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BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 James Warren	How Wal-Mart Won Chicago The company needs new territory. The city needs sales tax revenue and jobs. So what took everyone so long to do the logical thing?
The Motley Fool November 29, 2005 Richard Moore	Wal-Mart: The Retail Pariah Success has its drawbacks. Even when Wal-Mart does something that its critics would normally support, the company takes flak. What's an investor to do?
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Does Wal-Mart Deserve to Be Hated? Should investors worry that this retail colossus seems to be a magnet for animosity and activism?
Fast Company December 2003 Charles Fishman	The Wal-Mart You Don't Know The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?
Inc. November 2003 John Anderson	Running the Gauntlet at Wal-Mart The process of selling to the behemoth of Bentonville starts well before you push open the doors of its Arkansas headquarters. But it's within the fortress itself that the dream (or nightmare) of working with Wal-Mart really begins.
Knowledge@Wharton April 9, 2003	The Wal-Mart Empire: A Simple Formula and Unstoppable Growth The company has a simple formula of low prices and rocket-science logistics to back up its operations. There's no secret to its success.
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Michael Arndt	Danger: Falling Prices "The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works - and How it's Transforming the American Economy" is an insightful look at the effect, for good and bad, of Wal-Mart's focus on price-cutting.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Is Wal-Mart Costing Us Billions? Low wages may be costing the U.S. dearly in welfare and health care for Wal-Mart workers.
U.S. Banker September 2010 John Engen	Wal-Mart, Undeterred Recent actions suggest that Wal-Mart is angling for another run at a U.S. banking charter. And next time around, its ambitions could go well beyond processing payments.
CFO December 1, 2006 Wu Chen	View from China: Unions at Wal-Mart In a surprise move, Wal-Mart allows its workers in China to unionize.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Wal-Mart Walks In Wal-Mart chimes in with its first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Here's what you need to know to make sense of the news. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Mean Streak The megaretailer's social responsibility gets overshadowed by its darker side.
BusinessWeek December 1, 2010 Charlie Rose	Charlie Rose talks to Wal-Mart's Mike Duke Wal-Mart's CEO discusses the retail giant's focus on growing in the U.S. via smaller urban stores and digital sales while it expands in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2004 Mike Cianciolo	Wide World of Wal-Mart The retail giant looks to take over the world.
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010	Hard Choices: Jeffrey Hollender on Doing Business with Wal-Mart The co-founder and Chief Inspired Protagonist of Seventh Generation talks about why he refused to do business with Wal-Mart - and then changed his mind.
HBS Working Knowledge August 23, 2006 Ghemawat & Mark	The Real Wal-Mart Effect Critics are lining up to take shots at Wal-Mart's treatment of workers and a host of other alleged knocks against society. But the critics miss one big point: Wal-Mart's overall impact benefits the economy and lower-income consumers.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Garlic Country Fights Wal-Mart Would you want Wal-Mart to expand in your neighborhood? The people of Gilroy, California has mixed feelings about efforts to open a second Wal-Mart in the area.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Timothy M. Otte	Styling With Wal-Mart Is the world's largest retailer about to upgrade in style and quality?
Fast Company September 1, 2007 Danielle Sacks	Working With the Enemy Once the youngest president of the Sierra Club, Adam Werbach used to call Wal-Mart toxic. Now the company is his biggest client. Does the path to a greener future run through Bentonville?
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Rich Smith	Wal-Mart Opens a Foreign Bank Account Wal-Mart files an application with Canada's Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, seeking permission to open a pocket bank for its Canadian subsidiary.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Michael Leibert	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear Is Wal-Mart losing its edge? Investors looking for a stock that will outperform the market would be well-served to keep looking.
Outside December 2006 Amanda Griscom Little	Always Low Prices -- and Now Eco-Accountability When America's largest retailer, Wal-Mart, embraces environmentalism, we all benefit.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Wal-Mart's Jumbo-Sized Plans The retail giant lays out policy changes and a growth strategy. With its share price falling about 20% in the past year, Wal-Mart is doing all it can to reverse that trend, hoping to prove that even giants can be nimble.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Dexter Roberts	China: The Next Big Conquest? For retailers, doing business in China is tough stuff. But with a $370 billion market up for grabs, Wal-Mart and its competitors know it's worth the trouble.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Seth Jayson	Whither, Whether, Wal-Mart? Is good news for Wal-Mart signals bad news for the economy?
