Walmart News
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Prattville -
Don Watson thought he was just doing what he was supposed to do when he chased down and confronted a shoplifter who was stealing buggies chock full of merchandise from a Wal-Mart in Prattville, Alabama last month.
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2014 saw some changes on the leaderboard of the world's richest people. But they all have some things in common we common folk can learn from in order to get rich, or more likely die trying.
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Miami -
On Thursday, environmentalists made a desperate bid to save a rare, and once thought to be extinct beetle living in one little corner of the Earth. The Miami tiger beetle is only found in the Richmond pine rocklands in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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Dayton -
After killing a young black man who'd been holding a BB gun in an Ohio Walmart, a police detective aggressively questioned his weeping girlfriend and accused her of lying, threatened her with jail time and accused her of being on drugs.
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A mysterious person known only as "Santa B" paid off $50,000 in layaway bills for a variety of customers at a Silver Springs Commons, Pennsylvania, Wal-Mart Monday morning.
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Food safety has become a much talked about subject in China, especially after photos were released showing food oil being scooped from drains to accusations of selling phony eggs. Retail giant, Wal-Mart has entered the fray, intent on cleaning up its act.
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Dallas -
Police say that a homeless woman who has HIV was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly stealing $11.00 worth of frozen food from a Dallas Wal-Mart and threatening to infect an employee who confronted her about it.
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Bullhead City -
Thanks to the strange combination of Walmart and a man's paranoia, a murder that occurred in 1997 has now been solved.
Matthew Gibson, 55, of North Carolina, embarked on a long, frantic drive all the way to Arizona, in order to confess to the murder.
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Pittsburgh -
In a bizarre intersection of the fine arts and big business, an artist is claiming that Walmart is selling her painting without her permission.
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Wal-Mart employees are upset over a new a mandatory dress code that was implemented last week, Gawker reports.
The dress code includes...
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Corsicana -
A 14-year-old Texas boy who had been missing for 54 hours was discovered camping inside a 24-hour Walmart in the baby section behind boxes of strollers.
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Miami -
It is one of the world's rarest forests and it exists only in Cuba, the Bahamas, and a tiny part of Southern Florida. Thanks to the University of Miami and Walmart, this forest may become even rarer.
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Trenton -
Famed actor and comedian Tracy Morgan has filed suit against retail giant Wal-Mart for its alleged involvement in the crash that left him critically injured and one person dead.
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Last Thursday a woman in Crestview, Florida, left her dog Waldo unattended in a hot car while she was inside a Walmart store for more than 10 hours.
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Shortly after being unable to come to an agreement with local unions Walmart closed a Quebec area store. Now they will have to pay damages to almost 200 workers after a Canadian Supreme Court ruling.
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Las Vegas -
Two suspects shouting "this is a revolution" killed two Las Vegas police officers at a pizza parlor Sunday and killed a third person at a nearby store before fatally shooting themselves.
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Dayton -
Wal-Mart workers around the country staged a strike against the low wages of the company. This comes at the same time as the annual shareholders meeting and at a time when higher wages are on discussion panels everywhere.
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Phoenix -
A woman uses hand warmers to help relieve pain from a breast enhancement surgery, only to find that she had burned her new breasts. Now she is suing Wal-Mart, where the product was bought, and Heatamax for faulty design and advertising.
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A new study has found Walmart's low- and poverty-wage workers cost the U.S. government an estimated $6.2 billion per year, a case of massive corporate welfare paid for by American taxpayers.
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The toe-sucking bandit has been sentenced in a North Carolina court to 60 days in jail for sucking an unwitting and unwilling women's toes in a Walmart in Lincolnton in March. The man met her in the shoe department and told her he was a podiatry student.
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New York -
Wal-Mart announced Thursday a deal with organic foods pioneer Wild Oats to sell discounted organic products in its US stores, a move expected to shake up the booming sector.
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New York -
US retail giant Wal-Mart Stores plans to add 50 new wholesale stores in India as it seeks growth in a key market where it has been unable to launch retail stores.
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Washington -
The world's largest retailer Walmart has sued credit card giant Visa for more than $5 billion for conspiring with banks to fix fees that merchants pay for accepting Visa card payments.In the suit filed this week in Arkansas, where Walmart is based, th...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc will allow U.S. shoppers to trade in used videogames for anything from groceries to gadgets, a move that could dent the profit of GameStop Corp, the largest dealer of used videogames.
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New Delhi -
Flipkart, India's answer to US online giant Amazon, said Saturday its sales would cross the milestone $1 billion-mark this year, ahead of schedule, in the country's exploding e-commerce market.Founded in 2007 by two ex-Amazon.com employees and universi...
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc, famed for its low prices, has stumbled in the one major market where consumers say price is less of a driver in their buying decisions: China.
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The struggles of the low-income U.S. consumer are playing out in Wal-Mart Stores Inc's grocery aisles.
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Apparel retailer Gap Inc <GPS.N> said it would raise the hourly pay for its U.S.
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American discount shopping chain Wal-Mart is planning a massive expansion in Canada, having announced plans to build more than 30 stores.
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New York -
Walmart Friday said bad weather and cuts in food stamp support for the poor weighed on US sales and would hit earnings for its November-January fourth quarter.Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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Walmart Shareholders' Meeting shuttle bus at Walmart on Campus. Fayetteville, Ark.
Aftermath of May 22 tornado in Joplin, MO. Courtesy of Grant Deardorff
UA grounds and parking lots were transformed into activity areas for Walmart shareholders. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
Walmart on Campus is in the Garland Center, and is part of the retail shops which line the front of the new parking deck on Garland Avenue. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
Numerous Walmart suppliers were present at the events surrounding the 2011 Walmart Shareholders' Meeting. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
Mini-version of Sam Walton's red and white 1979 Ford half-ton pickup truck. Children's ride at Walmart Visitor Center. Bentonville, Ark.
Walmart Visitor Center. Bentonville, Ark.
Lit-up christmas trees marked the holiday display section of Walmart
Asda, part of Walmart, selling tap water as bottled water.
Asda, part of Walmart, prides itself on providing customers with value for money.
A Bangladeshi police official walks around the Tazreen factory, after the November 2012 fire. Salon
Shareholders descend on the Walmart Visitor Center. Bentonville, Ark.
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Walmart on Campus. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
2011 Walmart Shareholders' Meeting. Bud Walton Arena. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.
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