directly to your door. Whats your feeling on buying Caskets threw Walmart?

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The world's largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die. Walmart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut those of many funeral homes, long the major seller of caskets.

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Health Care, the Public Option, Monopoly, and WalMart: Predatory Pricing From People Who Do Not Believe In Our Free Market System

What do WalMart and Target have in common with the public option on health care? For the answer to that, you have to look at the antitrust laws, and the theory of monopoly, predatory practices in a free market system.

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ENID, Okla. -- An Enid man faces a possible life prison sentence, if convicted, after attempting to walk away with about $600 worth of merchandise from a Wal-Mart store.

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Walmart shoppers pay in cash — lots and lots of cash, records of a daring $200,000-plus heist show. And the thief walked right out the front door with the money, stopping only momentarily to fool a front-of-the-store greeter.

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Walmart shoppers pay in cash — lots and lots of cash, records of a daring $200,000-plus heist show. And the robber walked right out the front door with the money, stopping only momentarily to fool a front-of-the store greeter.

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34-year-old degenerate Kevin Salyers sexually assaulted a young girl at the local Wal-Mart, then tried to flee.

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The Wall of Honor at the Wal-Mart on Broad Street in Brooksville featured photos of military personnel. Dozens of photos of military personnel covered the board as family members updated pictures and added new ones.

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