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The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Selena Maranjian	Wal-Mart Banks on Big Ambitions Wal-Mart's president of financial services has said that the company has no plans to enter the banking business in the U.S. However, it's already rolled out banking services in other countries.
U.S. Banker September 2010 John Engen	Wal-Mart, Undeterred Recent actions suggest that Wal-Mart is angling for another run at a U.S. banking charter. And next time around, its ambitions could go well beyond processing payments.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Rich Smith	Wal-Mart Opens a Foreign Bank Account Wal-Mart files an application with Canada's Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, seeking permission to open a pocket bank for its Canadian subsidiary.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Wendy Zellner	Wal-Mart: Your New Banker? Wal-Mart can't be or own a full-fledged bank -- yet -- but its partnerships and in-store financial services are giving the industry jitters
The Motley Fool August 20, 2010 Jim Royal	Today's Buy Opportunity: Wal-Mart The Bentonville Behemoth is the best play for any environment.
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 April 11, 2006 Rich Smith	Can You Bank on Wal-Mart? There's a word for what both Wal-Mart and its foes in the banking industry have to say about the fight over a banking license: disingenuous.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Timing Is Off for Walmex The Mexican economy is highly tied to the U.S.economy, so as our economy slows, in turn, consumption in Mexico slows. Wal-Mart de Mexico, better known as Walmex, although aggressive, showed a decline in same-store sales for July.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Dueling Fools: Wal-Mart Bull To be a Wal-Mart bull you have to be convinced that the company has plenty of opportunity to expand its store base.
The Motley Fool March 16, 2007 Emil Lee	Wal-Mart Ditches Its Banking Bid The furor and delays over Wal-Mart's attempt to form an industrial loan corporation (ILC) have pretty much forced the retailer's hand to drop its bid.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 Emil Lee	Wal-Mart: The New Banking Monopoly? Why a Wal-Mart bank might benefit customers.
U.S. Banker November 2003 Karen Krebsbach	The New Mexican Revolution. This One's in Banking. Mexico's banking sector has been in reform mode for more than two decades, but surging competition for the $13 billion remittance market, and promising consumer demographics, will bring banking to millions more Mexicans and continue to reshape the landscape.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart Can't Just Duct Tape This Massive Problem Wal-Mart to test its small-store format in the U.S.
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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 November 29, 2005 Richard Moore	Wal-Mart: The Retail Pariah Success has its drawbacks. Even when Wal-Mart does something that its critics would normally support, the company takes flak. What's an investor to do?
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005	Serving the Unbanked "Plays to Our DNA" While Wal-Mart has been blocked by federal and state regulators from exercising true bank-like powers, the retail giant hasn't given up its ambitions of being a player in financial services. Here is an interview with the retailer's financial-services president, Jane J. Thompson.
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 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.
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.
InternetNews June 17, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Wal-Mart Expands RFID Plans After meeting with its top 300 suppliers, the U.S.'s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, said it will expand its radio frequency identification roll-out faster than expected.
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010	Hard Choices: Jeffrey Hollender on Doing Business with Wal-Mart The co-founder and Chief Inspired Protagonist of Seventh Generation talks about why he refused to do business with Wal-Mart - and then changed his mind.
Bank Systems & Technology August 30, 2005 Katherine Burger	Shop Till You Drop? Not only will Wal-Mart eventually seek banking powers, its customers will want that to occur. And if it's not Wal-Mart, it will be Starbucks, Amazon, Whole Foods or some other entity that knows how to combine tech-savvy with customer insight and creativity.
BusinessWeek March 13, 2006 Geri Smith	Piggybanks Full Of Pesos Mexico's middle class is exploding, and that's good for U.S. business.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Jack Ewing	Wal-Mart: Struggling In Germany With discounters already dominating the German market, the American giant finds itself in the unaccustomed role of pipsqueak. And part of the problem is the company's "ethics code" for employees.
Bank Technology News August 2010 John Adams	Wal-Mart's an FI by Any Other Name Discount retailer Wal-Mart, which backed away from applying for a bank license in 2007 in the face of opposition, is now deftly plying partnerships to offer financial services enabled by point of sale automation.
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 November 16, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Wal-Mart Just Can't Win U.S. sales improved, but deep discounts deteriorated profit.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Does Wal-Mart Deserve to Be Hated? Should investors worry that this retail colossus seems to be a magnet for animosity and activism?
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Under Wal-Mart's Hood Sometimes you have to get dirty to come up clean. Until Wal-Mart wins that huge gray-area camp of supporters in the middle, it will have to deal with a country that consists mostly of indifferent spectators watching two thin opposing camps duke it out.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	This Stock Embraces Everyday Low Pricing What will it take for Wal-Mart to shake its slump? With slower sales growth reported, the stock price has fallen to a new 52-week low, and management has tempered projections for the full year.
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 August 28, 2008 Rich Duprey	Wal-Mart's Little Piggy in the Marketplace The big-box discounter's small-format stores may not resonate with consumers.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2011 Shubh Datta	Wal-Mart Turns to the Web ... Again Wal-Mart tests online grocery delivery system.
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.
BusinessWeek April 30, 2007 Anthony Bianco	Wal-Mart's Midlife Crisis Declining growth, increasing competition, and not an easy fix in site for Wal-Mart.
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 June 4, 2010 Jim Royal	Does It Matter That Wal-Mart Is Slipping? Wal-Mart is still the king of the retail jungle, but its relative dominance seems to be slipping, a survey of 30,000 shoppers from Consumer Reports suggests.
Fast Company December 2003 Charles Fishman	The Wal-Mart You Don't Know The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 Ian Rowley	Can Wal-Mart Woo Japan? Early signs at the Seiyu Wal-Mart chain suggest the retailer's model for Japan may work.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Time to Love Wal-Mart Again Some pretty handsome returns can be earned by investors who pick up the retailer's shares on the days when there is bad news and hold patiently for a few years.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Alyce Lomax	How Wal-Mart's Losing Competitive Advantage As if Wal-Mart didn't have enough problems these days, the big-box behemoth may now be losing its ability to command the rock-bottom prices on which it's built its reputation.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Cooper & Madigan	Mexico: Hostage to Its Neighbor's Troubles Weak demand in the U.S. is becoming a big problem for Mexico's manufacturing sector.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Is Wal-Mart's Patience Golden? The U.S. giant takes a majority stake in Japanese retailer Seiyu. What does it mean for investors?
The Motley Fool October 10, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Will Women Wear Wal-Mart? The author takes some time to ponder Wal-Mart's new fashion line, Metro 7.
The Motley Fool February 5, 2009 Dave Mock	3 Reasons to Buy Wal-Mart Today There are plenty, but here are three biggies.
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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.
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