Costco has a 99% 'Buy Blue' Rating
Wal-Mart hits bargain levels
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Some say it's time to buy the discounter's stock. But others see few reasons to jump in now.
5:15 PM EST February 15, 2005
by Maya Kulycky
Wal-Mart
(WMT, news, msgs) proudly boasts that it gives its customers "always the low price ... always." But investors are hoping that the same motto doesn't apply to the company's stock price.
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Blumenthal slams Wal-Mart settlement over child labor allegations
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN
Associated Press Writer
February 16, 2005, 7:56 PM EST
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Calling a federal settlement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. a sweetheart deal, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday that he will try to enlist other states in an investigation into allegations the world's largest retailer broke child labor laws.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--wal-mart-childlab0216feb16,0,1556790.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut
Wal-Mart wants to break big box
By Dan Morris
February 16, 2005
I can see it now. In five years, I’ll be driving back to Flagstaff to reminisce about my wacky college days when I’ll hit a corridor of strip malls right past Sunset Crater and a sign “Welcome to Flagstaff- Brought to You by Wal-Mart.”
http://www.lumberjackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/16/4213c1bf6f8e1
Wal-Mart appeals court's decison on supercenters
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
By Laura Cook - Turlock Journal
Turlock’s battle against Wal-Mart may not be over just yet.
Wal-Mart, Inc. recently appealed a court’s decision that favored Turlock’s ban against supercenters.
http://www.turlockjournal.com/news/newsview.asp?c=144955
Wal-Mart's Scott Probably Lifted Profit With Marketing Blitz
Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive H. Lee Scott's unprecedented marketing campaign and price cuts three weeks before Christmas probably spurred the biggest profit increase in three quarters at the world's largest retailer.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=abqTy4xtokaQ&refer=news_index
$7.6 Million Wal-Mart FLW Tour Coming to the Ouachita River
Wednesday February 16, 2:58 pm ET
MONROE, La., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The $7.6 million Wal-Mart FLW Tour will make its third stop March 9-12 with a $900,000 event presented by 7 UP on the Ouachita River near Monroe, La. Hosted by the Monroe/West Monroe Convention and Visitors Bureau, the tournament features 400 anglers from the United States, Japan and Australia, with 200 of the world's best bass pros fishing for a top award of $100,000 cash. Two hundred co-anglers will also compete for a top award of $20,000 cash.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/clw073_1.html
Blumenthal slams Wal-Mart settlement over child labor allegations
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN
Associated Press Writer
February 16, 2005, 7:56 PM EST
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Calling a federal settlement with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. a sweetheart deal, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday that he will try to enlist other states in an
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--wal-mart-childlab0216feb16,0,1556790.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut
Wal-Mart wants to break big box
By Dan Morris
February 16, 2005
I can see it now. In five years, I’ll be driving back to Flagstaff to reminisce about my wacky college days when I’ll hit a corridor of strip malls right past Sunset Crater and a sign “Welcome to Flagstaff- Brought to You by Wal-Mart.”
http://www.lumberjackonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/16/4213c1bf6f8e1
Wal-Mart appeals court's decison on supercenters
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
By Laura Cook - Turlock Journal
Turlock’s battle against Wal-Mart may not be over just yet.
Wal-Mart, Inc. recently appealed a court’s decision that favored Turlock’s ban against supercenters.
“We felt that there were more merits to the case and we are looking forward to how the appellate court will rule on the case,” Peter Kanelos, a representative for Wal-Mart, said.
http://www.turlockjournal.com/news/newsview.asp?c=144955
Wal-Mart's Scott Probably Lifted Profit With Marketing Blitz
Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Executive H. Lee Scott's unprecedented marketing campaign and price cuts three weeks before Christmas probably spurred the biggest profit increase in three quarters at the world's largest retailer.
