Wal-Mart earnings in line
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s biggest retailer, posted a higher quarterly profit Tuesday, in line with Wall Street expectations, and said it was optimistic about the rest of the year.
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U.S. retailers are expected to post  modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil  prices and warmer weather.
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U.S. retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. already cutting its holiday outlook on high oil prices and warmer weather.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on  Thursday reported a higher-than-expected 2.4 percent June rise  in sales at its U.S. stores open at least a year, and the  world&#39;s largest retailer said its second-quarter earnings  forecast is &quot;attainable.&quot;
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The world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, reports higher profits but says this year will be challenging.
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. reported a modest four percent rise in quarterly profits on Tuesday as the world's biggest retailer appeared to weather an abrupt slowdown in US economic growth.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  posted a better-than-expected 9.8 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by cost controls and international sales.
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U.S. stock index futures pointed to a weaker market open on Wednesday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , the world's largest retailer, cut its September same-store sales figure and a national employment index came in well below economists' forecasts.
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NEW YORK - A disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. kept stocks mixed Monday as investors worried that oil prices, which stabilized after last week's highs, would harm third-quarter earnings...
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US retailers are expected to post modest November sales this week, with No. 1 retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) already cutting its holiday
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said a surge in after-Christmas shopping spurred December same-store sales gains of about 3 percent, at the high end of its forecast. Kmart Holding Corp. said profit rose 10 percent during the holiday season after it limited deep discounts.
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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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Shares in a range of area retailers dipped Monday on disappointing Thanksgiving sales data from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. In addition, ShopperTrak, which tallies sales results from 30,000 stores nationwide, said
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. ,  the world's biggest retailer, on Tuesday raised its profit forecast for the full year.
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McDonald's Corp.  on Tuesday reported quarterly earnings that were in line with a higher-than-expected forecast the company gave last week, helped by strong sales in the United States and a tax benefit.
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Top U.S. retailers reported  double-digit profit gains in the third quarter, with industry  titan Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N leading the pack and  brightening its outlook for the key holiday season underpinned  by the recent drop in oil prices.
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NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s disappointing sales forecast sent stocks fluctuating Monday as investors' concerns about a slowing economy eclipsed their relief over a drop in oil prices.    October contracts for a barrel of light crude were quoted at $46.25, down 47 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...