Al Gore to address Wal-Mart executives
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Former Vice President Al Gore will take his campaign against global warming to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. next week, speaking at Wal-Mart headquarters to executives seeking to make the world&#039;s largest retailer more environmentally friendly, a company spokesman said Friday.
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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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Companies must adopt new, rigorous standards in disclosing their greenhouse gas emissions if they hope to be competitive in the future, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said Friday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., is going on  the offensive against detractors in a campaign to deliver "the  unfiltered truth" about the world's largest retailer, Chief  Executive Officer Lee Scott said in an interview published on  Thursday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on Monday that, starting next year, it will ask its electronics suppliers to evaluate the environmental impact of their products, and it will use the assessment to determine which merchandise to sell in its stores.
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Eco-crusader Al Gore took center stage among the rock stars Saturday to promote the Live Earth concerts aimed at raising awareness about global warming.
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Wal-Mart announced yesterday that it will begin asking its suppliers to measure their carbon footprint and find ways to reduce it, part of an effort by the world's largest retailer to transform itself into a more environmentally friendly company.
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Executives from U.S. retail  giant Wal-Mart toured Indian stores on Thursday as they work on  a deal that could change the face of the country's $300 billion  retail sector and has sparked fears of mass job losses.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Monday said Tom Coughlin will retire as vice chairman after 25 years with the world's largest retailer.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  said on  Wednesday it will announce a new initiative on Thursday in  Florida, but the world's biggest retailer declined to provide  further details.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  is hiring middle-management level executives to help evaluate the type of stores that it operates ahead of the arrival of British grocery Tesco  to the United States.
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Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore bluntly told a U.N. conference on Monday that the planet would be better off if people cared more about global warming and less about O.J. Simpson and Paris Hilton.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s  Chief Financial Officer said on Friday that the company will moderate the growth of its supercenter stores "a little bit," sending shares of the world's largest retailer up about 4 percent.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  Chief Executive Lee Scott unveiled a new "Sustainability 360" environmental plan on Thursday, challenging employees, suppliers and customers to remove nonrenewable energy from their lives.
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Eduardo Castro-Wright, head of Wal-Mart's U.S. operations, said the retailer is looking to improve its returns by building fewer stores and stores that are smaller.
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The chief executive of Wal-Mart Stores  Inc.'s  U.S. discount chain quietly toured the  retailer's first Chicago store on Tuesday, offering last-minute  suggestions on everything from signs to fishing rods.
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A fired Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  marketing executive has accused the retailer's chief executive of violating its ethics policy by accepting discounts on yachts, diamonds and personal gifts from vendors and others eager to work with the company.