The Motley Fool April 5, 2005 Seth Jayson	Has Wal-Mart Gone Terminal? The Street seems to think that the house of Sam has exhausted its growth opportunities. Stock watchers need to keep an eye out to see whether Wall Street bids it down too far.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2011 Katie Spence	Wal-Mart Takes Its Game on the Road The potential to expand in Africa and elsewhere around the globe makes for what looks like a very promising future.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Under Wal-Mart's Hood Sometimes you have to get dirty to come up clean. Until Wal-Mart wins that huge gray-area camp of supporters in the middle, it will have to deal with a country that consists mostly of indifferent spectators watching two thin opposing camps duke it out.
Managed Care March 2006	Wal-Mart Announces Better Insurance Package For Part-Time Workers Wal-Mart announced that it will reduce the two-year waiting period for part-time workers to qualify for benefits.
BusinessWeek June 3, 2009 Matthew Boyle	Wal-Mart Moves Upmarket The recession is bringing Wal-Mart affluent shoppers looking for bargains. Can new CEO Duke keep them in a recovery?
Reason March 2006 Julian Sanchez	The Wal-Mart Crusade In Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, documentarian Robert Greenwald flings an ample supply of feces at the world's largest retailer, in hopes that some of it will stick. Some does. But the irony is that the film shows that the faceless corporate behemoth turns out to be a potent force for community.
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Greg Stohr	Wal-Mart vs. a Million Angry Women Wal-Mart wants the Supreme Court to block a huge gender-bias suit.
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.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 Seth Jayson	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bull Rebuttal With Wal-Mart, investors are riding with proven success. The company has always overcome insurmountable obstacles, and it will continue to do so.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2010 Jim Royal	Meet the Wal-Mart Killers Wal-Mart's business achievements are spawning a cottage industry of money-for-hire anti-Wal-Mart activists. Grocers are increasingly focused on defending their turf as the retail titan looks for every avenue to increase sales.
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart's Ready for Africa Wal-Mart gets the go-ahead to complete its $2.4 billion merger with African retailers Massmart.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2005 Selena Maranjian	No Quick Fix for Wal-Mart What can $35 million do for this giant? That's what the company allegedly spent on a campaign to promote its "Acres for America" land preservation initiative. But the issues Wal-Mart faces are kind of big and can't be easily solved.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Play It Again, Sam Walton Despite a disappointing November that found comps sliding by 0.1%, the world's largest retailer bounced back during the critical holiday shopping season, posting a 1.6% uptick in same-store sales for the month of December.
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 W.D. Crotty	A Tale of Two Wal-Marts The shopping behemoth's quarterly results have a split personality. The stock may surrender a few more dollars, but the company is reaching levels that should tempt value investors.
CIO July 15, 2003 Kim Girard	How Levi's Got Its Jeans into Wal-Mart CIO David Bergen joined Levi Strauss almost three years ago with a mission: Get ready for the number-one retailer. This summer will tell if his company's IT transformation will help turn around this American icon.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Seth Jayson	Great Wal of China Wal-Mart says it may hire another 150,000 in China over the next five years. Investors are looking at a pretty decent opportunity here.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Selena Maranjian	Wal-Mart Banks on Big Ambitions Wal-Mart's president of financial services has said that the company has no plans to enter the banking business in the U.S. However, it's already rolled out banking services in other countries.
CIO July 23, 2009 Matt Villano	A New Business Model for a Wal-Mart Supplier Wal-Mart Canada supplier Stork Craft Manufacturing developed an online consumer sales channel that helps both companies sell more baby furniture.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Jack Ewing	Wal-Mart: Struggling In Germany With discounters already dominating the German market, the American giant finds itself in the unaccustomed role of pipsqueak. And part of the problem is the company's "ethics code" for employees.
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