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The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Michael Leibert	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear Rebuttal Wal-Mart's management will someday get out of the way of the company's share price, rewarding long-term shareholders, but that day continues to seem distant.
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The Motley Fool February 6, 2004 Bill Mann	Wal-Mart Sales Foretell Danger Americans continue to spend themselves silly. What happens when the bill comes due?
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The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Eating Wal-Mart's Lunch Some headlines that many might find unsavory plagued retail giant Wal-Mart earlier this week. Should investors throw up their hands and dismiss them because of the natural antithesis between the concepts of happy employees and happy shareholders, particularly in the retail universe?
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