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=abqTy4xtokaQ&refer=news_index
$7.6 Million Wal-Mart FLW Tour Coming to the Ouachita River
Wednesday February 16, 2:58 pm ET
MONROE, La., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The $7.6 million Wal-Mart FLW Tour will make its third stop March 9-12 with a $900,000 event presented by 7 UP on the Ouachita River near Monroe, La. Hosted by the Monroe/West Monroe Convention and Visitors Bureau, the tournament features 400 anglers from the United States, Japan and Australia, with 200 of the world's best bass pros fishing for a top award of $100,000 cash. Two hundred co-anglers will also compete for a top award of $20,000 cash.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050216/clw073_1.html
A Few Worries For Wal-Mart In Sales Report
By CONSTANCE L. HAYS (NYT) 859 words
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ABSTRACT - Wal-Mart Stores reports $288 billion in sales in 2004, keeping it in first place among American corporations in terms of revenue; Target reports sales for year were $46.84 billion, increase of 11 percent over 2003, with net income of $3.51 per share; Wal-Mart's earnings per share rose to $2.41 for fiscal year 2005, up from $2.07; total revenue was $288.2 billion, compared with $258.68 billion year ago, and net income increased to $10.27 billion, from $9.05 billion; same-store sales at Wal-Mart rose 1.5 percent in quarter ended January, Target's revenue for year increased 11.5 percent, including $485 million in income from credit card operations (M)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C16FF3A5E0C7B8DDDAB0894DD404482
Wal-Mart makes inroads into UK as profits top $10bn
David Teather in New York
Friday February 18, 2005
The Guardian
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, is pushing further into Britain with plans to open at least 15 Asda stores this year.
The company said it planned to invest £600m in Britain and create 6,000 jobs during 2005. Asda is already the nation's second-largest supermarket chain, with 275 sites and a market share of about 17.5%.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/supermarkets/story/0,12784,1417361,00.html
Lex: Wal-Mart
Published: February 17 2005 23:00 Last updated: February 17 2005 23:00
Home in the rangeCan Wal-Mart engineer a break-out? The US retailing giant has wallowed in a trading range of roughly $50 to $60 a share for the last two years. Over than time, its premium multiple has shrunk as earnings growth has slowed. Thursday's fourth-quarter results told a familiar story. US sales are healthy up 9 per cent in the quarter as Wal-Mart rolls out new stores. Gross margins continue to creep higher as the group uses its massive scale to source cheap products from overseas. But operating margins are being held back. Wal-Mart's US same-store sales up 1.5 per cent in the quarter are not increasing fast enough to outweigh the rising cost of running stores. Wages, utility costs and healthcare are the key pressures. That has left the retail giant relying more heavily on non-operating items, such as a lower tax rate and a lower share count to push forward earnings.
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3411bd7e-8136-11d9-adb4-00000e2511c8.html
Wal-Mart's Civil War Battle
By Nat Worden
TheStreet.com Staff Reporter
2/17/2005 4:02 PM EST
After an aggressive media campaign to shore up its public image, Wal-Mart (WMT:NYSE - news - research) is still stumbling into scrapes within its communities.
http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/stocks/retail/10209533.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
Suppliers quake at power of Wal-Mart
By Patience Wheatcroft
THE mighty Wal-Mart lifted its profits by a whopping 16 per cent in the three months to the end of January. Growing sales outside the United States and a lowly dollar did their bit to flatter the figures but the underlying increase is still one that will be envied, not least by those suppliers who have helped the company to such success.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8210-1489342,00.html
By CHARLES HERMAN
Feb. 18, 2005 — Connecticut's governor ordered inspections of Wal-Mart stores as the state's attorney general accused the U.S. Labor Department of cutting a "sweetheart deal" with the retailing giant on child labor law violations.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=513063&page=1
Holiday blues can't foil Wal-Mart; net rises 16%
Wall Street finds sales disappointing
By Geoff Dougherty
Tribune staff reporter
Published February 18, 2005
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. posted a double-digit jump in fourth-quarter profit Thursday despite a lackluster Christmas season.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0502180214feb18,1,4921768.story?coll=chi-business-hed
Labor has no friend in Wal-Mart
Published on: 02/18/05
By incredible coincidence, Wal-Mart decided last week to close a store in Canada after the employees there joined a union and started negotiating a contract with the world's largest retailer.
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/0205/18walmart.html
Wal-Mart files trade-secrets lawsuit
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sued a former computer worker Friday, alleging the man stole trade secrets shortly before resigning to work out of state for another company.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/apbiz_story.asp?category=1310&slug=Wal%20Mart%20Secrets
Wal-Mart backs out on Pueblo West distribution center
Wal-Mart Corporation released a statement Thursday night saying Pueblo West is no longer in the running for a giant distribution center. "We decided that we have to move on because we really need to have a site tied up," said Keith Morris. "And this project could go on for another 6-12-18 months and still not have any feasible site. Tied up and ready to move forward with."
http://www.koaa.com/news/view.asp?ID=3235
Wal-Mart Says Feb. Same-Store Sales Rising Within Its Forecast
Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said February sales at U.S. stores open at least a year are rising within its forecast as shoppers bought more food and Valentine cards and gifts.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a.2Hk.3j.hHw&refer=us
Wal-Mart sees Feb. sales up 2%-4%
By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
Last Update: 1:38 PM ET Feb. 19, 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Saturday it expects U.S. same-store sales in February to grow within its previous forecast of 2 percent to 4 percent.
