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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?
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CIO July 1, 2002 Abbie Lundberg	The IT Inside the World's Biggest Company Long publicity shy, Wal-Mart opens its doors for an exclusive CIO interview with CIO Kevin Turner, who shares the secrets behind Wal-Mart's global growth, what's happened since Sept. 11 and which technologies the retailer is eyeing for the future.
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National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Steve McLinden	Always Low Energy Wal-Mart's ambitious goal of reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions in new stores by 30% over the next four years -- and by 20% in existing stores over the next seven years -- may actually be surpassed.
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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.
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