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BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Carol Matlack	Carrefour In A Corner If there's any foreign retailer that can hold a candle to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., it's Carrefour. But the hypermarket chain is feeling the squeeze as discount rivals expand. It's stock has shed half its value since 1999, and there's talk of a takeover.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2004 Rich Smith	Bienvenue, Carrefour Lesser-known French retailer Carrefour turns in a strong first half. Investors, take notice.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2005 Rich Smith	British Tabs Target the Business World British tabloids speculate on a Nokia/Cisco deal as well as a Carrefour buy-out by Wal-Mart. Where the differences between the two stories lie is primarily in the area of novelty.
BusinessWeek February 16, 2004 Zellner & Berner	Wal-Mart Eases Its Grip The retailer isn't squeezing suppliers as hard -- or slashing its own prices as much as it used to.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty	The Wal-Mart Monster Wal-Mart is frighteningly strong and getting stronger by the day.
BusinessWeek May 17, 2004 Carol Matlack	What's Shackling France's Big Chains Unable to trim prices, hypermarkets are losing share to smaller no-frills shops in France.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2004 Seth Jayson	Another Wallop From Wal-Mart More incredible numbers from the world's biggest store.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Dexter Roberts	China: The Next Big Conquest? For retailers, doing business in China is tough stuff. But with a $370 billion market up for grabs, Wal-Mart and its competitors know it's worth the trouble.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2004 Mike Cianciolo	Wide World of Wal-Mart The retail giant looks to take over the world.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2004 Seth Jayson	Sons of Sam Look Overseas Wal-Mart's big expansion plans look for non-domestic money. Investors need to keep an eye on the firm's same-store sales.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Valuation Catching Up With Walmex While the growth at Wal-Mart has been uninspiring in the last couple of years, it has been a different story at its Mexican operations. Red-hot Wal-Mart de Mexico shares may be cooling off, though.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Margins of Error Profit margins matter. It's why we can get more excited about a company with rich margins when it grows sales -- we know that much more of the incremental dollar will work its way down to the bottom line unscathed.
The Motley Fool May 10, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Discounting Earnings Target and Wal-Mart seem to have the recipe for consistency.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Foreign Flameout? The discount giant's Japanese unit continues to struggle.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2011 Katie Spence	Wal-Mart Takes Its Game on the Road The potential to expand in Africa and elsewhere around the globe makes for what looks like a very promising future.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2003 Dave Marino-Nachison	Standing by Family Dollar Investors may be catching on to this discounted Dollar retailer.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 Alyce Lomax	No Retreat for Wal-Mart in Japan Wal-Mart makes plans to purchase Seiyu, a Japanese supermarket and department store chain in which the retailer already has a 50%-plus stake.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Wal-Mart's Tempting Southern Subsidiary Wal-Mart shares are attractively valued, but Walmex might be the better deal. Already the largest retailer in Mexico, Walmex is expanding quickly throughout the country. Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek March 25, 2010 Bauerova et al.	The Three-Way Fight for Brazilian Shoppers In Latin America's largest market, Wal-Mart is spending big to overtake Carrefour and local rival Companhia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar
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The Motley Fool June 29, 2010 Jim Royal	World's Largest Retailers Raise the Jolly Roger Retailers are on the attack against costs.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2011 Shubh Datta	What 2012 Holds for Wal-Mart Will Wal-Mart correct itself next year?
The Motley Fool November 16, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Is Wal-Mart Warming Up? The temperature may be cooling down, but is Wal-Mart's holiday season warming up? The retailer's third-quarter earnings increased 12.7% to $2.29 billion, or $0.54 per share.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Auf Wiedersehen, Wal-Mart Wal-Mart bows out of the competitive German retail market.
