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MarketWatch | 11 days 14 hours 47 minutes ago
Applications for loans to buy homes fell a seasonally adjusted 11.7% in the week ended Nov. 6 from with the previous week -- bringing volumes to their lowest since December 2000. The Washington-based MBA's weekly survey covers more than half of all applications filed for U.S. retail residential mortgages.


Weekly jobless claims fall 12,000 to 502,000 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 14 hours 14 minutes ago
That's the fewest initial claims since early January. Initial jobless claims have hovered above 500,000 for 52 straight weeks, as the unemployment rate has climbed to a 26-year high of 10.2%.


RadioShack jumps nearly 10% as retailers gain - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 28 days 13 hours 53 minutes ago
The S&P Retail Index /quotes/comstock/10u!rlx.x (RLX 401.74, +6.69, +1.69%) added 3 points to 398.03 in early trading.


Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. CEO to Speak at Conference [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 81 days 13 hours 35 minutes ago
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. CEO to Speak at Conference PRNewswire...Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. will make a presentation during the...Simley,+1-479-277-0212, all of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.


Treasurys give up gains after jobless claims fall - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 14 hours 13 minutes ago
Lanxess net down 59% but CFO is optimistic


Retail stocks drop as BJ's outlook disappoints - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 5 days 12 hours 27 minutes ago
The S&P Retail Index /quotes/comstock/10u!rlx.x (RLX 403.67, -0.56, -0.14%) fell 0.4% to 402.83.


U.S. indexes follow energy, utility down at open - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 13 hours 7 minutes ago
The dollar climbed, and the government reported a bigger-than-expected drop in weekly jobless claims to the lowest level since Jan. 3.


Weekly jobless claims drop 12,000 to 502,000 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 14 hours 13 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The number of people filing initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell by 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 502,000 in the week ended Nov. 7, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Initial jobless claims have hovered above 500,000 for 52 straight weeks. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected initial claims to drop to about 510,000. Continuing state claims declined 139,000 to a seasonally adjusted 5.63 million, the lowest since March.


Wal-Mart, Amazon, Target compete in DVD price war
Tampa Tribune (Fla.), The | 16 days 22 hours 51 minutes ago
First it was books. Now it's DVDs. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. started another price war Thursday, trimming the online preorder prices of some upcoming DVDs following its price cut on books last month. And, ...


Wal-Mart starts a holiday series of weeklong price cuts; thousands of items affected -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 33 days 7 hours 29 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart , which has ridden low prices to dominate the U.S. retail scene, stepped up its game in price cutting still further Wednesday.


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Retail stocks rise on October-sales upside - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 7 days 12 hours 35 minutes ago
The S&P Retail Index /quotes/comstock/10u!rlx.x (RLX 409.59, +4.18, +1.03%) climbed 1.4% to 411.01.





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Company Overview


Company: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Industry: Discount & Variety Retail
Website: http://www.walmartstores.com

Wal-Mart Stores is an irresistible (or at least unavoidable) retail force that has yet to meet any immovable objects. Bigger than Europe's Carrefour, Tesco, and Metro AG combined, it is the world's #1 retailer, with more than 7,870 stores, including about 890 discount stores, 2,970 combination discount and grocery stores (Wal-Mart Supercenters in the US and ASDA in the UK), and 600 warehouse stores (SAM'S CLUB). About 55% of its stores are in the US, but Wal-Mart continues expanding internationally; it is the #1 retailer in Canada and Mexico and it has operations in Asia (where it owns a 95% stake in Japanese retailer SEIYU), Europe, and South America. Founder Sam Walton's heirs own about 40% of Wal-Mart.


Key Numbers

Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 405,607 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Sales 7.1 (2009)
Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) 13,400 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Net Income 5.3 (2009)
Number of Employees 2,100,000 (2009)
One-year % Growth in Number of Employees 0.0 (2009)
Fiscal Year-End January