It appears Cupid played a part in the retail giant's results for the week ended Feb. 19, as the company saw strong sales of Valentine's Day items.
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BB13B1E9D-41D9-4B8F-B457-450A3A87A103%7D&siteid=google&dist=google
Wal-Mart's Labor deal to get official scrutiny
By DIANE STAFFORD
The Kansas City Star
The U.S. Labor Department's inspector general said he will review an agreement between Wal-Mart and the department's Wage and Hour Division that arose from alleged child labor law violations.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/10938994.htm
Oil giant lumbers back into top spot
GE, Wal-Mart no longer biggest public companies
By LYNN J. COOK
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
Energy is officially king — again.
Exxon Mobil, the Irving-based behemoth of oil barrels, overtook General Electric as the biggest publicly traded company in the world, measured by the total value of its stock. And market capitalization isn't the only ranking Exxon has reconquered.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/energy/3047152
What price a Wal-Mart?
On balance, it's probably a good thing that townspeople in Bennington will have to vote on the new zoning bylaw changes that have been ensnared by the debate over the wisdom of the 75,000 square feet limit for new commercial development. Better too much democracy than too little. But those who are inclined to look favorably upon eliminating the cap might want to be careful about what they wish for.
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8670~2721173,00.html
No stopping Wal-Mart!
Posted on : 2005-02-20 Author : Martin Booth
News Category : Business
Despite a not so spectacular Christmas season, Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer still managed to rake in a double-digit jump in fourth-quarter profit. Wal-Mart had chosen not to go overboard on discounts for holiday merchandise, a move that held its U.S. same-store-sales increase in the fourth quarter to 1.5 percent. This move reportedly disappointed Wall Street analysts.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/1679.html
The Labor Department and Wal-Mart signed a rather one-sided agreement regarding a recent child labor case and future investigations.
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Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the nation (and also, interestingly enough, the second most often sued entity in the country, behind the government1) recently signed a settlement with the US Department of Labor over some child labor issues. Most of them (18 of 24) involved workers under 18 using hazardous machinery. The company settled the case for $135,540 (hardly difficult for a company whose profits topped $10 billion this year2).
http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=1&id=5994
A brand-name survivor in a Wal-Mart world
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Private-label goods have just about killed the brand as we know it -- except for those that never stop innovating. Nobody does that better than Procter & Gamble.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P109896.asp
Wal-Mart plans superstore near Ybor
By MARK ALBRIGHT, Times Staff Writer
Published February 21, 2005
TAMPA - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is negotiating a deal to buy a huge Tampa warehouse facility near Ybor City as a site for one of its sprawling supercenters.
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/02/21/Business/Wal_Mart_plans_supers.shtml
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Wal-Mart Agreement Under Review
Monday, February 21, 2005
The Labor Department's inspector general will review an agreement between the department and Wal-Mart that would give the company 15 days of notice before the department begins an investigation of child-labor allegations, the Associated Press reports.
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Discount Juice
Christopher Helman, 02.22.05, 6:00 AM ET
NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores' 5,100 stores worldwide suck up $1.1 billion worth of electricity annually for air-conditioning and lighting. Now the Bentonville, Ark., giant has itself entered the power industry. Four months ago, it quietly opened its own power trading desk and began buying juice on the wholesale market in Texas. Already it has cut out many of the middleman energy companies that used to stand between Wal-Mart and nearly $100 million per year of electricity for its 295 Texas stores.
http://www.forbes.com/2005/02/22/cz_ch_0222walmart.html?partner=daily_newsletter
Competition from Wal-Mart sends Winn-Dixie to bankruptcy court
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Winn-Dixie Stores filed for bankruptcy-court protection on Tuesday in an effort to address financial and operational problems that have hampered its performance.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/22/business/winndixie.html
Next major U.S. TV network? Wal-Mart
PEARLAND, Texas Here in the Houston suburbs, Banana-Vision has arrived. That is the industry nickname for the high-definition liquid crystal display monitors installed directly over a pyramid of bright yellow bananas in the produce section of the local Wal-Mart store
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/02/21/business/walmart.html
Dell beats Wal-Mart as 'Most Admired'
General Electric, Starbucks, Southwest also take top spots in Fortune magazine's annual survey.