The Motley Fool May 15, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Wal-Mart Walks In Wal-Mart chimes in with its first-quarter 2006 numbers tomorrow. Here's what you need to know to make sense of the news. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Maps New Growth The discount giant's diving into Africa.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Another Poke at Wal-Mart's Pay Lower margins to pay higher wages? It only sounds good. If you don't think this will have an effect on the owners of the company and their returns, you're sadly mistaken.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2004 Ben McClure	Quality Earnings Count Here are three telltale signs of strong earnings. This reporting period, it's worthwhile taking a peek behind the earnings. Here are three telltale signs of earnings "quality" to guide your stock picks.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Fashion Risk at Wal-Mart? Overseas growth is good, but will domestic efforts backfire? Wal-Mart's stock looks value-priced, but investors need to understand that due to its size, it's basically a play on overall consumer spending.
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Burritt et al.	Why Wal-Mart Wants to Take the Driver's Seat The retail giant wants to grab control of deliveries from manufacturers. Suppliers' shipping costs "more than likely will be passed on to other retailers"
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Is It Time to Put Wal-Mart on Pause? As expected, Wal-Mart had a solid second quarter. However, given upcoming challenges, it makes sense that some investors may want to say "when" on the discount retailer's stock, at least for the time being.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Seth Jayson	Small Advantages, Big Wins Here's why so many value investors ignore the next big thing to concentrate on the boring ideas right under our noses, like big retailers.
The Motley Fool December 18, 2003 LouAnn Lofton	Wal-Mart Goes Digital The retailing giant wants to sell you digital tunes.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2004 Seth Jayson	Wal-Mart Retreats, Charges The latest news from the biggest retailer includes a so-so sales report and reconciliation with MasterCard.
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009 Carol Matlack	Gerard Mulliez' Auchan: France's Wal-Mart Goes Global Mega-retailer Auchan has a powerful patriarch, a secretive culture, and an insatiable urge to expand.
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Manjeet Kripalani	Wal-Mart: Rapping On India's Door Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has long sought entry into India's 1 billion-strong consumer market, but restrictions on foreign retail chains have kept it at bay.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2006 W.D. Crotty	Wal-Mart Rolls On Same-store sales for December fall within expectations. The stock could still fall from its current levels; it's down more than $3 per share in recent months. But given its expected long-term earnings growth, the downside here is extremely limited.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Tim Beyers	Wal-Mart vs. Nordstrom The two retail giants go toe-to-toe in a title fight. Who will be the champion?
The Motley Fool September 3, 2010 Rich Duprey	Wal-Mart's Global Ambitions In a cutthroat business like retail where a penny saved can mean a dollar earned, Wal-Mart's laser-like focus on expenses has global implications.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 Alyce Lomax	California Snubbing Wal-Mart Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is having some trouble with its supersized Supercenter concept, with high-profile difficulty brewing in California. Voting is under way today for several communities there that are attempting to block entry of the superscaled version of the discount store, according to USA Today
The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Seth Jayson	What's the Deal With Wal-Mart? The world's biggest retailer is trading at a two-year low, or a seven-year low, depending on how you slice it.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Can Fail Too Wal-Mart has thus far failed in one of its promising growth initiatives -- its in-store clinics.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2004 Bill Mann	Is Wal-Mart the Next Altria? An analyst is worried that public negativity will depress the retailer's stock.
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.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	The Best Blue Chip for 2007: Wal-Mart It's hard to think of a blue-chip business where the stock price has so badly lagged the performance of the company over the last few years.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Aiming at a Moving Target If you're a big retailer, you're going to suffer one way or another when the economy slows -- and whether you suffer incrementally less than other companies may not make much difference in the stock price.
Knowledge@Wharton April 9, 2003	The Wal-Mart Empire: A Simple Formula and Unstoppable Growth The company has a simple formula of low prices and rocket-science logistics to back up its operations. There's no secret to its success.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away There have been a few cracks in Wal-Mart's all-weather coating lately.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Michael Leibert	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bear Rebuttal Wal-Mart's management will someday get out of the way of the company's share price, rewarding long-term shareholders, but that day continues to seem distant.
BusinessWeek October 7, 2010 Boyle & Wolf	Wal-Mart Wants More Buying Clout Wal-Mart is convinced it can cut even better deals by consolidating its purchasing of raw materials with partners.