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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Wal-Mart has seen a larger number of customers in its US stores over the past week as all-important holiday shopping improved. The world&#39;s biggest retailer said that its general merchandise sales picked up as the week progressed.
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Retailers, including industry leader Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , reported June sales that topped Wall Street's conservative expectations on Thursday, raising hope for the back-to-school shopping season.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  on Wednesday said September sales growth was smaller than the company estimated just four days earlier, sending its shares down as much as 2.5 percent.
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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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NEW YORK Stocks rose Monday as investors cheered a drop in oil prices but a disappointing sales forecast by Wal-Mart Stores stoked concerns about a slowing economy.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. saw sales and profits increase during the third quarter this year, even as rising energy costs ate into customersâ spending money.
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NEW YORK - 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's highs, would curb consumer spending and hurt companies' third-quarter earnings...
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Sales at US retailers including Wal- Mart Stores Inc. probably slowed in November, the start of the holiday shopping season, as rising energy prices curbed consumer spending.
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CHICAGO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Monday maintained its September sales forecast and said back-to-school demand picked up for key categories including electronics and clothing after a sluggish start.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N on  Saturday said sales at stores open at least a year rose 2.3  percent for September, near the low end of expectations,  according to its preliminary tally.
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Wal-Mart reported a slim half-point gain in sales at stores open at least a year and sales dropped at Limited Brands, Pacific Sunwear and Wet Seal, offering more evidence of a stumbling economy.
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In a potentially troubling development for retailers, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. warned Monday that sluggish back-to-school sales and the damage inflicted on Florida&#39;s west coast by Hurricane Charley
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Wall Street closed mixed yesterday as lingering concerns about the economy offset better-than-expected sales from Wal-Mart Stores and a flurry of acquisition activity.
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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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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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Amid reports yesterday of sluggish back-to-school sales from the nation&#39;s largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., analysts maintained forecasts for a decent retail season.