February 22, 2005: 10:00 AM EST
The Top 5: The highest rankers on Fortune's list of "Most Admired Companies." Click for full report at Fortune.com.
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Dell Inc. was No. 1 on Fortune magazine's annual list of the nation's most admired companies, displacing Wal-Mart, which has held the top spot for the past two years and fell to No. 4.
Rounding out the Top 5 are General Electric (Research), Starbucks (Research) and Southwest Airlines (Research).
"Corporate reputation is the product of alchemy -- a mixture of everything from the way a company nurtures homegrown talent to how it manages its balance sheet," Fortune writer Abrahm Lustgarten said.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/21/news/fortune500/most_admired/
Pact between Wal-Mart and Wage and Hour Division will be reviewed
By DIANE STAFFORD
The Kansas City Star
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The U.S. Labor Department's inspector general said he will review an agreement between Wal-Mart and the department's Wage and Hour Division that arose from alleged child labor law violations.
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/02/22/news/business/4c062ce850abfad187256fad0052b77c.txt
Wal-Mart festivities shrouded by protest
1st city store breaks ground amid outcry
By Kevin Pang
Tribune staff reporter
Published February 22, 2005
At a ceremony that resembled a corporate pep rally, community leaders and contractors from Chicago's West Side broke ground Monday for the city's first Wal-Mart store.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0502220359feb22,1,5085273.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed
Wal-Mart CEO Takes His Case to California
He says the retailer erred in its aggressive pursuit of the crucial market but won't back down.
By Nancy Cleeland and Debora Vrana, Times Staff Writers
With its California expansion plans stalled, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. dispatched its top executive to Los Angeles on Wednesday to plead the case for the world's largest company.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-walmartceo24feb24,0,4827889.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Wal-Mart ordered to stop harassing workers in Quebec
Last Updated Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:53:33 EST
CBC News
MONTREAL - The Quebec Labour Relations Board has ordered Wal-Mart Canada to stop intimidating workers who want to form a union.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/02/25/walmart-050225.html
Developer drops Wal-Mart from Rego Park project
By Zach Patberg
02/24/2005
Ever since word began to circulate in December that Wal-Mart was considering a 132,000-square-foot store off Queens Boulevard, the discount retailer faced intense opposition from labor and civic leaders who cited its anti-union practices and the negative impact it would have on small businesses in the borough.
http://www.timesledger.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14037262&BRD=2676&PAG=461&dept_id=542415&rfi=6
Man wins $7.5M in Wal-Mart bias suit
By RIVKA BUKOWSKY
DAILY NEWS WRITER
A Centereach who sued Wal-Mart for disability discrimination was awarded $7.5 million Tuesday night, after a week-long trial.
"I felt very good," said Patrick Brady, 21, who suffers from cerebral palsy. "I felt it was very fair."
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/284170p-243461c.html
Scott Touts Wal-Mart Role as Bargaining Agent for Consumers
FEBRUARY 25, 2005 -- LOS ANGELES--In presenting one of the strongest public defenses of Wal-Mart’s role in society, Wal-Mart ceo H. Lee Scott touted the "negotiating power" of millions of Wal-Mart shoppers for reshaping the retail landscape to create savings that are improving lives. The ceo admitted that the economic change that Wal-Mart produces creates a "handful" of losers, but he insisted that the majority of Americans gain.
http://www.retail-merchandiser.com/retailmerchandiser/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000817844
Wal-Mart Awards $100,000 to Tavis Smiley Center for Professional Media Studies
Friday February 25, 3:35 pm ET
BENTONVILLE, Ark., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT - News) today announced a grant for $100,000 to the Tavis Smiley Center for Professional Media Studies, further extending the scholarships for minority journalism students initiative the company launched to help increase diversity in the nation's newsrooms.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050225/daf028_1.html
Wal-Mart plans new supercenter in Rapid City
Associated Press
RAPID CITY, S.D. - Wal-Mart Stores planned to file papers on Friday to start the city approval process for a second supercenter in Rapid City.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/10991940.htm
Block Grant program in jeopardy
By Jennifer Kovalich, Enterprise staff writer
Local and federal elected officials are calling on the governor to oppose cuts the Bush Administration wants to make to the federal Community Development Block Grant program, saying it could cripple many municipal projects.
