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The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 W.D. Crotty	The Wal-Mart Monster Wal-Mart is frighteningly strong and getting stronger by the day.
The Motley Fool March 9, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	California Wilts Grocery Results Kroger and Albertson's report significant strike-related financial impacts.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	A Safeway Out? The grocery store chain gears up to face investors.
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 James Warren	How Wal-Mart Won Chicago The company needs new territory. The city needs sales tax revenue and jobs. So what took everyone so long to do the logical thing?
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart Turns to the Web ... Again Wal-Mart tests online grocery delivery system.
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The Motley Fool April 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	Voters Reject Wal-Mart A million bucks isn't enough to persuade Inglewood, Calif., voters to grant the retailer carte blanche.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Rich Duprey	Kroger Labors to Profit Union unrest may cut into supermarket chain Kroger's growth plans.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 Phil Wohl	Head Above Water for Albertson's The leading food and drug retailer presses on.
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 Robert McNatt	Who Says Wal-Mart Is Bad For Cities? Underserved neighborhoods welcome its jobs, low prices, and tax revenue.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Mean Streak The megaretailer's social responsibility gets overshadowed by its darker side.
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The Motley Fool November 13, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Price Blitz Regardless of whether Wal-Mart's continued price-slashing is a sign of weakness or strength, it's enough to make its investors, and those of its rivals, a little bit nervous.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	High-Stakes Food Fight A pair of troubled grocers steps up to be counted.
CFO December 1, 2006 Wu Chen	View from China: Unions at Wal-Mart In a surprise move, Wal-Mart allows its workers in China to unionize.
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.
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Managed Care March 2006	Wal-Mart Announces Better Insurance Package For Part-Time Workers Wal-Mart announced that it will reduce the two-year waiting period for part-time workers to qualify for benefits.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Bianco & Zellner	Is Wal-Mart Too Powerful? Low prices are great. But Wal-Mart's dominance creates problems -- for suppliers, workers, communities, and even American culture
The Motley Fool June 23, 2005 Timothy M. Otte	Styling With Wal-Mart Is the world's largest retailer about to upgrade in style and quality?
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.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart Struggles Despite Its Best Efforts Time will tell whether Wal-Mart's investments will help correct some disturbing trends in the business.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2008 Rich Duprey	Wal-Mart a Pariah No More These days consumers are more than happy to stretch their meager dollars as far as they can at a Wal-Mart superstore.
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 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 April 20, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Wal-Mart Bigger Than Itself Not many companies are the subjects of academic conferences.
The Motley Fool February 16, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	When Strikes Are Good for Business Unions are in trouble, and that's good news for supermarkets. Investors, however, may find some bitter benefits in all this.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Brian Gorman	The Greening of Wal-Mart? Wal-Mart's new emphasis on organics likely will pave the road to further expansion, and that's something investors and environmentalists may actually agree on.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2010 Jim Royal	Meet the Wal-Mart Killers Wal-Mart's business achievements are spawning a cottage industry of money-for-hire anti-Wal-Mart activists. Grocers are increasingly focused on defending their turf as the retail titan looks for every avenue to increase sales.
The Motley Fool July 2, 2009 Alyce Lomax	Health Insurance: The New Competitive Advantage Wal-Mart is spearheading a government-backed effort to create an "employer mandate," which would force most companies to provide health insurance to employees. With Wal-Mart's size, it might have an advantage over its competitors in satisfying such a mandate.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 Seth Jayson	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bull Rebuttal With Wal-Mart, investors are riding with proven success. The company has always overcome insurmountable obstacles, and it will continue to do so.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2005 Selena Maranjian	No Quick Fix for Wal-Mart What can $35 million do for this giant? That's what the company allegedly spent on a campaign to promote its "Acres for America" land preservation initiative. But the issues Wal-Mart faces are kind of big and can't be easily solved.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Winn-Dixie's Not Winning The Southern supermarket chain's stock suffers spoilage.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Ace in the Whole Foods Whole Foods earns a shiny organic apple for its desk with excellent company performance at a time when other grocers are faltering.
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 October 15, 2010 Alyce Lomax	What Happened to Wal-Mart's Low Prices? The discount retailer's prices are rolling both ways.
Reason May 2004 Ted Balaker	Big Boxing In the nation's largest brawl over big-box retailers, California pols are anxious to prove they're in the little guy's corner.
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The Motley Fool May 17, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart's Still Stalled Out The discount giant can't seem to jump-start its U.S. sales.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Wal-Mart Is No Wallflower In each of the past two quarters, Wal-Mart grew its total sales by 10%. Not too shabby for a growth company, and pretty darn impressive for a mature one. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2004 Jeff Hwang	Wal-Mart Gets in the Groove Online music downloads should help boost Wal-Mart's overall Web sales.
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.