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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (or Walmart as written in its new logo) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. Founded by Sam Walton in 1962, it was incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. It is the largest private employer in the world and the third-largest utility or commercial employer, trailing the British National Health Service, and the Indian Railways. Wal-Mart is the largest grocery retailer in the United States, with an estimated 20% of the retail grocery and consumables business.[clarification needed] It also owns and operates the North American company, Sam's Club.

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Port Barre residents victims of identity theft

Source: The Opelousas Daily World

The Port Barre Police Department has received two separate complaints from elderly citizens who say they received a phone call from a man claiming to be representative of a sweepstakes company. The incidents are a reminder for citizens to be wary ...
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Wal-Mart investors can cheer sales surge

Source: Northwest Arkansas Online

Jason Ivester Credit: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Michael Duke, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., speaks during the company’s 2011 annual meeting at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. Key events at Wal ...
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Wal-Mart investors can cheer sales surge

Source: Arkansas Online

Jason IvesterMichael Duke, president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., speaks during the company’s 2011 annual meeting at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville. LITTLE ROCK Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is on the upswing as it prepares to host thou ...
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Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

NEW DELHI – Indias mobile-phone industry, once a symbol of rapid growth, is turning into something else: a demonstration of the difficulty of doing business there. Some telecom companies have left and others said they may follow. ...
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Raley's union in Valley to call for strike authorization vote

Source: Sacramento Bee

Angered by the company's bargaining position, labor leaders at Raley's say they'll ask members to authorize a strike against the West Sacramento supermarket chain. Local 8 of the United Food and Commercial Workers ...
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Source: The News-Press

Toddlers splashed in jumping fountains. Teenagers ran on new treadmills with television screens. Families took to a basketball court in pickup games. Once again, the Bonita Springs YMCA was open for business. Community leaders and ...
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Soon, wearable energy T-shirts could charge your phones

Source: Zee News

Washington: Using a simple process, engineers have baked a cotton T-shirt into activated carbon, and by adding a thin conductive metal layer, they have created a stable, high performing super capacitor. The enginee ...
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Homeless Children/ California

Source: Cyber Essays

Chances are you have met at least one; they are in our communities across America, you may have seen one while taking the bus, or waiting in line in the grocery store. You or your child may have gone to school with one, or they may be the yo ...
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A veteran's memory Thanks for your service

Source: The Union Leader

(Cliff Schmidt is a World War II veteran and a former business executive. He resides in Henniker. His essay seems appropriate for this Memorial Day weekend--Editor.) I have a cap that was given to me by Bessie, the daug ...
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