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  • Walmart Launches Online Marketplace

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    Adweek: Walmart Launches Online Marketplace NEW YORK Walmart said that its Web site, Walmart.com, has added nearly 1 million new items to its online product assortment with the launch of the new "Walmart Marketplace," which enables a select group of retailers to offer additional wares. Walmart Marketplace further expands its online assortment with new products…

  • Wal-Mart Stores offers bill pay service

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    Yahoo Finance: Wal-Mart Stores offers bill pay service BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday it is offering a bill-pay service for customers who do not use traditional checking accounts. Customers can go to Walmart MoneyCenters and customer service desks at its stores nationwide to pay utility, landline phone, cable/satellite, credit card bills,…

  • Wal-Mart backing of reform draws ire

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    Columbus Dispatch: Wal-Mart backing of reform draws ire CHICAGO — The nation's love-hate relationship with Wal-Mart is taking an unexpected turn now that the "Beast from Bentonville" is endorsing a plan to require employers to provide health coverage for all workers. The National Retail Federation directly criticized Wal-Mart last week for endorsing mandated health care.…

  • Some companies (like Wal-Mart) thrive despite recession

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    USA Today: Some companies (like Wal-Mart) thrive despite recession While many businesses struggle during the recession, a handful of U.S. and global companies — from health care giant Abbott Laboratories (ABT) to retail king Wal-Mart (WMT)— are riding out the financial storm in good shape. And executives aren't shy about broadcasting that fact to analysts,…

  • Wal-Mart to toughen standards for suppliers

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    International Herald Tribune: Wal-Mart to toughen standards for suppliers Wal-Mart plans to announce Wednesday in Beijing that it will require manufacturers supplying goods for its stores to adhere to stricter ethical and environmental standards, the latest effort by the big retailer to answer criticism of its business practices. At a gathering of more than 1,000…

  • Ending poverty…through supermarkets?

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    Private Sector Blog:  Ending poverty…through supermarkets? …A new paper from the University of Chicago business school suggests that stores like Walmart have helped dampen the growth of inequality in the U.S. by reducing the prices faced by the poor. Christian Broda, one of the authors, sums it up over at Vox: The expansion of superstores…

  • Wal-Mart means low-priced goods and good jobs

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    Star Tribune: Wal-Mart means low-priced goods and good jobs "Wal-Mart hammered by judge," shouted a front-page Star Tribune headline earlier this month. The Dakota County judge — responding to a class-action assault on the giant retailer — labeled Wal-Mart "dehumanizing" and set it up for a possible $2 billion penalty. Many Minnesotans probably shrugged. What…

  • Wal-Mart’s Detractors Come In From the Cold

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    New York Times: Wal-Mart’s Detractors Come In From the Cold Over the last several months, a confidential report has circulated within the headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores, proposing sweeping changes to its employee health care plans. It looks like a typical corporate planning document, but it is not. The nine-page report, written by an Emory University…

  • Let Wal-Mart fix US health care

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    MSN Money: Let Wal-Mart fix US health care …I say, let Wal-Mart Stores (WMT, news, msgs) do it. Hold your guffaws. Stifle your impulse to scoff. Control those sputters of rage. Wal-Mart has done more to expand coverage and lower costs in the past year than any government program to come out of Washington in…

  • Saint Wal-Mart? well, let’s look at the record

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    Vancouver Sun: Saint Wal-Mart? well, let's look at the record We might also think about the Nobel Peace Prize when we consider the retail giant's contributions to society. Wal-Mart deserves the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. And the Vatican may want to beatify the world's largest retailer. CONSIDER THAT WAL-MART: – Provides employment to 1.9 million…