Wal Mart Stores News

Target Corp. has agreed to pay New Jersey $375,000 to settle a lawsuit that it sold expired baby formula and charged different prices at the register than advertised.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, reports its third-quarter earnings on Thursday before the market opens.

Lee Scott, former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. CEO and president, has joined the private equity firm Solamere Capital as an operating partner and a member of its investment committee.

The Canadian Press North American markets headed for a lower opening Tuesday after a slide in the U.S. dollar helped power stock indexes, commodity prices and the Canadian dollar sharply higher on Monday.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has developed plans to manage holiday crowds shopping at its 3,500 US stores after an employee died in a "Black Friday'' trampling a year ago.

Posted November 10th, 2009 by theStockMasters... in Financial News Ah our beloved Wal-Marty finally gets its spotlight this Thursday when the mighty retailer reports third quarter 2010 earnings.A Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Megaretailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to use LED lights inside 650 new and renovated stores.

India may be among the first Group of 20 nations to begin winding back fiscal stimulus after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said faster economic growth would allow the measures to be withdrawn.

World stock markets rose Monday after the Group of 20 leading rich and developing countries agreed to maintain their stimulus measures in the wake of weak U.S. employment figures.

WALKER - There are sales and then there are price cuts. Meijer Inc. says it is offering more of each this holiday season.

Oil prices rose above $78 a barrel Monday in Asia as a weaker U.S. dollar offset signs of slumping consumer demand.

Columbus, Ohio-based Retail Forward in its October Wal-Mart World reports some indication of consumers shopping less at Walmart because they cana t fi nd what they want.

"Wal-Mart is very satisfied with the results in India. I was informed by the Wal-Mart CEO that they are looking at opening more stores.

A judge on Thursday overturned a settlement allowing major outdoor advertising companies to convert more than 800 billboards in Los Angeles into digital displays, but declined to revoke permits already granted for about 100 conversions.

Amazon, Skechers, Bucyrus shine in Oct., but are they good buys? Published on Saturday, Nov 07, 2009 Bloomberg News The stock market's waters were languid in October, but some fish were jumping.

With another tough holiday season looming, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is ratcheting up a price war that could be good for shoppers but has competitors fearing the worst.

Its wall-to-wall influence in America may be waning, but Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, is pushing its cart harder than ever to find its square inch in India.

At a McDonald's Corp. test kitchen in an unmarked Illinois warehouse, next year's menu plan for the U.K. has hit a snag.

As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.

Are the upscale grocery chain's best days behind it? Fourth-quarter net income soared to $36.4 million, or $0.20 per share, from the year-ago $1.5 million, or $0.01 per share.