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Feb 15, 2012 (M Navigator via COMTEX News Network) -- 15 February 2012 - Russian food retailer X5 (LON:FIVE) rejected today reports that it was negotiating a USD2bn (EUR1.5bn) deal to sell its hypermarket chain Karusel to US Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT ...  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the world’s largest retailer, may acquire hypermarket chain Karusel from X5 Retail Group NV (FIVE) to enter the Russian market, Delovoy Peterburg reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.  

BEIJING - Wal-Mart Stores Inc expects its China business, which has a new president and chief executive officer, to grow faster than the industry as a whole, a company executive said. It was the first public comment on the company's future in the Chinese ...  

In the last five trading sessions, the 50-day moving average (MA) has climbed 0.4% while the 200-day MA has risen 0.2%. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. operates discount stores, supercenters, and neighborhood markets. The Company's discount stores and supercenters ...  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has filed an application with the city to rezone portions of property at 69th Street and Cliff Avenue where the company would like to build its third Sioux Falls store. Much of the 17-acre parcel is zoned for commercial use.  

NEW YORK (AP) -- You may like the food you buy, but is it "Great for You"? Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to help its customers figure that out by adding a new green icon that reads "Great for You" to packaging of some of its house-brand foods.  

BEIJING — Wal-Mart Stores Inc, branded as Walmart, expects its China business to grow faster in the current robust market conditions, said Doug McMillon, president and chief executive officer of Walmart International. Last week, the world's largest ...  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT), the nation’s largest food retailer, has announced the launch of the “Great For You” icon. The icon is a part of the company’s healthier food initiative. The “Great For You” icon will initially appear on selected ...  

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WTW) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has told residents of a Sioux Falls neighborhood it intends to build a new store there. Wal-Mart operates 12 supercenters and two Sam's Clubs in South Dakota. It already has two stores in Sioux Falls.  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has devised standards to determine what is "healthy" and plans to label the foods in its stores that meet those standards, The New York Times reported. The new label, which is bright green with the words "Great for You," will appear on the retailer's own Great Value and Marketside food items this spring, as well as on signs around fresh fruit and vegetable displays. Wal-Mart executives said the company will...  

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Wal-Mart plans SuperCenter for Merrill Wal-Mart to label healthy foods as 'Great for You' Store closings could jump in 2012 Follow this company plans to add "Great for ...  

BENTONVILLE, ARK., (February 6, 2012) - Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States and according to the America Heart Association, about every 25 seconds an American will experience a coronary event, such as a heart attack or stroke.  

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will begin moving greeters into its stores from its lobbies to help with customer-service tasks as the world’s largest retailer works to cut costs and keep merchandise prices low. The greeters will ...  

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has removed greeters from the overnight shift at its U.S. supercenters, chipping away at a 30-year tradition of making sure all shoppers are welcomed to the store.  

BEIJING—Wal-Mart Stores Inc. tapped a new China chief as it looks to regain its footing after several missteps in one of its most important growth markets. The U.S. retail giant on Tuesday named Greg Foran president and chief executive of Wal ...