http://enterprise.southofboston.com/articles/2005/02/25/news/news/news04.txt
LOCAL VOICES: Wal-Mart leads way in lowering standards for employees
February 25, 2005
BY JOHN SWEENEY
Perhaps you've seen the ads -- a recent college graduate who has furnished her first real apartment with goods from her favorite store; a mentally-challenged man who has found a job he loves; a trio of seniors who come to shop and socialize at what's become their second home; and, most beseechingly, a grandfatherly type enlisting an animated gingerbread man in his pledge to "make people feel welcome" at his store, Wal-Mart.
http://www.freep.com/voices/columnists/esweeney25e_20050225.htm
Supervisors Put Off Vote On New Wal-Mart
POSTED: 5:28 pm EST February 25, 2005
NORTH CORNWALL TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Wal-Mart's plans for a new supercenter in Lebanon County will have to wait at least six more weeks.
Wal-Mart wants to build a 227,000-square-foot store on land just off route 72 in North Cornwall Township.
http://www.thewgalchannel.com/money/4234244/detail.html
See, ‘people power’ made a difference at Wal-Mart hearing
State Rep. Suzanne Harvey, D-Nashua
Published: Friday, Feb. 25, 2005
You read it in this paper – at least 150 residents attended Tuesday night’s Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing where Wal-Mart representatives brought their argument in favor of building a new super store on Amherst Street.
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050225/OPINION02/50225011/-1/opinion
Door shut to Wal-Mart closed shop
David Nason
February 28, 2005
SAM Walton, the legendary founder of the Wal-Mart chain of discount stores, had 10 rules for success in business.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12390379%5E643,00.html
Wal-Mart Canada ordered to stop intimidating workers
NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , OTTAWA
Sunday, Feb 27, 2005,Page 11
Wal-Mart Canada was ordered by Quebec's labor relations board on Friday to stop intimidating workers at a store in the midst of an organizing drive.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/02/27/2003224815
Watching Wal-Mart
As stock price hovers, analysts are confounded
By ANN ZIMMERMAN
The Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart Stores may have managed to rescue its shaky holiday sales season, but it's having a tougher time fixing a stalled stock price.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/10992616.htm
Watching Wal-Mart
As stock price hovers, analysts are confounded
By ANN ZIMMERMAN
The Wall Street Journal
Wal-Mart Stores may have managed to rescue its shaky holiday sales season, but it's having a tougher time fixing a stalled stock price.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/10992616.htm
Pros and cons for Ketchikan with Wal-Mart
Jobs and consumer choice versus tough competition for locals
By TONY CARROLL
JUNEAU EMPIRE
Nearly four years after Wal-Mart opened its doors in Ketchikan, Julie Rowe said she isn't ashamed to tell people she shops there "for some things," something she couldn't do when she moved there.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/022705/sta_20050227002.shtml
Yamaha Sponsorship Boosts Winnings at Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Tournament
Sunday February 27, 2:44 pm ET
KENNESAW, Ga., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Team Yamaha's redfish anglers will be out in full force in Sarasota, Fla., for the inaugural Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series East Division tournament March 4-5, sponsored in part by Yamaha Outboards.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050227/nysu024_1.html
Wal-Mart robber remains at large
A Somersworth Wal-Mart security camera on Friday caught this man wanted by police on armed robbery charges at the nearby Rochester Wal-Mart. He was exchanging items at the Somersworth store, hours before the Rochester incident. (Courtesy photo)
ROCHESTER — Police continued their hunt Saturday for an armed robber who threatened two security guards with a knife as they thwarted a Friday robbery at Wal-Mart.
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050227/NEWS05/50227018/-1/NEWS20
Wal-Mart seeks to build superstore
Published: Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005
HILLSBORO
(AP) – After suffering a setback in its plans to build a superstore in Nashua, Wal-Mart now plans to focus on efforts to put a similar store in Hillsboro.
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050227/NEWS01/50227011/-1/news01
Iowa City author's novel criticizes Wal-Mart
By Mike McWilliams
Iowa City Press-Citizen
• What: "Death by Discount," a mystery novel by Iowa City author Mary Vermillion
• Published: October
• Where to find: On sale at Prairie Lights Books, 15 S. Dubuque St., or online at www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.
