Wal-Mart sales stoke recovery fears
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Worries about the sustainability of the US economic recovery were stoked om Sunday after the stores group Wal-Mart, seen as a bellwether for the country&#39;s
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Investors welcomed an upbeat profit report from Wal-Mart as a sign that consumers might not be as afraid of spending as the market has feared.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Discount retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday pegged its December same-store sales growth at the midpoint of current estimates and said sales on the Sunday after Christmas exceeded expectations.
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Sales gains in the past week at Wal-Mart Stores fell well short of a year-ago, the company said Saturday. For the month, sales were at the bottom of the chain&#39;s forecast range.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, said August sales will be little changed or rise as much as 2 percent, hurt by Hurricane Charley and sluggish demand for back-to-school products.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Wednesday said September sales growth was even smaller than it originally estimated, sending its shares lower and dragging down stock futures.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, said Saturday it expects a 0.7 percent increase in November sales at its US stores open at least one year, down from a forecast of 2 percent to 4 percent a week ago.
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Retailers, including industry leader Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , reported June sales that topped Wall Street's lowered expectations on Thursday, raising hope for the back-to-school shopping season.
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Wall Street was narrowly mixed in early trading Monday as lingering concerns about the economy offset better-than-expected sales from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and a flurry of acquisition activity.
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A disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. sent stocks mostly lower Monday as investors worried that oil prices, which stabilized after last week&#39;s highs, would curb consumer spending and hurt companies&#39; third-quarter earnings.
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A disappointing holiday sales forecast from Wal-Mart is dragging on blue chips, while Apple Computer is a bright light on Wall Street.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, said December sales at US stores open at least a year are rising within its forecast as shoppers rushed to stores last week to complete their holiday shopping.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N, the  world's largest retailer, on Thursday said sales at stores open  at least a year rose 2.4 percent in September, slightly higher  than its preliminary report but still toward the low end of its  forecast range.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. -- Wal-Mart says sales at US stores were up somewhere between 1 and 3 percent last week. The report compares sales at existing stores from the same week last year.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, said on Saturday it expects a 0.7 percent increase in November sales at its U.S. stores open at least one year, down from a forecast of 2 percent to 4 percent a week ago.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, estimated November sales at US stores open at least a year rose about 0.7 percent, less than its forecast, as the company scaled back
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, on Thursday said sales at stores open at least a year rose 2.4 percent in September, slightly higher than its preliminary report but still toward the low end of its forecast range.