Analysts upgrade Wal-Mart on plans to cut growth
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Analysts upgraded their ratings on Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s  stock, citing the world's largest retailer's plans to curb its U.S. store growth and a $15 billion share buyback announcement.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open or expand 40 to 45 discount stores and 240 to 250 Supercenters in the United States next year as the world&#39;s largest retailer continues an aggressive expansion plan.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc  said on Thursday that it is cutting prices on 15,000 more items this week as the world's largest retailer continues its push to boost sales headed into the holiday season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors will be focused on the retailer's forecast for its new fiscal year and indications as to when sales at its U.S. store base may finally strengthen when the world's largest retailer reports fourth-quarter results on Tuesday.
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WAL-MART, the worldâs largest retailer, has cut its sales forecast, in the run-up to Christmas, by more than half after suffering a fall in the number of shoppers passing through its doors
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Wal-Mart (WMT:NYSE - news - research) cut its November sales forecast Saturday, citing declining customer traffic over the past week.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc's  Japanese unit, Seiyu Ltd , boosted its annual loss forecast by 76 percent due to a charge to cut about 7 percent of its work force as it battles sluggish sales.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. expects to report 3 percent growth in same-store sales for December after sales for the past weekend came in above the retailer's internal plan.
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Wal-Mart gave investors something on Friday they haven't seen in some time: a reason to pour some money into its shares. The world's largest retailer, under pressure by investors to improve its sales, is trimming its store growth as it balances its traditional focus on low prices with a push to be a force for change in such areas as health care and the environment.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Wal-Mart Stores will experience the most negative impact from a plan for Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s to shift the composition of key index benchmarks over a phased, year-long transition, analysts said Wednesday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world&#39;s largest retailer, is accelerating plans for new so-called supercenter stores next year as the markets, which average about 186,000 square-feet, draw
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. late Monday unveiled fiscal 2005 expansion plans that include adding 40 to 45 discount stores in the United States and 155 to 165 in international markets.
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Weaker-than-expected holiday shopping forced Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Saturday to cut its projected sales increase for November by more than half, an ominous announcement for retailers as their busiest time of year begins.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Thursday it is cutting prices on 15,000 more items this week as the world's largest retailer tries to boost sales heading into the crucial holiday shopping season.
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-- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will cut back on spending to build new stores and tighten cost controls as sales growth slows over the next three years, Chief Financial Officer Tom Schoewe told investors and analysts at a conference Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors  will be focused on the retailer's forecast for its new fiscal  year and indications as to when sales at its U.S. store base  may finally strengthen when the world's largest retailer  reports fourth-quarter results on Tuesday.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc , the world's largest retailer, said it plans capital expenditures for its current fiscal year of $14.7 billion to $15.4 billion, lower than its previous forecast.