Low prices come at a high cost, including murder in one fictional southwest Iowa town.
That's the premise behind Iowa City author Mary Vermillion's book, "Death by Discount," a mystery novel that focuses on Wal-Mart and its impact on small businesses and small-town life.
http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050227/NEWS01/502270311/1079
Group fears shopping center may lead to Wal-Mart
By Naomi Kresge, Staff Writer
ONTARIO - Foes of a Wal-Mart Supercenter will cut their teeth this week on something smaller - a neighborhood shopping center.
http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2735264,00.html
Wal-Mart hammers out a bottom, again
Commentary: Retail giant poised for March gains
By Tomi Kilgore, MarketWatch
Last Update: 6:00 PM ET Feb. 28, 2005
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- How many times does support have to hold until investors finally get the message?
As February wound down, there were a number of reasons to believe that Wal-Mart investors should beware the coming of March.
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B86D56CA2-B889-406B-AA7C-54A9A46F526A%7D&siteid=google&dist=google
Wal-Mart Wins
The story about the failed organizing drive at the Loveland, Colorado, Wal-Mart lube shop is almost tragic.
http://www.progressive.org/blogs05/rc022805.php
Wal-Mart February Sales Jump
By TSC Staff
2/28/2005 8:02 AM EST
Wal-Mart (WMT:NYSE - news - research) reported an unexpectedly strong February, saying same-store sales rose 4% in the month, hitting the high end of its standing 2% to 4% range.
http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/stocks/retail/10210749.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
Fallout seen from Wal-Mart Super Center
By Robert E. Kimball
Posted: Monday, February 28, 2005 2:33 PM PST
It's been two years since the Wal-Mart Super Center opened in Nogales. The 219,000 square foot big box store replaced a much smaller store that had more than outgrown its 103,000 square feet. The Super Center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and employees 600 people.
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2005/02/28/news/news3.txt
No end to Wal-Mart
City in need of reasonable policy
February 28, 2005
Wal-Mart's proposed Rego Park store may have satisfied the city's land-use and zoning standards. Or maybe not. Too bad we'll never know for sure, now that the site's developer has jettisoned the retailer at the urging of opponents who object to Wal-Mart's labor practices and business impact. This is no way to manage the city's growth and development.
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vpwal284160186feb28,0,3842412.story?coll=ny-editorials-headlines
Dow Industrials Decline in Europe; Home Depot, Wal-Mart Fall
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks trading in Europe declined. Home Depot Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell in advance of a government report that may show U.S. personal spending slowed in January.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aThFZNSU0tDU&re
Economic Growth and Wal-Mart
Leave it to the genius of Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott Jr. to identify the source of the poor morale among Wal-Mart "associates" (Feb. 24). It's not the minimum-wage pay, lack of benefits, the repeated labor law violations by the company, or the take-no-prisoners attitude of management that would rather close stores than accede to workers' demands for decent compensation. No, the real source of his workers' poor morale is the union activists who are so impolite as to point these things out!
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-le-walmart28.1feb28,0,3535774.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Wal-Mart Same-store Sales Rise 4 Percent
2/28/05 11:49:50 AM
By Arkansas Business staff, Arkansasbusiness.com Daily Report
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville said over the weekend that February same-store sales rose 4 percent, the high end of its projections.
http://arkansasbusiness.com/news/headline_article.asp?aid=40067
ZBA’s rejection of Wal-Mart plan commendable act
Berta and Howard Denton, Nashua
Published: Monday, Feb. 28, 2005
It was with enormous relief that we read that the Nashua Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously rejected Wal-Mart’s request for a special exemption and variances permitting construction of a new super store.
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050228/OPINION02/102280075/-1/opinion
We want Wal-Mart, BEAU & LORI CARRINGTON, Hillsboro - Letter
February 28. 2005 8:00AM
Not that I believe our input will matter, but we believe a new Wal-Mart would be great for Hillsboro and surrounding towns.
We are both disabled and firmly believe such a store nearby with reasonable prices would help out greatly and save us and many others a 45-minute ride to the nearest one. My wife's parents also live in town, are disabled and would greatly appreciate a closer alternative than Concord or Keene.
http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050228/REPOSITORY/502280316/1029/OPINION03
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